About a fifth of the agency’s remaining staff was affected, including employees working on special education, funding for low-income students and civil rights enforcement. By Sarah Mervosh Michael C.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union ...

WASHINGTON – Families and educators across the country were plunged into a state of uncertainty over the weekend after the federal Education Department laid off practically every staffer in the ...

“Who the heck is going to administer this program?" The nation's special education services have been significantly impacted after Friday's mass layoffs within the Department of Education and it could ...

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Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Wednesday the federal shutdown is proof that her department should be eliminated, as the Trump administration is trying to do. “The Democrat government shutdown ...

The Department of Education has dismissed nearly all employees in its Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services as part of a new round of layoffs that began on Friday, according to the ...

Today, 7% of refugees have access to higher education compared to only 1% in 2019. This is far below the global average higher education enrollment among non-refugees, which stands at 42 per cent.

'Parents do want options,' says this expert, who believes charter and private schools are part of the solution to problems in public education You can save this article by registering for free here.

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A governmentwide reduction in force during the federal shutdown will touch an already lean U.S. Department of Education, the Trump administration said Friday, with the department’s office of ...

The Trump administration threatened to lay off federal workers because of the government shutdown. Thousands reportedly got pink slips Friday. Staff members at the Department of Education will be ...