President Andrew Johnson signed the first official Department of Education into law. Although it was not a cabinet level position, it aimed to collect educational data an

U.S. Rep. Dale Strong wants to abolish the Department of Education and send the money funding the agency back to the states. “The U.S. Department of Education is a failed process,” Strong said Thursday at Drake State Community and Technical College while participating in the National Association of Manufacturers 2025 Competing to Win Tour.

Thank you for printing the op-ed by Paul Vallas, “What would it mean if US Department of Education is abolished?” (Feb. 13). In this piece, Vallas argues that many functions of the Department of Education could still be alive and well under other departments.

Around 40 Sarasota County students and residents rallied outside the school board chambers to ask the board to protect federal funding

At her confirmation hearing last week, Linda McMahon, Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, walked a thin line. On the one hand, she needed to assure Congress and the American people that she was fit for a cabinet-level position.

The Department of Education slashed another $350 million from contracts and grants as it continues to target DEI programs and wasteful spending.

A top official at the US Department of Education’s Federal Student Aid office expects additional job cuts after it lost more than 10% of its staff in recent weeks, according to a recording of an all-hands meeting that was shared with Bloomberg News.

Trump Administration making strides to either shrink or eliminate the U.S. Department of Education. Here's how Louisiana schools could be impacted.

More than a billion dollars of government contracts at the Department of Education has been cut, a move the Trump administration argues gets rid of “woke” wasteful spending as others sound the