The Department of Education announced it was cutting about 2,000 staff members, seemingly the first step in fulfilling President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to dissolve the agency entirely.

The Education Department fired 1,300 employees concerning critics who have blasted the decision's possible effect on student loan holders and other Americans; Linda McMahon, the a ...

The Department of Education's mass layoffs on Tuesday affected some 1,315 employees -- including civil servants around the country.

UW-Madison is among 60 universities warned by the Education Department about potential funding cuts over antisemitism complaints and discrimination allegations.

Wisconsin State Superintendent Dr. Jill Underly released a statement Wednesday, March 12, in response U.S. Department of ...

President Donald Trump has said he wants his new education chief, Linda McMahon, to "put herself out of a job." ...

Tim Walz has slammed the decision by the Trump administration to lay off nearly half of the staff at the Department of ...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon is fumbling key acronyms on national television. The former professional wrestling promoter ...

President Trump on Wednesday said that Education Secretary Linda McMahon was behind the mass layoffs at the agency, not mentioning tech billionaire Elon Musk while defending the overhaul. “When we ...

President Trump’s vision for the Department of Education appears to be its potential dismantling, with newly appointed ...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday backed his administration's efforts to lay off about half of the Education Department ...

Three state governors, all former educators, derided the decision to terminate nearly half the federal agency's workforce.