The department has worked out agreements with other agencies to outsource many of its functions elsewhere.

The department has worked out agreements with other agencies to outsource many of its functions elsewhere.

Here’s what is happening at the Department of Education, and how the ongoing dismantling of operations may impact student loans.

The Trump administration announced it will transfer much of the U.S. Department of Education's tasks to other agencies.

The president has repeatedly called for the department to be torn apart, claiming it has been overrun by liberal thinking.

Eliminating the department has been a goal for the Republican Party since the agency was first established in 1980.