Eliminating the Department of Education could worsen racial inequities by cutting federal funding to poor schools.

A federal judge in Maryland has blocked the Department of Education and Office of Personnel Management from sharing the personal information of plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Trump administration with Elon Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency.

The Department of Education took additional steps this week that effectively blocks affordable repayment plans and student loan forgiveness for millions of borrowers.

U.S. Rep. Dale Strong wants to abolish the Department of Education and send the money funding the agency back to the states. “The U.S. Department of Education is a failed process,” Strong said Thursday at Drake State Community and Technical College while participating in the National Association of Manufacturers 2025 Competing to Win Tour.

The U.S. Department of Education launched an online portal allowing parents to report what’s been going on in classrooms, the latest move of the Trump administration’s crackdown on DEI.  Read More

Ever since the new Trump administration took office, one of the federal departments on the proverbial chopping block has been the Department of Education.

President Santa Ono sent an email to community members about a letter U-M received from the DOE regarding the future of race-based programming.

Thank you for printing the op-ed by Paul Vallas, “What would it mean if US Department of Education is abolished?” (Feb. 13). In this piece, Vallas argues that many functions of the Department of Education could still be alive and well under other departments.

Open investigations into Kentucky school districts and universities are related to racial, gender and disability discrimination.

University of Wisconsin special education professors Kimber Wilkerson and Beverly Trezek founded the UW–Madison Teacher Residency Program in 2023 with support from a Teacher Quality Partnership grant,