Shuttering the agency is unlikely as it would require congressional approval and some Democratic votes to break the Senate ...

Still, in recent decades, the Education Department’s work became part of the Beltway firmament and enjoyed bipartisan support ...

CNN and the Wall Street Journal both reported that President Trump is preparing an executive order to dismantle the federal ...

Gov. JB Pritzker warned at an Illinois Education Association convention Thursday that cuts to federal education funding could “damage the future of the people of Illinois,” shortly ...

Illinois had a record year for solar growth in 2024 and can now draw enough energy from the sun to power 930,000 homes, according to a new report. Illinois added 2.5 gigawatts of solar capacity last ...

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Education Secretary Linda McMahon is fumbling key acronyms on national television. The former professional wrestling promoter ...

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Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Friday that President Trump is moving forward with an executive order to dismantle the Education Department. “I think he certainly intends to sign the ...

The Department of Education announced that it was laying off half of its workforce on Tuesday, a move that Secretary of Education Linda McMahon called "the first step" toward completely ...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Friday that Trump administration plans to dismantle her department will not simply be a case of walking away and abandoning it. “This is not a turn off the ...

The U.S. Department of Education staff is set to be cut in half. Former officials and analysts are grappling with what it ...