President Donald Trump signs an executive order aimed at closing the Education Department at the White House in March. Credit: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images The Hechinger Report ...

Fayetteville will host a free New Year’s Eve Spectacular at Festival Park. The event features performances by rappers Bubba Sparxxx and Yung Joc, along with R&B group 702. A custom-designed star will ...

The Education Department is advancing its plans to eliminate itself, attempting a work-around to move certain mandatory programs to other federal agencies in a move resulting in considerable confusion ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Education Department is handing off some of its biggest grant programs to other federal agencies as the Trump administration accelerates its plan to shut down the department. It ...

The Trump administration announced on Tuesday that it will transfer much of the U.S. Department of Education's programs to other agencies. Currently, the agency oversees the country's $1.6 trillion ...

Responsibilities for K-12 and college programs, among others, will be moved to other federal agencies. By Michael C. Bender The Trump administration announced on Tuesday an aggressive plan to continue ...

The Department of Education on Tuesday announced a further dismantling of the agency by transferring much of its remaining workload to other federal agencies in a bid to convince Congress the ...

WASHINGTON – Families and educators across the country were plunged into a state of uncertainty over the weekend after the federal Education Department laid off practically every staffer in the ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union ...

The U.S. Department of Education announced a partnership Wednesday with more than 40 conservative organizations to create programming around civics aimed at the celebration of the 250th anniversary of ...

Public education in the U.S. is under attack. Whether at the local, state or federal level, political and religious groups have pushed for funding cuts while diverting more money to private-school ...

Known for his "country rap," hip hop artist Bubba Sparxxx first appeared on Billboard Charts in 2001 with his single "Ugly." Produced by Timbaland, who was also featured as a guest vocalist, the ...