The Department of Education was established by Congress in 1979, but conservatives have more recently suggested they’d rather leave education up to the states, and abolishing the agency was ...

Since the Department of Education was formed by Congress in 1979, gutting it has been an enduring priority for the conservative movement. Ronald Reagan promised to shutter the year-old department ...

A federal judge in Massachusetts on Thursday issued an injunction blocking the Trump administration from dismantling the Department of Education and ordering that fired employees be reinstated.

What does the Department of Education fund? Despite claims to the contrary by proponents of closing the Department, including the Trump administration, K-12 curricula is largely under the purview ...