Plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed Friday claim the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights cannot fulfill its mandated ...

Opinion: Although the US President has broad executive authority, he cannot dismantle a Cabinet agency created by law, such ...

Maine is one of 20 states suing Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and President Donald Trump to reverse layoffs at the ...

The Department of Education announced significant layoffs this week, reducing its workforce by approximately half.

The former secretary of education says Congress should control of federal funds for schools back to the states.

Under Trump’s directive the Department of Education laid off half its staff. The lawsuit argues Trump has no authority to ...

BOSTON, MA (WABI) - Maine has signed onto a new multi-state lawsuit that alleges that the Trump administration’s mass layoffs ...

Tuesday’s layoffs largely affected the Federal Student Aid office, which saw one of the biggest slashes to its staff. Vargas ...

The lawsuit alleges the layoffs are so severe the department “can no longer function, and cannot comply with its statutory ...

Arizona State University is among 45 total schools the federal agency claims is not complying with civil rights' obligations.

Flores: Students in poverty & rural areas, kids with disabilities, English learners and homeless children will all suffer without federal protections.

President Donald Trump's administration is expected on Friday to move ahead with a second wave of mass firings and budget cuts across the US federal government even as two federal judges ordered it to ...