WASHINGTON – The Department of Education is in the early stages of recruiting another agency to help oversee federal special education programs, a spokeswoman said. The potential transfer of ...

Worries still linger about the impact of dismantling the U.S. Department of Education on special education services.

WASHINGTON — Families and educators across the country were plunged into a state of uncertainty over the weekend after the federal Education Department laid off practically every staffer in the ...

Efforts to gut the U.S. Department of Education’s special education office and move the program to another agency are already causing “immediate harm” to students with disabilities, advocates warn.

The U.S. Department of Education is in talks to move oversight of special education programs to another federal agency. An Education Department official said this week that the agency is working to ...

Students with disabilities who leave a traditional public school to enroll in a charter school experience improved academic ...

WASHINGTON — In a move that has sparked widespread discussion and concern, the Department of Education is in the preliminary stages of possibly transitioning the oversight of federal special education ...

The story was updated Nov. 13 to include a quote from Sen. Patty Murray. A new grant competition from the Department of Education redirects federal funding intended for college student success ...

More than 70 colleges, universities, nonprofits and other organizations are sharing $169 million to advance a number of the Trump administration’s priorities.

Angela Gleason knew something was wrong with her son’s education by the time he began first grade in Omaha Public Schools. The district moved Teddy, who has autism and is nonverbal, from a behavioral ...