The suit from 20 states and the District of Columbia comes two days after the federal agency fired more than 1,300 employees.

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

MIT is one of 45 schools facing a Department of Education investigation for allegedly engaging in race-exclusionary practices ...

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

The Department of Education has 51 universities in its sights, charging that they are operating programs that discriminate on ...

The colleges under scrutiny include dozens of state schools such as the University of Kansas. The U.S. Department of ...

The investigation of 45 colleges — including NYU, Cornell and Rutgers — stems from the schools allegedly running a Ph.D program that discriminates based on skin color, a violation of Title VI.

The Trump administration has delivered an extraordinary ultimatum to Columbia University, threatening to permanently end federal funding to the school unless it cedes control of an international ...

Among the key initiatives discussed was a significant increase in funding for agriculture education programs and ...

A vote by regents put the university among roughly 140 colleges that have adopted similar policies since the 2023 attack on ...

This comes after the Dear Colleague Letter reiterated schools' civil rights obligations to end the use of racial preferences ...

Demonstrators gathered outside the U.S. Department of Education on Friday morning to protest mass firings and what some are calling an effort to dismantle the federal education system.