While some see the Department of Education as vital to ensure education access and quality, others say it’s a bureaucracy ...

Educators tell NBC News they’ve seen a dip in attendance and increased anxiety among some students during the Trump administration.

“In the short run, I encourage all those currently supported by the Department of Education’s funding and services to prepare for disruption,” Jim Purcell, of the Alabama Commission on Higher ...

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The 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration reinforces that gender equality is not just a women’s issue but is a global ...

Linda McMahon arrives for her confirmation hearing before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee at the ...

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon should focus on improving teacher education programs to produce educators who can teach kids to read and write, rather than empowering them to overthrow the ...

Donald Trump appears to be nearing a long-touted executive order to abolish the Department of Education. Here is what the ...

Without Congress, President Trump cannot dismantle the agency. No modern president has ever tried to unilaterally shut down a ...

In 1979, former President Jimmy Carter oversaw the creation of the modern U.S. Department of Education – an accomplishment ...

The long-awaited directive comes as the agency is preparing to lay off likely hundreds of employees and just days after ...

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has waged a war against Hindi's alleged imposition, as he terms it, in south Indian states by the BJP-led Central government through the three-language formula ...