While thought to be a “lame duck,” the embattled federal agency remains a major player in crafting U.S. policy.

dek: Kirk, a community college dropout, frequently called higher education a "scam" ...

Student loan borrowers filed a new lawsuit Monday, arguing the Education Department must immediately forgive student loans ...

An image of the slain conservative activist is among several banners now hanging on the building. He appears alongside other ...

The Trump administration last year quietly wound down a program that for more than a decade honored schools and districts for ...

The Education Department stopped monitoring calls between servicers and borrowers and reviewing borrower data for accuracy, watchdog finds.

In February 2026, a rumor spread that a banner with the portrait of Turning Point USA co-founder and conservative commentator ...

Kirsten Baesler, then North Dakota's schools superintendent, talks to the press on May 8, 2015, at the state capitol in Bismarck. Baesler, now the assistant secretary of elementary and secondary ...

The requirement seeks data separated by race and sex from the last 7 years, which Washington Attorney General Nick Brown says puts student privacy at risk.

A group of school districts, educators, unions and advocacy organizations filed a lawsuit on Tuesday challenging the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, ...

The Department of Education says it plans to move all borrowers still enrolled in the Saving for a Valuable Education to a new repayment plan.

The Department of Education is taking its next major step toward overhauling the college accreditation system, inviting higher ed policy experts to suggest nominees for an upcoming negotiating ...