The Latest Breaking News from Department of Education

The agency oversees a $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio and supervises 50 million primary and secondary students across the U.S.

ANALYSIS : Analysis: In signing an executive order to dismantle the Department of Education, Trump was assigning homework that will never get done, Richard Hall writes.

The White House has conceded that it cannot entirely eliminate the department without action from Congress

With the Trump administration threatening to sign an executive order to shut down the agency as soon as today, the Senator sits down with 'Marie Claire' to explain how public schools, financial aid, and civil rights would be impacted.

Is Trump about to pull the plug on the Department of Education?

Staffers at US Department of Education say severe cuts in the name of efficiency are having the opposite effect: ‘You can’t even quantify the loss’

The U.S. Department of Education cut its workforce by nearly 50% on March 11, 2025, when it laid off about 1,315 employees. The move follows several recent directives targeting the Cabinet-level agency.

Late-night hosts discuss Trump shilling Teslas with Elon Musk and his dismantling of the Department of Education

The department laid off over 1,300 employees this week.

The Trump administration on Tuesday slashed staff at the Department of Education – firing roughly 1,300 employees – as part of its long-planned effort to eliminate the agency entirely. The move leaves the department with 2,183 employees, down from more than 4,000 at the beginning of the year.

Over a thousand people will be laid off from the 4,000-person agency