A new lawsuit from Democratic attorneys general in 20 states and the District of Columbia alleges this week’s mass layoffs at ...

The lawsuit claims that decimating the agency’s Office for Civil Rights will leave it unable to address issues of ...

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

Opinion: Although the US President has broad executive authority, he cannot dismantle a Cabinet agency created by law, such ...

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.

The Education Department announced Friday it is investigating more than 50 colleges and universities over what it called “racial preferences” in academics or scholarships, a move that ...

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

Demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. Department of Education on Friday morning to protest mass firings and what some are ...

These practices tend to exclude white people and Asian Americans, according to officials in the Trump administration.

Thursday's deadline for federal agencies to submit plans for large-scale layoffs kicks off a new phase in the dramatic ...

The colleges under scrutiny include dozens of state schools such as the University of Kansas. The U.S. Department of ...