This Day in History: U.S. Department of Education created on Oct. 17, 1979

MONROE, La. (KNOE) - President Jimmy Carter signed the Department of Education Organization Act on Oct. 17, 1979. The ...

With shutdown cuts, Trump moves closer to eliminating Education Department

The administration is looking to shed workers and transfer some operations to other departments as it seeks to close the ...
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Trump can slash Education Department's civil rights staff, court rules

(Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Monday allowed the U.S. Department of Education to proceed with plans to lay off civil rights staff as it paused an injunction that the Trump administration ...
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Barr: $20M federal grant awarded to Kentucky Education Development Corporation

More than $3 million in federal funds will benefit the Kentucky Education Development Corporation, officials say. This is according to an announcement Wednesday by U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), ...

Education Department altered employees' emails to blame shutdown on Democrats, lawsuit says

A federal workers' union said the administration violated employees' free-speech rights by co-opting their email correspondence to force them to "recite partisan words that they would not have spoken ...
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US Dept. of Education pulls millions in Chicago Public Schools funding for magnet schools program

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The U.S. Department of Education has pulled millions of dollars in funding for Chicago Public Schools' "Magnet Schools Assistance Program." CPS officials confirmed the ...