President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon that aims to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education.

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The federal agency handles financial aid for college students, civil rights enforcement and federal funding for marginalized K-12 students.

With the department's potential closure, President Trump has suggested that the responsibility for managing student loans could be shifted to agencies like the Treasury Department, Commerce ...

The Department of Education has many different and varied responsibilities under its current formation and governs many ...

Amid concern and confusion as to what the future holds under the Trump Administration, here’s a look at the history of the Department of Education and what it actually does: The origins of the ...

What does the U.S. Department of Education do? While K-12 curricula is largely ... He floated moving it to the Departments of Treasury or Commerce, too. The shake up at the federal level comes ...

By law, the Education Department — created in 1979 — cannot be shuttered without the approval of Congress, and Republicans do not have the ... of Education does not educate anyone, it ...