The Department of Education provides about 10% of K-12 funding, enforces civil rights laws and runs the $1.6 trillion student loan program.

President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to abolish the Department of Education. Here’s what the agency does and how eliminating it could play out.

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 ...

US Education Secretary Linda McMahon has been directed "to facilitate the closure" of her own department — well, what’s left of it. The Trump administration's vow to essentially eliminate it ...

What’s at stake: Biden’s SAVE (Saving on a Valuable Education) repayment plan – which lowers monthly payments and shortens the time to qualify for loan forgiveness – is currently on hold ...

Education Dept. cuts are here. What happens now to student loans, FAFSA and IEPs? We've set out to answer other questions you might have about the deep Education Department cuts and what they ...

The administration of President Donald Trump is withholding more than $6 billion in aid for schools and education officials across the nation are now scrambling to figure out what that means for them.

Created by Congress in 1979, the U.S. Department of Education is a cabinet-level government department focused on promoting educational excellence, enhancing student achievement and readiness for ...