The hitch is that presidents can't single-handedly abolish departments that lawmakers ... Department of Education," Trump told reporters Wednesday at the White House. "We're going to move ...

Lawmakers and ... Calls to dismantle the department are rooted in GOP concerns over federal intrusion into classrooms and a liberal stranglehold on the higher education system.

Lawmakers and the Chicago Teachers Union are amongst those weighing in on the mass layoffs at the Department of Education, with hundreds of jobs slashed in the last 24 hours.

A spokesperson for the Education Department ... programs into block grants, a form of funding that comes with fewer and less onerous rules and federal oversight. As a result, state lawmakers ...

As President Donald Trump prepares Thursday to sign an executive order aimed at closing the Education Department, his press secretary acknowledged that the administration cannot do this on its own.

President Donald Trump kicked off the process of dismantling the Department of Education by signing an executive order on Thursday.

To abolish the Education Department fully, 60 senators, including seven Democrats, would need to vote for such a measure.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to begin the process of shutting down the Department of Education.