The administration "cannot dismantle the Department of Education," several states argued in a new lawsuit claiming ...

ALBANY — New York is seeking to halt President Donald J. Trump’s plan to scale down and eliminate the federal Department of ...

NY AG Letitia James sues to block the Trump administration's plan to cut the Department of Education workforce.

President Trump’s fixation reinvigorated the debate over the role of the federal government in education, and created a ...

During a New York City education council meeting on Feb. 26, a group of trans rights activists silently performed "La ...

The Trump administration cut about half the agency’s work force, saying the move would enable it to deliver services more ...

The Empire State ranks among the bottom 20 states in this decline, despite having the most expensive public schools in the ...

The lawsuit argues the cuts would harm students, especially those who are in low-income families or have disabilities.

President Donald Trump announced recently that roughly half of the Education Department's staff was being cut, amid his ...