A judge halted President Trump's executive order to lay off 1,300 Department of Education employees, upholding a lawsuit against it as crucial federal duties were at stake.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon, testifying before a House subcommittee on Wednesday, defended a 15.3% leaner budget from last year as part of the department's "final mission."

The Education Department said Thursday it is opening a civil rights investigation into Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia over the admissions policy at an elite, selective high school.

Washington State, with 20 other states, secured a court order halting Trump's administration's plan to cut the Department of Education's staff by half and outsource services.

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) dismissed with prejudice an unprecedented $37.7 million fine against the largest Christian university in the United States following a years-long legal battle.

US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon unveiled new federal grant priorities focused on evidence-based literacy, expanding education choice, and returning education control to the states. The proposed changes represent the fastest rollout of such priorities by a US education secretary in an administration’s first year.

When it comes to education, the United States under President Donald Trump increasingly looks a lot like Florida under Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The Trump administration catapulted the U.S. Department of Education into uncertainty as it cut half the agency's workforce through voluntary separations, deferred resignations, and a reduction in force.