In response to a federal lawsuit, the Agriculture Department said it would refrain, for now, from demanding that states turn over the personal information of people receiving assistance.

President Donald Trump on Thursday said he has discussed shifting the Federal Student Aid office to an agency outside the Education Department.

A clear majority of voters supports preserving or increasing funding for the Department of Education, according to a new poll from Morning Consult.

Six people are carrying out the work of Elon Musk’s government cost-cutting group at the US Department of Education, though one of them hasn’t completed ethics or information security training, accord...

Freshmen enrollment did not decline this fall, as previously reported in the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s annual enrollment report in October.

The Education Department also withdrew its controversial rule regarding the participation of transgender student athletes in sports that align with their gender identity.

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