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 ...

WASHINGTON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's stated goal of closing the Department of Education comes after a long Republican-led push to chip away at the agency's funding 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 ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump’s order calling for the dismantling of the U.S. Education Department has complex implications. The Republican president has argued the federal office hasn’t improved ...

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 ...

Almost from the moment it was created in 1979, the U.S. Department of Education has faced calls for its elimination from conservatives, who have argued that it gives the federal government too much ...