ALBANY — New York is seeking to halt President Donald J. Trump’s plan to scale down and eliminate the federal Department of ...

It's truthfully hard to know which of those funding streams is at greatest risk because it's very unclear what is happening,” ...

President Donald Trump announced recently that roughly half of the Education Department's staff was being cut, amid his ...

The administration "cannot dismantle the Department of Education," several states argued in a new lawsuit claiming ...

The Trump administration cut about half the agency’s work force, saying the move would enable it to deliver services more ...

NY AG Letitia James sues to block the Trump administration's plan to cut the Department of Education workforce.

A group of 21 attorneys general led by New York's Letitia James Thursday sued the Trump administration in an effort to halt ...

President Trump’s fixation reinvigorated the debate over the role of the federal government in education, and created a ...

The layoffs are the first step toward dismantling the department, a goal espoused by President Donald Trump and his education ...

The lawsuit argues the cuts would harm students, especially those who are in low-income families or have disabilities.

New York and other states sued U.S.E.D. over grant funding earmarked for training and recruiting teachers without warning.

The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs ...