The Education Department fired 1,300 employees concerning critics who have blasted the decision's possible effect on student ...

NBC News reported all employees working out of the department's regional offices in Dallas, San Francisco, New York, Boston, ...

The Department of Education said staff affected by the job cuts would be placed on leave starting Friday, March 21.

The workforce at the U.S. Education Department will soon be half of what it was when President Trump took office in January.

The Department of Education under President Trump initiated sweeping layoffs Tuesday night, sending “reduction in force” ...

Amid layoffs and a plan by Trump to close the U.S. Department of Education, a new dawn for students is coming. Will it be bright or bleak?

McMahon said the reductions are a “significant step toward restoring the greatness of the United States education system.” ...

The change is designed to shift policy oversight to the states, but some question the impact on the enforcement of civil rights laws.

Trump addresses the mass layoffs at the Education Department, emphasizing state control over education, while concerns arise ...

The United States’ Department of Education cuts nearly half of its workforce.

An hours-long outage Wednesday on StudentAid.gov, the federal website for student loans and financial aid, underscored the ...

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon said cutting the department's workforce nearly in half is a first step toward ...