US President Donald Trump's aggressive downsizing of the Department of Education—now backed by the Supreme Court—has raised concerns over the future of federal oversight, as power shifts to the states.

Colorado has joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education over a freeze in essential education funding.

The United States Department of Education was born as a political payoff by then-president Jimmy Carter to reward teachers’ unions for supporting his candidacy. While it doesn’t operate any schools or educate any children,

KEY TAKEAWAYS Supporting an Executive Order from President Donald Trump, federal agencies clarified that most federal benefits are unavailable for undocumented immigrants.As a part of this push, the Department of Education said that undocumented immigrants cannot access federal aid,

The Trump administration is implementing two significant policy shifts affecting undocumented immigrants, further advancing its agenda to restrict access to federally funded services. Announced this week,

Republican schools chief Tom Horne says his small Empowerment Scholarship staff has other priorities and may eventually get to clawing back those funds.

WASHINGTON (North Dakota Monitor) — Interest accrual on the debt of nearly 7.7 million student loan borrowers enrolled in the Saving on a Valuable Education plan will resume Aug. 1, the U.S. Education Department said Wednesday.