On March 11, news came that 50% of the Department of Education was set to be laid off—part of its “final mission,” according to the department’s website, which stated that “impacted ...

The Bates College Department of Education seeks to foster the democratic possibilities of schooling through the study of education in the United States and internationally. The aim of the department ...

What Does the Education Department Do ... The goal of the department, according to its mission statement, is “to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by ...

Congress created the first “Department of Education” in 1867. However, its mission was limited to collecting statistics about schools and disseminating what would today be called “best practices” on ...

The recent decision to slash the U.S. Department of Education’s workforce nearly ... for the agency of now 2,183 workers to fulfill its mission and key functions, which include administering ...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon ... agency as part of an overall effort to shutter her department — a goal she described as its “final mission.” Testifying before the House Appropriations ...