UNITED STATES - JANUARY 3: From left, Reps. Andy Ogles, R-Tenn., Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Tim ... [+] Burchett, R-Tenn., are seen in the House chamber of U.S. Capitol before Speaker of the House ...

When asked why he would put McMahon in charge of the education department only to get rid of it, Trump said, "I want her to ...

4 (UPI) --President Donald Trump is expected to follow through on campaign promises to abolish the U.S. Department of Education by ... Available jobs in the United States in December dropped ...

The brief experiment with a department of education was born in 1867 and enacted by Southern Democrat President Andrew ...

But Union states like Ohio had mismanaged their education systems and federal lands too. The new Department of Education would “aid the people of the United States in the establishment and ...

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump’s administration will take steps to defund the federal Education Department, a White House official said on Feb 3, adding an announcement on the planned ...

Last week, Trump signed another education-related order to expand school choice, directing the Education Department to issue guidance to states within ... And former United Nations Ambassador ...

It was the fourth agency this week that federal employees blocked congressional Democrats from entering amid a push to shutter government agencies and dramatically cut the federal work force.

per the Education Department. Instead, states rely heavily on local taxes to create and approve budgets for school districts across the country. Decisions about what students learn are ...

Several Democratic lawmakers attempted to access the department’s headquarters on Friday, after a request to meet with the acting education secretary went unanswered.

Linda McMahon will appear on Capitol Hill next Thursday asking senators to confirm her for what will hopefully be a short ...