WASHINGTON − An ideologically divided Supreme Court on July 14 allowed the Trump administration to fire hundreds of workers from the Education Department and continue other efforts to dismantle the agency. The court's three liberal justices opposed the order, the latest win for President Donald Trump at the high court.

Secretary of Education Linda McMahon on Wednesday said plans to gut her department won't harm students who need civil rights representation.

The Supreme Court decision this week giving President Donald Trump the go-ahead to largely dismantle the Department of Education is just one development this summer in what has been a broad federal retreat from education.

Here's what to know after a decision by the Supreme Court gives the president a green light to move forward on his promise to gut the agency.

The Department of Education (ED) on Thursday revoked a Clinton-era rule that allowed illegal immigrants to access taxpayer funds for

A slew of Democratic-led states asked a federal court on Monday to lift the Trump administration’s freeze on nearly $7 billion in public education money, accusing the Department of Education of unlawfully locking up critical funds Congress set aside to help low-income and immigrant students,

The departments of Education, Agriculture, Labor, Justice and Health and Human Services made separate announcements Thursday, touting savings of around $40 billion.