It is time to end the experiment in federal control over education, returning the matter to states and, more important, to families. As Ms. Strassel explains, the Education Department is a misnomer.

During Trump’s first term, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos sought to dramatically reduce the agency’s budget and asked Congress to bundle all K-12 funding into block grants that give states more ...

The directive comes after the Senate voted to confirm Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), to ...

For decades, right-wing activists have called for eliminating the agency, which was created by Congress in 1979. As Trump remakes the federal government, he has assailed the department as wasteful and ...

I wrote a piece that detailed how comparing her to former secretary of education Betsy DeVos was likely inappropriate. I ended that piece by cautiously suggesting that McMahon would strongly align ...

Former Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos weighs in on several attorneys general suing to block Department of Education layoffs, Randi Weingarten's concerns over the department's abolishment and ...

By Bryce Fiedler In the wake of President Trump’s executive order aimed at dismantling the U.S. Department of Education, many have noted the obvious benefits of closing — or at least shrinking — this ...

In the state's judgment, Hinsdale High School District 86 and the state's other 850 school systems don't need to answer the ...

The New York and Minnesota letters both cite past comments from Betsy DeVos, Trump’s education secretary during his first term, extolling the virtues of diversity and inclusion. In a 2020 memo ...