Beyond funding, the agency enforces anti-discrimination laws through its Office for Civil Rights, handling complaints related ...
Advocates worry the federal government would not look out in the same way for poor students, those still learning English, ...
Around 3,000 people work in the department's Washington headquarters, and about 1,000 are in 10 regional offices across the ...
The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, ...
The Department of Education cut half its workforce amid President Trump’s effort to abolish the agency. Trump touted the cuts ...
The U.S. DOE just laid off over 1,000 people — nearly half of its workforce. Schools and education experts worry about the ...
The Education Department plans to lay off more than 1,300 of its employees as part of an effort to halve the organization’s ...
The Department of Education initiated mass layoffs on Tuesday night, reducing its workforce by nearly 50%, sources told ABC News. The "reduction in force" notices began to go out at about 6 p.m.
The administration says it’s a step toward closing the department completely. Education Department officials this week ...
The terminations are part of the department's "final mission," it said in a press release, alluding to Trump's vow to eliminate the department.