Education Secretary Linda McMahon has argued that the government shutdown proves the Department of Education (ED) is not essential, noting that schools have remained open. Her remarks drew pushback ...

The shutdown means there is, essentially, no Education Department. The latest round of layoffs would leave few workers to enforce special education and civil rights laws. By Sarah Mervosh and Michael ...

The Trump administration on Friday vowed to comply with a judge’s order to halt any layoffs caught up in a court-ordered pause on such reductions, though it left the door open to cuts of personnel not ...