award scholarships to seal recipients. In one study, partially funded by the U.S. Department of Education and focused on a school district in New Mexico, students who earned a Seal of Biliteracy ...

About 45 years ago, President Jimmy Carter signed off on creating the U.S. Department of Education, which used to be grouped with health and welfare. The goal was not to control schools and ...

Donald Trump’s decisive victory in the 2024 presidential election has given new life to longstanding Republican calls to abolish the U.S. Department of Education. On the campaign trail and in ...

President Donald Trump has promised to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, with potential executive action coming this month. Trump could not eliminate the agency himself. In 1980 ...