Here are some of the ways in which the dismantling of the Department of Education could prove to be detrimental.

After weeks of uncertainty nearly $6.8 billion in frozen education funds will finally reach schools and programs nationwide, including $171 million for Michigan.

Trump's pick to oversee higher ed was a vice president for a company that paid $13 million to settle accusations it defrauded the student aid system.

U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito, the chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, has been advocating for the release of this particular funding. She says this will support programs that West Virginians use and rely on every day.

The department said it was examining whether universities that provide financial help for children who arrived in the country as undocumented immigrants are discriminating against U.S. citizens.

Virginia schools must align policies with Title IX or face DOJ action, following OCR findings on gender identity facility access issues.

The U.S. State Department announced Tuesday that the United States has decided to exit the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.