WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing Education Secretary Linda McMahon to start dismant l ing the Department of Education. "It sounds strange, doesn’t it?

The Trump administration is appealing a court order blocking mass layoffs and other changes at the Education Department.

In the early days of President Donald Trump’s second term, he made a blunt promise about the US Department of Education: “We’re going to shut it down as quickly as possible.” In a matter of months, 40 ...

While one of the Republicans running for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District seat said Wednesday that he backs President Donald Trump’s domestic and foreign policies across the board, another ...

The Education Department announced Monday plans to move two more programs to other federal agencies amid President Trump’s effort to “break up the federal education bureaucracy.” The department ...