The education department no longer considers nursing as a professional degree program, which can weaken funding for students wanting to enter the health care field.

The Education Department is advancing its plans to eliminate itself, attempting a workaround to move certain mandatory programs to other federal agencies in a move resulting in considerable

On Tuesday, the Education Department announced the formation of a half-dozen interagency agreements — shifting several of the department’s critical functions across four other federal agencies: the Departments of Labor, Interior, Health and Human Services, and State.

The Democrat's government shutdown proved, without a doubt, American's don't need the Department of Education," McMahon said during White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's news briefing.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon appeared at the White House briefing Thursday to address recent changes at her department, including shifting several programs to other federal agencies, and she

Parceling out Ed. Dept. work to other agencies risks weakening enforcement of disability rights laws, groups warn.

Lance Christensen, vice president of government affairs and education policy for the California Policy Center, a conservative libertarian public policy organization, says Trump likely took Tuesday's action to put pressure on Congress to close the Department of Education or make other changes to reduce education programs at the federal level.