One young woman, who confessed she is majoring in elementary education, suggested the US won independence from Spain during ...

Sociologist Eve L. Ewing joins The Excerpt to discuss her new book “Original Sins,” which argues that schools enforce racial hierarchies.

While big questions about the agency’s future remain unanswered, here is everything to know about its history, and some of ...

Last week, the U.S. education system was upended — and it all began with a scoop from Jake Offenhartz. The week prior, ...

Without the department, advocates worry the federal government would not look out in the same way for poor students, those ...

President Donald Trump fulfilled a key campaign promise when he signed an executive order to begin dismantling the Department of ...

the president stripped apart the centralized authority overseeing the American educational system on Thursday, marking the end of a 45-year-old institution. “Today we take a very historic action ...

Parents have been demanding more control over their children’s education, leading to a surge in school choice programs, ...

Downsizing the Department of Education won’t fix what's wrong with our schools. We should mobilize state and local leaders to ...

Sen. Richard Blumenthal pledged Monday that the U.S. Senate will block President Trump’s elimination of the federal education ...

Less clear is what could happen with a more lofty part of its mission — promoting equal access for students in an American education system that is fundamentally unequal. Trump on Thursday ...