The Education Department was created to ensure equal access. Who would do that in its absence?
As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials have suggested other agencies could take ...
Education Department layoffs gut civil rights offices in Chicago, nationwide
At least 50 staffers were fired in Chicago or pushed out, including the entire Office for Civil Rights. The layoffs are part ...
Education Department cuts agency that compiles 'Nation's Report Card' and measures student performance
Since the 1860s, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has collected and analyzed data on education across the ...
Maddow Blog | Ignoring public opinion, Trump administration starts gutting Education Department
As a matter of policy and politics, the Trump administration is inviting a backlash by dramatically reducing the Department ...
3 Washington colleges get warning from Dept. of Education
Three Washington universities have been sent letters by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), ...
Education Department buildings to shut down for ‘security reasons’
Workers won’t be allowed in offices for any reason, the memo said. The only explanation given for the closure was unspecified ...
Department of Education investigates universities for 'Anti-Semitic discrimination'
The US Department of Education is warning the University of Washington and dozens of other universities about taking steps to ...