Retropolis Why America’s first Department of Education didn’t last. Created in 1867, the short-lived office was mired in the ongoing American strife after the Civil War.

On Feb. 14, Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in the Department of Education Craig Trainor issued a directive that all schools receiving federal funding rescind their Diversity, Equity ...

Facebook X Reddit Email Save. The Department of Education announced that it was laying off half of its workforce on Tuesday, a move that Secretary of Education Linda McMahon called "the first ...

The U.S. Department of Education has long been a target for government downsizers. Created by President Jimmy Carter to fulfill a promise to the National Education Association, it has faced ...

Nearly 2,000 Education Department staffers were fired under Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency efforts to slash spending and purge the federal workforce. That’s roughly ...

A federal judge on Thursday ordered the reinstatement of nearly 1,400 fired federal workers at the Education Department, delivering a major setback for President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle ...