The Education Department's mission is to promote student achievement and preparation for global competitiveness by fostering ...

Some are aghast at Trump's plans to cut the department's staff and funds. Others believe Americans were better educated before the department was created in 1979.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY — to Taunton Mayor Shaunna O’Connell, former Massachusetts Democratic Party Chair Gus Bickford, Jackson Cote, ...

U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said Friday that the humanitarian aid cuts by the United States and other countries in ...

When the Episcopal Church recently announced cuts to its national staff, it was the latest in a long-running cycle among ...

The review will include standards for physical fitness, body composition and grooming, including beards, which are currently not allowed in the military, apart from some religious exemptions, ...

The review will include standards for physical fitness, body composition and grooming, including beards, which are currently ...

The Illinois state flag is sometimes derided as an “SOB” — a state “Seal on a Bedsheet.” The white banner emblazoned with the ...

The speech functioned as victory lap after he emerged legally and politically unscathed from two federal prosecutions that ...

The state’s budget is now in the hands of Senate lawmakers, and the Indiana Department of Education outlined its funding ...

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Florida’s citrus growers are struggling to survive the one-two punch of hurricanes and disease. As production of the state’s ...