The Trump administration wants to close the education department. Here’s how K-12 federal funding programs impact Virginia schools.

Amid rumors and fear, Plyler v. Doe decision guarantees the right of undocumented immigrant children to attend K-12 public schools.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A Honk-a-Thon on Independence Avenue is expected to bring the noise in protest of the Department of Education laying off nearly 50% of its staff amid President Donald Trump’s plan to dismantle the agency.

WASHINGTON — Independence Avenue Southwest might get a little loud Friday morning, when people take to the roads for a Honk-a-Thon outside the Department of Education to protest mass layoffs and the Trump administration's plans to scrap the agency.

Only five of the agency’s civil rights offices remain nationwide. Those who are still with the department say it will now be “virtually impossible” to resolve discrimination complaints.

President Trump’s battle to end the Department of Education is about to turn into a war as advocates prepare to defend the federal agency through litigation and civic action while he readies an executive order seeking its elimination.

A Tennessee bill that would require public schools to verify the citizenship status of students and give districts the option to charge unauthorized immigrants tuition has narrowly cleared its first legislative hurdle.

A bill to require public schools to verify the citizenship of students and allow districts to charge undocumented immigrants tuition passed its first committee by a single vote.

A bill that would challenge decades of Supreme Court precedent by denying access to public schools narrowly passed in committee Wednesday, causing protests and discord in the state’s supermajority