In late March, Education Secretary Linda McMahon recorded a video to announce an investigation into Maine school districts ...

The shutdown means there is, essentially, no Education Department. The latest round of layoffs would leave few workers to ...

New analysis from the Center for American Progress quantifies the administration’s cuts within the Department of Education and identifies key harms that may result from the loss of personnel. This ...

The ACLU is fighting to protect the use of disparate impact liability, a critical tool in advancing equality, as the Trump ...

A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was already hit hard in the Trump ...

In April, the U.S. Department of Education used a landmark law intended, in part, to end racial discrimination to investigate Chicago Public Schools over a "Black Students Success Plan," after a ...

The layoffs wiped out the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, which ensures children with disabilities ...

The exterior of the U.S. Department of Education building is pictured on Oct. 11, 2025, in Washington. The agency on Tuesday told more than 250 office for civil rights employees they've been laid off, ...

The U.S. Department of Education has weakened one of its core duties, abolishing more than half of the offices that investigate civil rights issues raised by students and families, ProPublica reported ...

On April 23, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at narrowing civil rights protections and directing federal agencies to roll back the use of the disparate impact standard in "all ...