Education Department workers targeted in layoffs are returning to tackle civil rights backlog

The Trump administration is bringing back dozens of Education Department staffers who were slated to be laid off.

Trump Is Trying to Kill the Education Department Because He Misunderstands Its History

The U.S. first had a federal education department in 1867 — not 1979. Its history is critical in understanding the federal ...

Inside the dismantling of the Education Department | The Excerpt

Six new deals shift major Education Department programs to other agencies. Here’s what it means for school funding, special ed and student aid.

The Education Department is being dismantled. Here’s what that means

The Education Department is breaking off several of its main offices and giving their responsibilities to other federal agencies, an early look at how President Donald Trump could fulfill his campaign ...
Inside Higher Ed

Tribal Colleges Brace for Disruption as Oversight Shifts to Interior Department

The U.S. Department of the Interior is going to take over managing tribal college funds as the Education Department sheds ...
ABC News

Education Department to begin transferring offices to other agencies in move toward dismantling it

The move inches Trump closer to his goal of shuttering the department. The Department of Education on Tuesday announced six interagency agreements that would transfer some of its offices to other ...
USA Today

Education Department braces for further dismantling

WASHINGTON – The Trump administration took major steps on Tuesday, Nov. 18, to further dismantle the federal Education Department. The agency finalized six agreements to outsource aspects of its ...
CNN

Trump administration accelerates push to dismantle Education Department as it offloads work to other agencies

The Department of Education on Tuesday announced a further dismantling of the agency by transferring much of its remaining workload to other federal agencies in a bid to convince Congress the ...
Inside Higher Ed

McMahon Breaks Up More of the Education Department

You have /5 articles left. Sign up for a free account or log in. The Education Department is planning to move TRIO and numerous other higher education programs to the ...
Politico

Trump administration launches plan to dismantle Education Department

The Trump administration is implementing its widely telegraphed plan to shutter the Education Department by transferring critical responsibilities to other federal agencies. Six department offices ...
Slate

One Consequence of the Government Shutdown Could Be Felt for Decades

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. When reduction-in-force notices went out ...
PBS

Schools fear disruptions as White House begins dismantling Department of Education

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration says its plan to dismantle the Education Department offers a fix for the nation’s lagging academics — a solution that could free schools from the strictures ...