The Education Department fired 1,300 employees concerning critics who have blasted the decision's possible effect on student ...

NBC News reported all employees working out of the department's regional offices in Dallas, San Francisco, New York, Boston, ...

The Department of Education said staff affected by the job cuts would be placed on leave starting Friday, March 21.

The workforce at the U.S. Education Department will soon be half of what it was when President Trump took office in January.

A group of Democratic state attorneys general on Thursday filed a lawsuit seeking to block the Department of Education from mass layoffs.

Amid layoffs and a plan by Trump to close the U.S. Department of Education, a new dawn for students is coming. Will it be bright or bleak?

The lawsuit, which was filed in US District Court in Boston, argued Trump does not have the authority to shutter the agency, ...

A group of Democratic state attorneys general on Thursday filed a lawsuit seeking to block Republican U.S. President Donald ...

The change is designed to shift policy oversight to the states, but some question the impact on the enforcement of civil rights laws.

Trump addresses the mass layoffs at the Education Department, emphasizing state control over education, while concerns arise ...

The United States’ Department of Education cuts nearly half of its workforce.

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said cutting the department's workforce nearly in half is a first step toward ...