The Department of Education on Tuesday announced it is cutting its workforce by nearly 50% as the Trump administration proceeds with its plans to dismantle the agency. "Today's reduction in force ...

The Department of Education doesn’t educate anyone or run any schools or colleges. It’s a collection of 4,000 bureaucrats who mostly manage student loans, write rules, oversee various grant programs, ...

President-elect Trump has pledged to eliminate the Education Department, though a blueprint put forward on Thursday by one of his Senate allies envisions less of a complete annihilation and more of a ...

The Education Department laid off “nearly 50 percent” of its more than 4,100 employees Tuesday evening, according to four sources inside the agency who were told about the plans and an agency news ...

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks at an event in the South Court Auditorium of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next to the White House, in Washington, DC, on March 16, 2022.