The Education Department's civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration's layoffs.

Experts say the move will inflate class sizes and take away special education services for students with disabilities.

Read More: A Brief History of Efforts to End the Department of Education In 1867, President Andrew Johnson signed the first official Department of Education into law. Although it was not a cabinet ...

But the idea of eliminating the Department of Education—and any federal control over education—is even older than that. The history goes back all the way to the Civil War and to America’s ...

The United States Department of Education was officially created by Congress during the Carter Administration.

The Department of Education clarified that observances such as Black History Month are not in violation of an order warning state education departments that they must remove diversity, equity and ...

The federal government is undermining National Park Service efforts to maintain an accurate and objective accounting of our ...

Credit - Saul Loeb—AFP/Getty Images But the idea of eliminating the Department of Education—and any federal control over education—is even older than that. The history goes back all the way ...

THE PURGE — Terminated employees of the Education Department are sorting through ... of federal law means celebrations of Black history or women’s history — or any other identity — could ...

President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order in the coming days to dismantle the Department of Education.According ... modern American political history and the use of ...

President Donald Trump is expected to issue an executive order, possibly Thursday, aimed at abolishing the Department of Education ... science, and history—not divisive DEI programs and gender ...

Educators gather to discuss groundbreaking Hmong culture curriculum, aiming to illuminate history and foster understanding.