In her book, Natalia Rogach Alexander discusses how the celebrated thinker on democracy and education can still enlighten ...

A Texas A&M professor has been told not to teach certain writings from Plato, a staple in introductory philosophy courses, because they may violate the university system's new rules against "advocate" ...

The Japanese philosophy of wabi-sabi is about noticing and appreciating imperfection, impermanence, and the understated beauty in everyday life. Embracing the principles of wabi-sabi might be the ...

Days after U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said the government shutdown proved how unnecessary the Department of Education is, the Trump administration announced plans to transition key ...

The Department of Education on Tuesday announced a further dismantling of the agency by transferring much of its remaining workload to other federal agencies in a bid to convince Congress the ...

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Education fired nearly everyone in the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services in a wave of new layoffs that began Friday, according to the union ...

Readers respond to a guest essay by Jennifer Frey about the University of Tulsa’s Honors College. To the Editor: Re “The Liberal Arts Can Thrive,” by Jennifer Frey (Opinion guest essay, July 18): The ...

Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to pause a lower court order that required the Department of Education to reinstate nearly 1,400 employees who had been laid off while proceedings over ...

Cuts have hit most of the department’s main functions, which include investigating civil rights complaints, providing financial aid, researching what works in education, testing students and ...

President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon have called on the Republican Congress to disperse the Department of Education’s programs to other federal agencies. As described ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recommended his deputy chief of staff, Anastasios "Stasi" Kamoutsas, as the new commissioner of education. The State Board of Education unanimously approved Kamoutsas' ...