The government shutdown has been a source of anxiety for school leaders wondering how long grant money will last and who can ...

During her U.S. Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday, Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump's nominee for Secretary of Education, addressed questions regarding the future of federal student loan ...

The Hechinger Report covers one topic: education. Sign up for our newsletters to have stories delivered to your inbox. Consider becoming a member to support our nonprofit journalism. Two months after ...

Linda McMahon, the now-secretary of education, and Brooke Rollins, the now-secretary of agriculture, unsuccessfully pitched themselves to serve as President Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff – ...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon said Wednesday the federal shutdown is proof that her department should be eliminated, as the Trump administration is trying to do. “The Democrat government shutdown ...

As the partial government shutdown persists amid partisan gridlock in Washington, D.C., Education Secretary Linda McMahon pointed out that the shutdown demonstrates that her department is not ...

Education Secretary Linda McMahon on Wednesday sought to use the government shutdown as leverage in the Trump administration’s battle to dismantle her department. President Donald Trump and McMahon ...

The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) will hold a virtual confirmation hearing over the nomination of Casey Means to be U.S. surgeon general next week, five months ...

(The Center Square) – U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon’s statement that the now more than two-week long government shutdown reveals the U.S. Department of Education is unnecessary – an idea ...

WASHINGTON – A federal judge has temporarily paused the Education Department's decision to lay off nearly everyone in its special education division. Judge Susan Illston in the Northern District of ...