President Donald Trump promised for years to abolish the department — which he can't do without congressional approval.

Amid the push for school choice and school vouchers, Trump continues his campaign to shutter the federal Education Department ...

The president's Jan. 29 directive puts the federal Education Department's biggest grant programs on the table.

President Donald Trump signed a series of executive orders in his first nine days in office, some of which could impact ...

More money for private schools and charters means less for rural and low-income schools. Illinois cannot afford to take any ...

In a letter to school districts, universities, and others on Jan. 31, the Education Department said it would reinstate ...

Trump is asking the same for the Department of the Interior — requiring that the agency’s next leader review how anyone ...

School choice advocates call Trump's education executive orders "extremely welcome" while unions say the orders help "unaccountable private operators—a tax cut for the rich." ...

The Trump administration released an executive order that diverts funding from public schools in favor of "patriotic" private ...

COMMENTARY: It provides a much-needed response to the virtual monopoly public schools have over the education system within ...

After Trump issued an executive order signaling he wants to control public education, officials in California rebuked him ...