Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education.

Javier Diaz Santana, who is deaf and mute, was swept up in a federal immigration raid at his job in Temple City, unable to communicate in handcuffs. His attorney says U.S. agents "don’t care whether y...

In seeking to reshape elite universities, the Trump administration is using several tactics, including freezing federal grants and contracts, and threatening colleges' tax-exempt status.

The directives include new efforts to curtail DEI programs at colleges, and discipline guidance for public schools.

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Special education laws and the U.S. Department of Education have evolved together over nearly five decades. Now, the Trump administration seems to want to separate the two.

If the Trump administration moves student loans to the Small Business Administration, where does that leave borrowers?

The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to allow it to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training.

The president said federal student loans would move to the Small Business Administration, and hinted that the Department of Health and Human Services would take over special education oversight.

Alabama is the only state where 4th-grade math scores are higher now than they were in 2019, before the pandemic. This is the story of how the state pulled it off.

Rather than lowering the price, some universities use online courses to subsidize everything else.

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The erosion of this fundamental information will create immediate blind spots for districts and states.

Scholars Daniel Martinez HoSang and Joseph E. Lowndes on the plastic politics of race in today’s GOP.

Experts say this week's mass layoffs could lead to less research and support for children with special needs.

Teacher unions and some parent groups condemned the cuts, while school choice advocates celebrated them.

As part of the Department of Education’s final mission, the Department today initiated a reduction in force (RIF) impacting nearly 50% of the Department’s workforce.

The program forgives the loans of borrowers who work in public service. The executive action would exclude those who work for certain organizations.

The institution is grappling with the “unexpected stoppage” of $800 million in funding from the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The draft executive action, obtained by NPR, acknowledges the department and its signature responsibilities were created by Congress, and cannot legally be altered without congressional approval.

A State Department program meant to convince international students to pursue higher education in the United States can't seem to get answers on whether they're allowed to talk about increasing divers...

The Department of Education’s role in this new era of accountability is to restore the rightful role of state oversight in education and to end the overreach from Washington.

Rural school districts depend on the state to fund construction and maintenance projects. But over the past 25 years, Alaska lawmakers have ignored hundreds of requests for public schools that primari...

Amid the threats to the Education Dept. and reports that Musk's DOGE had gained access to student loan borrower data, consumer advocates are issuing warnings.

President Trump has made clear he wants to close the U.S. Department of Education, but Republicans seem torn on just how far to go.

In her confirmation hearing, Linda McMahon handled tough questions from Democrats, and affirmed President Trump's plans to shrink, and potentially eliminate, the department.

The Trump administration abruptly terminated dozens of contracts financed by the research arm of the U.S. Department of Education.

The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is responsible for gathering data on a wide range of topics, including research-backed teaching practices and the state of U.S. student achievement.

The department tracks student achievement, manages college financial aid and sends K-12 schools money to support students with disabilities and lower-income communities, among other things.

While only Congress can shutter the department, the president is reportedly considering executive action to severely scale back its responsibilities and staffing.

The president directed several departments to submit plans for using federal funds to expand school choice.