Does America want to be a unified country or merely a confederation of states with vastly different rules, standards, and ...

The Department of Education doesn't oversee school curriculums, but it does offer a range of services affecting millions of ...

President Trump’s fixation reinvigorated the debate over the role of the federal government in education, and created a ...

McMahon said the reductions are a “significant step toward restoring the greatness of the United States education system.” ...

Diverting billions from our children to pay for tax cuts that primarily benefit the wealthy short-changes everyone.

Amid layoffs and a plan by Trump to close the U.S. Department of Education, a new dawn for students is coming. Will it be bright or bleak?

Trump's cuts to the Department of Education are part of a nearly long crusade by conservative Christian groups.

One thing we know for sure, however, is that the unnecessary department Jimmy Carter created in 1979 has flunked out. It ...

Returning education to the states will help to ensure that our public education system better meets students' needs.

The Department of Education was created in 1979 by Jimmy Carter. Mr Trump says abolishing it will send education back to the states, but they already control most of what primary and secondary ...

While some see it as a vital institution ensuring education access and quality, others say it’s an unnecessary bureaucracy ...

We're going to move into the states. The doors of the Department ... weakens us as the 50 United States, and you will once again have the haves and have nots. But some education experts say ...