A recent nation’s report card that showed reading and math scores have not rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic is renewing efforts for President Donald Trump to abolish the Department of Education. Results from the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress offered an abysmal picture of student achievement.

The Education Department said that student-loan borrowers will continue to receive aid under President Trump's temporary freeze on grants and loans.

The Office of Civil Rights is investigating a civil rights complaint alleging that the Ithaca City School District discriminated on the basis of race and color.

The Trump administration launched an investigation on Tuesday against Denver Public Schools for converting a girl’s restroom in the district to one accommodating all genders.

The Education Department says it has placed diversity, equity and inclusion staff on leave and canceled over $2.6 million in DEI-related contracts.

President Trump rescinded Biden-era executive orders that bolstered support for tribal colleges and universities with the most Hispanic students.

Washington Post staff tried to separate what is happening from what is not, and to explain what may happen in the future.

The White House also announced that Trump signed an executive order aimed at “ending radical indoctrination in K-12 schooling.”

Several "book ban" complaints issued during the Biden administration have been dismissed by the U.S. Department of Education, officials said Friday.

The White House has no authority over curriculum, and no ability to unilaterally pull back federal dollars, but Trump is toeing the line.

President-elect Donald Trump has promised sweeping changes to several government departments, and the Department of Education (DOE) could be the site of some of the most radical changes to come.

Bell-Ellwanger: With NAEP scores down & absenteeism up, Linda McMahon must make her policies on data, assessment, transparency & student privacy clear