Former Department of Education employees and education advocates told ABC News that they worry this ruling could harm the most vulnerable children in the country.

A funding freeze from the Department of Education is affecting after-school programs in Omaha, leaving education advocates concerned about the future of essential services across the state. Collective for Youth, which supports local after-school programs, initially anticipated receiving $1.7 million on July 1 to sustain its operations.

Anastasios Kamoutsas said his top priorities as Commissioner of Education are school safety and student achievement.

Colorado has joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education to prevent the freezing of federal education funds vital for diverse and underserved students.

New members of the Missouri State Board of Education discovered their powers to direct schools are more limited than they expected during a retreat last week.

The two-term Democrat sponsored several pieces of voter rights legislation at the state capitol and previously was the state director of America Votes in Colorado and Minnesota.

Nearly two dozen state AGs and blue state governors sue Trump administration for withholding more than $6 billion in federal funds for several education programs.

The Supreme Court has allowed President Donald Trump to move forward with efforts to dismantle the Education Department. Here's what the agency does.