Former Education Department staff describe the move as unprecedented interference into the country’s education system.

After two years of convincing, the Senate passed the Department of Education Organization Act on Sept. 24, 1979, with 69 votes in support. A few days later, the House passed it, too, with 215 yes ...

President Jimmy Carter On Oct. 17, 1979, President Carter signed the Department of Education Organization Act into law, splitting the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare into the ...

Organizations that track the removal of books from schools and libraries are denouncing last week’s Department of Education ...

The White House on Monday ordered a pause on federal grants and loans, according to a memo, but the Department of Education ...