Education Secretary Linda McMahon has argued that the government shutdown proves the Department of Education (ED) is not essential, noting that schools have remained open. Her remarks drew pushback ...

The shutdown means there is, essentially, no Education Department. The latest round of layoffs would leave few workers to enforce special education and civil rights laws. By Sarah Mervosh and Michael ...

A federal judge has temporarily blocked the Trump administration from laying off thousands of government employees, including nearly all of the workers in the Department of Education’s special ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. The Trump administration on Friday vowed to comply with a judge’s order to halt any layoffs caught up in a court-ordered pause on such ...

The Trump administration on Friday vowed to comply with a judge’s order to halt any layoffs caught up in a court-ordered pause on such reductions, though it left the door open to cuts of personnel not ...