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What the Education Department layoffs could mean for students with disabilities
The layoffs are the first step toward dismantling the department, a goal espoused by President Donald Trump and his education ...
Class-action suit filed against Education Department for alleged self-obstruction
The nonprofit Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates filed a class-action lawsuit Friday against the United States ...
Parents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department’s Civil Rights Division
The lawsuit claims that decimating the agency’s Office for Civil Rights will leave it unable to address issues of ...
How Education Department layoffs hit student loans, testing, civil rights
The layoffs call into question how agency will be able to handle major operations such as student loans, FAFSA, the Nation’s ...
Why Republicans Want to Dismantle the Education Department
President Trump’s fixation reinvigorated the debate over the role of the federal government in education, and created a ...
WA officials challenge Education Department firings
Still, the state's superintendent of public schools said there would be a “much bigger impact” if Congress or the executive ...
The Education Department was created to ensure equal access. Who would do that in its absence?
As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials have suggested other agencies could take ...
U.S. Education Department to lay off all Dallas employees amid widespread national cuts
The Dallas office is just one of the regional offices getting eliminated as part of the national cuts. Other affected offices ...