The feds not only fund programs for the most vulnerable children, but also Pell grants, manage state compliance with federal ...

Looking at it history, its failures and the conservative push to close it — is it time for a change? | Opinion ...

Education officials nationwide are differing in how they are getting their states ready for the incoming Trump administration ...

When Donald Trump told Elon Musk one of his first acts as president would be to “close the Department of Education, move ...

Trump wants to not just shake up but eliminate the federal education bureaucracy and send it back to the states. Students ...

President-elect Donald Trump repeatedly mentioned "disbanding" and "de-powering" the Department of Education during his ...

Shutting down the department would require congressional approval, which experts said is unlikely. It's more likely Trump ...

The Education Department said Thursday that the 2025-26 FAFSA form will likely be available to all students and families "in ...

The federal government furnishes a relatively tiny amount of K-12 funding—but the feds need relatively little money to exert ...

President-elect Donald Trump said he would use the department to further his priorities. He also said he would close it. Both options would face difficulties.

Jacob Oliva says states should have control over federal education funds without the bureaucracy of the U.S. Department of ...

Gov. Bill Lee said Wednesday that he’d welcome closing the U.S. Department of Education under President-elect Donald Trump’s ...