NPR's Emily Kwong speaks with former Education Secretary John B. King Jr. about the dismantling of the education department and recent arrests of international scholars.

Former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos revealed she is open to the prospect of returning to her former post in 2025 under the new Trump administration. After being elected to a second, non ...

The latest national education scores, released earlier this year, reveal the 45-year experiment with federal control of K-12 education has failed. Student reading scores fell in 2024 to some of ...

President-elect Trump announced on Tuesday night that he intends to appoint Linda McMahon, former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), to lead the Department of Education. His announcement ...

MERIDEN, Conn. (WTNH) — Former United States Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona spoke out on Instagram Saturday against the detention of a Meriden high school senior by Immigration and ...

President-elect Donald Trump announced his pick on Saturday of former Tennessee Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn to serve as Deputy Secretary of Education in his new administration. Schwinn ...

Former Education Secretary John B. King Jr. (L) with President Obama at the White House in October 2015. Kwong: Now, the Department of Ed, it still stands. It cannot be officially closed without ...

President Donald Trump and his allies — including his former Education secretary — have publicly zeroed in on the Education Department as a potential next target for his cutting spree, an ...

Less than a month and a half after Linda McMahon was sworn in as United States secretary of education, Arne Duncan — who served in the same position under former President Barack Obama from the ...

Less than a month and a half after Linda McMahon was sworn in as United States secretary of education, Arne Duncan — who served in the same position under former President Barack Obama from the ...