About a fifth of the agency’s remaining staff was affected, including employees working on special education, funding for low-income students and civil rights enforcement. By Sarah Mervosh Michael C.

On Friday, the Trump administration fired most employees at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. The Department of Education office is tasked with protecting the rights of ...

WASHINGTON – Families and educators across the country were plunged into a state of uncertainty over the weekend after the federal Education Department laid off practically every staffer in the ...

The Department of Education has dismissed nearly all employees in its Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services as part of a new round of layoffs that began on Friday, according to the ...

“Who the heck is going to administer this program?" The nation's special education services have been significantly impacted after Friday's mass layoffs within the Department of Education and it could ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union ...

The Trump administration threatened to lay off federal workers because of the government shutdown. Thousands reportedly got pink slips Friday. Staff members at the Department of Education will be ...

Does Generation Z have the values employers are looking for, or has the culture shifted to individual happiness that has less to do with monetary success and career achievement? NYU Stern School of ...

The longer a federal shutdown lasts, the harder it will be for local school districts, universities and the federal Education Department to provide services. In the short term, most in the education ...

Education advocates are biting their nails as the government shutdown begins. A contingency plan for the Education Department has been put in place, with 95 percent of its staffers furloughed, apart ...

As the federal government barrels toward a shutdown Tuesday at midnight, the Department of Education is bracing for sweeping disruptions that threaten to stall civil rights investigations, delay ...

THE SHUTDOWN SAGA: A government shutdown is looking inevitable and could disrupt some parts of the education world. What happens to federal education programs during a shutdown? It partly depends on ...