For decades, right-wing activists have called for eliminating the agency, which was created by Congress in 1979. As Trump ...

The temporary outage of the FAFSA website sparks fears that Donald Trump has followed through on threats to dismantle the ...

President Donald Trump signed an executive order to largely dismantle the Education Department — an organization created by ...

The White House claims the department will still manage student loans, but the future of FAFSA remains uncertain.

The average federal student loan debt balance is $38,375, while the total average balance (including private loan debt) may be as high as $41,618.

President Trump is dismantling the Education Department, with other agencies taking over responsibility for federal student ...

How mass buyouts and layoffs at Trump's U.S. Department of Education might impact millions of students, teachers and ...

President Trump has promised to rid the government of "waste, fraud and abuse." But he's fired many of the people who look ...

The Department of Education oversees federal student loans held by nearly 43 million people, or one in six American adults.

Trump's plan to dismantle the Department of Education raises concerns about FAFSA, student loans, and financial aid.