Public school advocates filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to block Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to pay for teacher stipends by cutting education funding by nearly $170 million.

Aided by the Trump Administration, Louisiana officials are fighting in court to end decades-old desegregation orders. Critics argue the orders are outdated, but civil rights groups and some Black pare...

MacKenzie Scott, ex-wife of Jeff Bezos, donated $38 million to Xavier University in New Orleans, part of a wide-scale giving spree to HBCUs.

The U.S. Education Department is moving management of K-12 and higher education to the Department of Labor and parceling out other core job duties to other agencies. It's the most sweeping effort so far to dismantle the agency.

Schools had expected to receive the money on July 1, which would allow them to plan for the fall. Instead, the U.S. Department of Education told states it would not release the funds until it had revi...