EXCLUSIVE — The Trump administration placed Peggy Carr, the commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, on leave Monday, just weeks after the nation’s yearly report card showed mathematics and reading scores plummetin g to two-decade lows.
Linda McMahon, President Trump's nominee to become secretary of education, appeared before senators on Thursday.
A plan being considered by the White House would direct the education secretary to dismantle the department as much as legally possible while asking Congress to abolish it completely. At her confirmation hearing Thursday,
A court declined to prevent DOGE from accessing sensitive student loan borrower data housed at the Department of Education. But the battle isn't over.
In her confirmation hearing, Linda McMahon handled tough questions from Democrats, and affirmed President Trump's plans to shrink, and potentially eliminate, the department.
Efforts by the Trump administration to dismantle the Education Department are underway. Here's what it could mean for students.
President Donald Trump is attempting to dismantle the Department of Education. His efforts are history repeating itself.
Maine is accused of violating Title IX laws after refusal to comply with an executive order banning transgender athletes from competing in girls' and women's sports.