A new lawsuit from Democratic attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia alleges this week’s mass layoffs at ...

Tuesday’s layoffs largely affected the Federal Student Aid office, which saw one of the biggest slashes to its staff. Vargas ...

The lawsuit claims that decimating the agency’s Office for Civil Rights will leave it unable to address issues of ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta has sued the Trump administration over the firing of nearly half of all workers at the ...

If the department does fully shut down, student loans are not going away. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said that the ...

The lawsuit asks a judge to immediately pause the Trump administration's mass firings and declare that the dismantling of the Department of Education unlawful.

Opinion: Although the US President has broad executive authority, he cannot dismantle a Cabinet agency created by law, such ...

The Education Department announced Friday it is investigating more than 50 colleges and universities over what it called “racial preferences” in academics or scholarships, a move that ...

Here's what to know about the 20-state lawsuit seeking block the Trump administration from dismantling the Department of Education.

Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler joins WBUR's All Things Considered to discuss how these changes will impact education in Massachusetts.

Demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. Department of Education on Friday morning to protest mass firings and what some are ...