Since the 1860s, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has collected and analyzed data on education across the ...

The Thursday lawsuit said laying off nearly 2,000 people at the department will hurt schools and universities across the ...

The layoffs are the first step toward dismantling the department, a goal espoused by President Donald Trump and his education ...

President Trump’s fixation reinvigorated the debate over the role of the federal government in education, and created a ...

The layoffs call into question how agency will be able to handle major operations such as student loans, FAFSA, the Nation’s ...

Since returning to the White House in January, the Trump administration has aggressively sought to reduce the number of ...

On Tuesday, the Department of Education announced it was firing more than 1,300 workers as part of broader federal workforce ...

The suit from 20 states and the District of Columbia comes two days after the federal agency fired more than 1,300 employees.

Current and former employees at the agency spoke with The Nation about the chaos as 1,300 people were laid off on Tuesday.

Concerns about student funding have risen since the Trump administration's plans to cut the federal workforce.

The lawsuit asks a judge to immediately pause the Trump administration's mass firings and declare that the dismantling of the Department of Education unlawful.

Earlier this week, the Trump administration announced plans to halve the United State Department of Education by laying off more than 1,300 employees under new Secretary of Education Linda McMahon.