Eliminating the Education Department won’t erase student loans. Borrowers will still be responsible for repaying their debt.

The Trump administration's plan to dismantle the US Department of Education has caused intense arguments in the Illinois ...

New Jersey and 19 other U.S. states have taken the Trump administration to court over its proposed cuts to the Department of ...

Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington is among 60 universities the federal Department of Education is investigating for ...

CHICAGO — John Petruszak opened his email Feb. 27 to find a message he called “shocking”: the federal Department of Housing ...

The remarks also came days after the U.S. Department of Agriculture terminated a $26.3 million grant to the Illinois State ...

At least 50 staffers were fired in Chicago or pushed out, including the entire Office for Civil Rights. The layoffs are part ...

UChicago is the latest school under investigation by the Trump administration over allegations of discrimination.

CHIEF EXECUTIVES Appointments Michael T. Benson, president of Coastal Carolina University, has been named president of West ...

The layoffs are the first step toward dismantling the department, a goal espoused by President Donald Trump and his education ...

Governor JB Pritzker rallies against federal education budget cuts, highlighting their impact on Illinois schools and ...

Here's what to know about the 20-state lawsuit seeking block the Trump administration from dismantling the Department of Education.