Why Republicans Want to Dismantle the Education Department
President Trump’s fixation reinvigorated the debate over the role of the federal government in education, and created a ...
Advocates to rally in DC against mass firings at US Department of Education
Education advocates, recently fired employees, and supporters are expected to gather Friday morning at the U.S. Department of ...
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Washington state joins lawsuit against Trump's mass Department of Education cuts
Washington state has joined a coalition of 20 other states in a lawsuit seeking to stop President Donald Trump’s efforts to ...
Trump to cut about 50% of Education Department staff as workers told to stay home
Roughly 2,100 Education Department staffers will start receiving layoff notices Tuesday, a Trump administration official said ...
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Amid federal education cuts, what’s at stake for Washington’s public schools?
In Washington, much of that federal coin comes in what Reykdal dubbed the “Big Three”: funding aimed at supporting students ...
Department of Education staff told offices will be closed Wednesday
Washington — Staff at the Department of Education received a notice Tuesday instructing them to leave the building by 6 p.m. local time and informing them that all department offices in Washington, ...
Mass layoffs ordered at Department of Education
Employees were told to leave the department's Washington, D.C., headquarters ahead of the layoffs and one-day building ...
U.S. Department of Education cutting more than half of its workforce
WASHINGTON — The Education Department plans to lay off more than 1,300 of its employees as part of an effort to halve the ...
All the duties and responsibilities of the Department of Education
After Congress established the Department of Education, the department's seven objectives in law are: Helping ensure access to equal educational opportunity for everyone. Support states, localities ...
Trump Education Department investigates 45 colleges over ‘race-based’ programs
The schools may be violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act by partnering with an organization that gives doctoral students insight toward obtaining a Ph.D. but limits eligibility based on race.
State Superintendent warns of potential for 'exceedingly painful' impact from federal education cuts
Washington state joined 20 other states in a lawsuit to block the Trump administration from drastically reducing the U.S. Department of Education's workforce.