The Trump administration is discussing an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, according to reports.

Former Education Department staff describe the move as unprecedented interference into the country’s education system.

After two years of convincing, the Senate passed the Department of Education Organization Act on Sept. 24, 1979, with 69 votes in support. A few days later, the House passed it, too, with 215 yes ...

The federal Education Department placed at least 60 employees on administrative leave late Friday night after Donald Trump's ...

President Jimmy Carter On Oct. 17, 1979, President Carter signed the Department of Education Organization Act into law, splitting the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare into the ...

What follows is the results of those findings. When former President Jimmy Carter was in office, Congress passed the Department of Education Organization Act in October 1979, which officially ...

Organizations that track the removal of books from schools and libraries are denouncing last week’s Department of Education ...