Kirk's portrait appeared alongside images of education advocates Booker T. Washington and Catharine Beecher.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon has taken a major step to dismantle the agency. The Trump administration announced a rapid acceleration of its efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education ...

The U.S. Department of Education says Colorado's second largest school district is violating Title IX by allowing transgender students access to sports teams, bathrooms and overnight accommodations ...

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with John King, Chancellor of State University of New York and former education secretary, about the changes at the U.S. Department of Education this week. When President ...

The U.S. Department of Education will be deploying a new round of mental health grants. According to Education Week, the Education Department will distribute more than $208 million to school-based ...

The U.S. Department of Education says the Jeffco Public Schools district's policies around sports participation, bathroom use and overnight lodging for transgender students violated Title IX.

The Department of Education pointed to policies that allowed students of the same gender identity to share rooms on overnight trips, bathrooms and locker rooms.

The U.S. Department of Education during the government shutdown has sent layoff notices to 465 staff members across six of the agency’s 17 primary offices. Affected workers include virtually the ...

PHOENIX – The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) is taking a step toward dismantling, and that will affect Arizona’s school system. Last week, the department announced plans to move programs into ...

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A group of school districts, educators, unions and advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, ...

Today the Trump administration announced its latest plans to try and dismantle the United States Department of Education. The proposed changes were met with opposition by many education advocates.