Decades ago, Jimmy Carter engineered the creation of the modern Education Department. On the heels of his death, the agency's future is threatened.

Fact checked by Ward Williams Incoming-President Donald Trump's second term is expected to have its share of shake-ups. Trump has promised to shut down several government agencies in an effort to reduce wasteful spending,

In her role as former chief executive of World Wrestling Entertainment, Linda McMahon oversaw an enterprise that popularized the “takedown” for millions of wrestling fans. But as President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education,

President Joe Biden ushered in student loan forgiveness for millions, but a Trump presidency has many borrowers concerned.

Now that Donald Trump is days away from retaking the White House, U.S. colleges and universities are said to be bracing for the impact of Trump's vow to end "wokeness" in higher education. Colleges in red states,

Eliminating the U.S. Department of Education, crackdowns on K-12 curriculum and limits on speech on college campuses were all mentioned by the president-elect during the 2024 campaign.

World Wresting Entertainment co-founder Linda McMahon has been getting high marks from her meetings with the Republican senators who could decide whether she'll be the next secretary of education.

Results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP, are expected in early 2025. The tests were given in spring 2024 and will provide insight into the state of student learning four years after COVID school closures.

With less than a month until President-elect Donald Trump’s second term begins, his campaign promise of eradicating the U.S. Department of Education has been gaining traction nationwide.

Linda McMahon will face questions from lawmakers in the U.S. Senate in the coming weeks about whether or not she’s fit to head up the U.S. Department of Education. Some of McMahon’s most direct experience in education took place in.

Trump’s administration, with Linda McMahon as Education Secretary, aims to undo Biden’s Title IX rules on gender identity via executive orders and litigation.

During his campaign, Trump vowed to end “wokeness” and “leftist indoctrination” in education. He pledged to dismantle diversity programs that he says amount to discrimination, and to impose fines on colleges “up to the entire amount of their endowment.”