ALBANY — New York is seeking to halt President Donald J. Trump’s plan to scale down and eliminate the federal Department of ...

It's truthfully hard to know which of those funding streams is at greatest risk because it's very unclear what is happening,” ...

President Donald Trump announced recently that roughly half of the Education Department's staff was being cut, amid his ...

The administration "cannot dismantle the Department of Education," several states argued in a new lawsuit claiming ...

The attorneys general of 20 Democratic states hit the Trump administration with a lawsuit over recent cuts to the Department ...

NY AG Letitia James sues to block the Trump administration's plan to cut the Department of Education workforce.

The Trump administration cut about half the agency’s work force, saying the move would enable it to deliver services more ...

President Trump’s fixation reinvigorated the debate over the role of the federal government in education, and created a ...

The lawsuit argues the cuts would harm students, especially those who are in low-income families or have disabilities.

The New York City Public School system is almost 95% funded at the state and local level. Still, that 5% of federal funding is equal to $2.2 billion.

The layoffs are the first step toward dismantling the department, a goal espoused by President Trump and his education ...