The legal challenge comes in the wake of mass layoffs at the department, which, along with some voluntary departures, ...

The new regulations would address longstanding concerns among special education parents and advocates about the use of ...

Massachusetts school districts and a union are among those suing the Trump administration for its executive order to ...

Several Massachusetts lawmakers have responded to President Donald Trump's signing of an executive order that will soon ...

Former Massachusetts Secretary of Education James Peyser joins WBUR's All Things Considered to discuss President Trump's efforts to change the Department of Education.

"Trying to abolish the department as one of the ... allege that Trump's executive order and mass layoffs puts vulnerable students at risk, jeopardizes education jobs and reduces access to Pell ...

Two weeks ago, the Education Department laid off half its staff in a historic reduction in force, the first step in the Trump administration’s plans to close down the department. Inside Higher Ed ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday aimed at dismantling the U.S. Department of Education.

Somerville and Easthampton schools partnered with the American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts, AFSCME Council 93 and ...

The department’s Office for Civil Rights recently sent a letter to UMass Amherst, American University, Scripps College, and ...

Trump's executive order trying to dismantle the Education Department is "unlawful," according to a lawsuit from the second ...