WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will release $1.3 billion in previously withheld grant money for after-school programs, days after 10 Republican senators sent a letter imploring the Trump administration to allow frozen education money to be sent to states.

Whether I view it from my perspective as a school teacher, school principal, district leader, State Commissioner of Education, or Secretary of Education for the United States, I see actions to dismantle the U.

After-school funding was released, but billions of dollars remain frozen, weeks before the start of the school year.

Nothing in any recent court rulings requires the department to halt debt forgiveness under IBR, and it's unclear why the federal government has paused it.

"It's going to reduce the number of teachers, it's going to reduce the ability for us to make evidence-based changes.”

The U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Education Department to proceed with mass layoffs. But some workers slated to be let go are still in limbo.

The Education Department has paused student loan forgiveness under the IBR plan—not due to court orders, but system updates—raising concerns among borrowers.

The Income-Based Repayment plan provides borrowers with a feasible option to repay their student loans, and here’s what you need to know.

President Donald Trump's job isn't to employ as many bureaucrats as possible. It's to deliver effective and efficient services to taxpayers.