Education Secretary Linda McMahon is having a meeting with House Democrats Wednesday over their concerns surrounding the ...

State education officials nationwide say the U.S. Department of Education is blocking access to tens of millions of dollars ...

The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, effectively ...

The Trump administration said its sweeping cuts would eliminate bloat at the department. Staff say the “chaotic” process has ...

The U.S. Department of Education's workforce will be cut in half through layoffs rolled out Tuesday and buyouts over the past month.

Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be ...

Hundreds of users reported FAFSA outages to Downdetector starting midday Wednesday, saying they were having trouble ...

Federal workers fired from the Department of Education pack up their belongings amid support from colleagues and advocates. Layoffs raise concerns about public education.

Story continues below photo gallery. Neither Trump nor McMahon has made public statements about the layoffs and voluntary ...

The staff reductions are the latest effort by the Trump administration to decrease the federal government’s role in education ...

Massive layoffs initiated this week at the Education Department could hamstring the federal government’s efforts to assist students with disabilities, former officials and education experts said ...