While differing views on education are expected, it is essential that such discussions, reflect a fair representation of policy intentions.

Education took up a small portion of the two-hour debate, with a question on the topic coming in the last half-hour of the event. Candidates’ responses were dominated by calls to eliminate the U ...

The push continues to have Illinois opt in to the federal school choice scholarship tax credit program. The program giving a ...

House lawmakers debated a resolution repealing an Education Department rule that expanded anti-discrimination protections at colleges and universities to include LGBTQ individuals.

WASHINGTON – When President Donald Trump signed a megabill with his spending and policy priorities into law on July 4, he distanced himself from another one of his goals: dismantling the U.S.

“Let’s shut down the head of the snake: the Department of Education,” Ramaswamy said. “Take that $80 billion [and] put it in the hands of parents across this country.

On higher education, the Department of Education runs the $1.6 trillion student loan program — the single biggest mission of the agency — but Trump has said less about his vision for college ...

How would Mesa County Valley School District 51 be impacted if it lost access to U.S. Department of Education funding? The county’s U.S. House representative, Lauren Boebert (R-Silt), last ...

Education has changed since the creation of the Education Department 40 years ago, and faces potential eradication if President-elect Trump follows through on calls to abolishing the agency.

Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five decades. Now, the Trump administration seems to want to separate the two.

The first Department of Education comes into existence on March 2, 1867. It would be made up of one commissioner, three clerks and a small budget of $15,000 - roughly $300,000 today. And it would ...