But the idea of eliminating the Department of Education—and any federal control over education—is even older than that. The ...

The Oklahoma Board of Education recently approved a new, more conservative social studies agenda that has irked even some ...

A conversation with Eve L. Ewing about the schoolhouse’s role in enforcing racial hierarchy and her book Original Sins.

Demsas: I want to situate us in the history of the rise of state-led primary education. Before reading your book, I think I hadn’t really taken in the short timeline that we’re talking about ...

The United States Department of Education was officially created by Congress during the Carter Administration.