The U.S. Department of Education announced Friday it has opened an investigation into Duke University for allegedly violating ...

The lawsuit asks a judge to immediately pause the Trump administration's mass firings and declare that the dismantling of the Department of Education unlawful.

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

The latest cuts further compound funding and staffing shortages that have plagued the Office of Civil Rights. The effects of ...

The Education Department deals with managing loans, financial aid and some funding, but does not develop curriculum or accredit schools.

Twenty states and Washington, D.C. filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Trump administration over its cut of over 1,315 ...

The U.S. Department of Education announced investigations into 45 higher education institutions for alleged civil rights ...

The suit from 20 states and the District of Columbia comes two days after the federal agency fired more than 1,300 employees.

The federal office is investigating the Oklahoma school for for alleged "race-based scholarships and race-based segregation." ...

On Wednesday, March 12, the U.S. Department of Education announced significant staff reductions, cutting nearly half of its ...

Secretary of Education Patrick Tutwiler joins WBUR's All Things Considered to discuss how these changes will impact education in Massachusetts.

Democratic state attorneys general sued to block the Trump administration from dismantling the department, or laying off roughly half of its staff.