President Trump has signed an executive order calling for the Department of Education to be closed down, but his ability to do so is limited.

President Donald Trump has reopened a debate in the fight over the federal government’s role in education policy after signing an executive order to dismantle the U.S.

The Department of Education is the latest victim in President Trump’s slash and burn downsizing of the federal government. It’s been gutted by layoffs and California is now suing to try to stop the cuts.

Hundreds of fired government employees filed into the Department of Education headquarters in Washington on Friday in order to collect their personal belongings and say their goodbyes. Former workers were given 30 minutes to do this. Afterward, they were walked out of the building’s doors.

The Department of Education was established in 1980 as a Cabinet-level agency by Congress, which has the sole power of eliminating it. By introducing the bill to shut it down, senators are

Dozens of emotional Department of Education employees took part in a final "clap-out" in D.C. after losing jobs amid the Trump administration's agency restructuring.

Amid the chaos at the shrinking and endangered Department of Education, multiple former staffers tell The Hill the recent layoffs were disorganized and heartbreaking, but they are most concerned

The Department of Education has many different and varied responsibilities under its current formation and governs many offices including the Federal Student Aid (FSA), Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS).

The Education Department temporarily paused these applications after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled that the agency should stop implementing the Biden administration’s Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan and other parts of some income-driven repayment plans.

Superintendent Mo Green delivered a message during a prayer breakfast, highlighting the importance of federal support in ensuring quality education for all students, while warning that redirecting funds through the state legislature could jeopardize public education.

The Education Department halted the final payouts of federal Covid relief aid to state governments and school districts on Friday, in an abrupt reversal of a Biden administration initiative that let local officials request extended deadlines to spend billions of dollars.