President Trump signed an executive order Thursday ordering the Department of Education to begin wrapping ... but much more importantly, it’s a common sense thing to do, and it’s going to ...

Even Common Core, an attempt to standardize teaching material across many states in an effort to better prepare students for college or the workforce, wasn't a Department of Education project.

After laying off half of the workforce, Trump has directed Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin dissolving the department Meredith Kile is a Digital News Writer-Editor at PEOPLE. She has ...

President Trump took dramatic action Thursday to inch closer to fulfilling a four-and-a-half-decade-old conservative dream of abolishing the Department of Education, which was created in 1979 ...

The Education Department launched an investigation Friday ... who are fighting furiously to keep the Massapequa Chiefs logo on their Teams and School,” Trump wrote. “Forcing them to change ...

The Education Department’s Office of Inspector General plans to conduct a “series of reviews” into the recent mass layoffs at the department, according to a letter obtained by NBC News.

From the arcane requirements of No Child Left Behind to the slippery tentacles of Common Core, the Department of Education has repeatedly leveraged its checkbook to set education policy across the ...

As the main conduit for federal aid to public K-12 schools and a major lender to college students, the Education Department’s work directly or indirectly affects millions of American families. Here ...

Dismantling the Department of Education may sound bold. But it’s also common sense. Washington doesn’t have all the answers. It’s time to trust states and local communities to do what they ...

Last week, President Trump did what conservatives have wanted to do since the 1980s: He signed an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education ... by serving as a common yardstick ...

A special education leader under George W. Bush says the dismantling of the Department of Education will impact students with disabilities. Stephanie Smith Lee talks about what's at stake for the ...

President Donald Trump’s order calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department has complex implications. The Republican president has argued the federal office hasn’t improved ...