Massive layoffs initiated this week at the Education Department could hamstring the federal government’s efforts to assist students with disabilities, former officials and education experts said, ...

President Donald Trump was given the green light to gut the Department of Education after the Supreme Court ruled to allow the administration's mass firings that will significantly hobble the agency.

A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was already hit hard in the Trump ...

Next, we report on the implications of a plan to lay off almost 1,400 staffers at the U.S. Department of Education. As we've been reporting, the Supreme Court cleared the way for the firings this week ...

President Trump says he wants to eliminate the Department of Education. NPR speaks with two former education secretaries to dig into what this means and whether it's possible. Quote, "the Education ...

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 under ...

President Trump campaigned on dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, and CBS News has confirmed that he plans to sign an executive order to begin the process. The timing of such a move wasn't ...

About a fifth of the agency’s remaining staff was affected, including employees working on special education, funding for low ...

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 20: President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC. Trump takes office for his second term as the 47th president of the ...

A group that has legally challenged the Department of Education in the past has filed a new complaint this week seeking a remedy for the thousands of borrowers waiting in limbo for their promised ...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon appears before U.S. House of Representatives members to discuss the 2026 budget in ...