In a 6-3 decision along ideological lines, the Supreme Court paused a lower court order that had reinstated 1,400 Education Department employees laid off by the Trump's administration.

The Supreme Court on Monday said President Donald Trump may proceed with his plan to carry out mass layoffs at the Department of Education in the latest win for the White House at the conservative high court.

The Trump administration is moving full-steam ahead with plans to gut the Education Department after getting a green light from the Supreme Court. Conservatives are in celebration mode

In a statement, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine's office said "the efforts to give states more control and flexibility in implementing education policy is welcomed."

The Supreme Court cleared the way for the Trump administration to fire hundreds of Department of Education employees, a move that advances President Donald Trump’s plans to dismantle the department. The high court’s decision in McMahon v. State of New York was issued 6-3 along ideological lines.

President Trump on Monday said that Education Secretary Linda McMahon will begin the process of dismantling the Education Department in the wake of the Supreme Court decision allowing the

Colorado has joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education to prevent the freezing of federal education funds vital for diverse and underserved students.

Desperation crept into Sylvia’s voice as she rattled off all the ways her life would become more difficult if a free learning program that her son attends during the summer shuts its doors.