The government shutdown should be brief, and higher ed advocates see a number of wins in the legislation to fund the ...

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 ...

The House of Representatives passed a legislative package Wednesday evening in a 222-209 vote, putting Congress one step closer to ending the federal government’s longest shutdown in history.

WASHINGTON — A new round of layoffs at the Education Department is depleting an agency that was hit hard in the Trump administration’s previous mass firings, threatening new disruption to the nation’s ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Head Start programs that serve tens of thousands of the nation’s neediest preschoolers are facing a cutoff of federal funding at the end of the month because of the government ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government shutdown has been a source of anxiety for school leaders wondering how long grant money will last and who can help them interpret federal laws. For Education Secretary ...

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 ...

BISMARCK, ND (KXNET) – Gov. Kelly Armstrong on Oct. 7 congratulated state Superintendent of Public Instruction Kirsten Baesler following her confirmation by the U.S. Senate to serve as Assistant ...