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

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

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

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

Since the Department of Education was established in 1979, the cabinet-level agency operating under the executive branch has ...

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

The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights, Institute of Education Sciences and Office of Federal Student Aid ...

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

The Trump administration cut about half the agency’s work force, saying the move would enable it to deliver services more effectively. The attorneys general called the layoffs “reckless and illegal.” ...

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

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

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