Low-income, rural and disabled students could be impacted The Department of Education provides tens of billions of dollars in funding to support millions of students in low-income and rural areas ...

A federal appeals court ruled for the Trump administration in a case brought by the American Federation of Teachers and other ...

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights was hit particularly hard by the layoffs. Some 240 of the office’s employees were laid off, and seven of its 12 regional offices were shuttered.

The Department of Education admits its role is limited, conceding, "of an estimated $1.15 trillion being spent nationwide on education at all levels for school year 2012-2013, a substantial ...

Here are 6 Things to Know: Department of Education Update President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to begin reducing the size of the U.S. Department of Education.

Ohio public school districts received about 10.4% of the yearly budget in the 2023-2024 school year, according to the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce’s Cupp Report, which compares ...

Forty-five years after its creation, the Department of Education has spent $3 trillion, even as educational outcomes have declined and the agency now swims in student-loan debt. On this episode of ...

The Education Department has the fewest employees of any Cabinet-level agency. The department’s workforce has fluctuated over the years, peaking at 4,930 in 2000. But the ups and downs have been small ...

The department provides more than $15 billion annually to help serve 7.4 million students through the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, known as IDEA.

The Department of Education has struggled to find a viable alternative agency to manage its massive student debt portfolio, according to two sources involved in the discussions.

The discrepancy could set up a challenge for Education Secretary Linda McMahon, who is required by law to carry out some of the department’s congressionally mandated functions, including ...