There’s been a lot of hesitancy, uncertainty — even outright fear — among many in the Chicago performing arts community, ...

New guidelines for the National Endowment for the Arts encourage works about American history and AI — and include strong ...

Illinois awards over $40,000 in grants to 26 schoolyard habitat projects to encourage eco-conscious education.

President Donald Trump’s administration has launched an investigation of the organization that oversees high school sports in ...

The Chicago Teachers Union is concerned about President Donald Trump's potential education secretary Linda McMahon, the former WWE executive.

President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Education faced a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday.

The agency’s main role is financial. Annually, it distributes billions in federal money to colleges and schools and manages the federal student loan portfolio. Closing the department would mean ...

Linda McMahon in her confirmation hearing for Education secretary on Thursday vowed to work with Congress on a myriad of ...

Efforts by the Trump administration to dismantle the Education Department are underway. Here's what it could mean for ...

Efforts by the Trump administration to drastically cut federal investments in medical research are threatening to kneecap major research institutions and stifle scientific progress to combat ...

Federal oversight by the U.S. Department of Education has often created bureaucratic obstacles rather than actually improving ...