The U.S. Department of Education on Tuesday said it’s cutting nearly half the staff present when Donald Trump took office.

Five days after taking office as US Education Secretary, Linda McMahon, said on Tuesday she aims to cut nearly 50 percent of ...

Employees at the agency, which manages student loans, monitors achievements among learners and enforces civil rights, were ...

Around 3,000 people work in the department's Washington headquarters, and about 1,000 are in 10 regional offices across the ...

Experts have said that President Donald Trump cannot close the department without approval from Congress, but Education ...

Donald Trump's Department of Education said Tuesday it was slashing its staff numbers by almost half, the opening gambit in a ...

Tuesday’s announcement, affecting around 1,300 staff, is the next step in the Trump administration’s attempt to dramatically ...

The Department of Education said staff affected by the job cuts would be placed on leave starting Friday, March 21.

"As part of the Department of Education's final mission, the Department today initiated a reduction in force impacting nearly 50% of the Department's workforce," said Education Secretary Linda McMahon ...

President Trump’s plan to dismantle the department established by Congress in 1979 is likely to encounter several hurdles.

The staff reductions are the latest effort by the Trump administration to decrease the federal government’s role in education ...