Since 1980, when the ED was established in its current form, reading and math scores have slightly improved — despite a pandemic-triggered decline over the past few years — according to the Nation's ...

The Education Department is the main conduit for federal aid to public K-12 schools and a major lender to college students.

Education data was collected by the U.S. Census and covers public school children prekindergarten through twelfth grade. Prison data from the Vera Institute was collected in each state using a ...

The average endowment at the top 20 colleges with the biggest endowments is nearly $18.6 billion. All but three of these ...