Twenty-one states and a coalition of unions and school districts are challenging the president's dismantling of the Education ...

President Trump's ability to eliminate the Department of Education is much more limited than you might think, despite his recent executive order.

Here is a look at some of the Education Department's key functions, and how Trump said he might approach them.

US Judge Skeptical About Trump Defense of Education Department Layoffs By Nate ... had already rendered the agency unable to meet its duties to administer funding for public schools, student ...

The U.S. Department of Education has weakened one of its core duties, abolishing more than half of the offices that investigate civil rights issues raised by students and families, ProPublica reported ...

Senate Bill 536, filed by Senator Dan Sullivan on Thursday, will transfer all of the library and board's power and duties to the Department of Education and the Arkansas State Archives.

However, the Department of Education was not formed by Congress until 1979, reports NPR, and its general duties could be handed off to other government agencies if Congress allows it. Whether those ...

Former employees at the U.S. Department of Education are warning ... "There hasn't been a transfer of duties. We're not seeing, you know, a transition plan. And I'm worried that, you know, come ...

We don't really know for sure. Based on the description of the Department of Education's duties described above, critics of ...