National Education Association teachers' union members and others often disrupted the Senate confirmation hearing of ...

If Linda McMahon is confirmed as education secretary, President Donald Trump has said he wants the former wrestling executive ...

What does the Department of Education do? To be clear, the federal department does not dictate what educators teach in the ...

President Donald Trump and his allies — including his former Education secretary — have publicly zeroed in on the Education Department as a potential next target for his cutting spree, an ...

Duncan says Former Education Secretary Arne Duncan said President Trump’s plan to eliminate the Department of Education is “not going to happen,” citing necessary congressional action.

transcript Several Democratic lawmakers attempted to access the department’s headquarters on Friday, after a request to meet with the acting education secretary went unanswered. “We’re ...

He told reporters in the Oval Office Tuesday that Linda McMahon, his nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Education, should eventually "put herself out of a job." Read more:The White House is ...

Read more:Where does Linda McMahon, Trump's education secretary nominee, stand on key issues? Closing or significantly reorganizing the department would require new legislation. It’s not clear ...

Her job is to end her job. President Trump reiterated that his top objective for Department of Education secretary nominee Linda McMahon is for her to bring about the elimination of the position ...

Trump has made clear one of his top objectives is for Department of Education Secretary nominee Linda McMahon to eliminate it — and is reportedly mulling an executive order to that effect.

The order is expected to ask for a plan to shutter the department. President Donald Trump could soon sign an executive order directing the secretary of education to dismantle the federal ...

Thirty House Democrats on Friday morning attempted to enter the Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., to meet with acting Education Secretary Denise L. Carter, but they were ...