Education Department

President Donald Trump's student-loan policies are good for business, a major private lender said.Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" spending legislation, signed into law in July, included sweeping changes to student-loan repayment, including the elimination of a key affordable repayment plan and new caps on graduate borrowing. The changes signal a complicated — and likely more…

President Donald Trump's plans to dismantle the Department of Education can officially be revived.On Monday, the Supreme Court said that Trump's administration can move forward with its plan to terminate over 1,300 of the Department of Education's employees. Prior to the terminations, the department had 4,133 workers on staff. After the department announced in March…

President Donald Trump's plan to shut down the Department of Education is officially on pause.A federal judge on Thursday issued a ruling blocking the Trump administration from carrying out its executive order to dismantle the Department of Education. The ruling also blocked the department's plan to fire additional employees and its intent to transfer student…

Millions of student-loan borrowers are still waiting for cheaper monthly payments.President Donald Trump's Department of Education wrote in a legal filing on May 15 that, as of April 30, nearly 2 million student-loan borrowers' income-driven repayment applications were still pending. The department said just over 79,000 applications were processed during the month of April.This data…

President Donald Trump is reviving a program that withholds federal benefits like tax refunds and Social Security from student-loan borrowers in default.Trump's Department of Education announced on Monday that it will resume collections on defaulted borrowers beginning on May 5. Since March 2020, the department has not collected on defaulted student loans or enforced the…

The Department of Education announced Tuesday that it's firing over 1,300 employees.This will slash the agency's workforce in half, a senior administration official said.The official said that these terminations will not impact student aid or grant disbursements.The Department of Education said on Tuesday that it's firing over 1,300 employees, leaving the agency with just over…

Trump signed an executive order aimed at limiting eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.Trump said the order would restrict employers engaging in "anti-American" activities from participating.Millions of government and nonprofit workers rely on PSLF for student-debt relief.President Donald Trump's latest executive order took on a major student-loan forgiveness program in the administration's latest…

Education Sec. Linda McMahon told NewsNation that over 300 employees accepted the $25,000 buyout.She also said that she's looking into transferring student loans and Pell Grants to other federal agencies.It's part of the Trump administration's broader goal to dismantle the Department of Education.After being on the job for just a few days, President Donald Trump's…

President Andrew Johnson created the first Department of Education in 1867. Despite not being a strong supporter of the measure introduced by Congress, Johnson signed the formation of the Department of Education into law. The Print Collector/Print Collector/Getty Images During the 19th century, public schools became more common.In 1830, 55% of children aged between 5…

Biden's administration posted notices to withdraw its broader student-loan-forgiveness plans.Amid lawsuits, the Education Department wrote that it stands by the legality of its debt-relief plans.The plans aimed to cancel some student debt for over 38 million borrowers.President Joe Biden's administration has officially scrapped its unfinished rules for broad student-loan forgiveness.The Education Department posted notices to…