U.S. President Donald Trump will sign a long-anticipated executive order on Thursday that aims to shut down the Department of Education, acting on a key campaign pledge, according to a White House summary seen by Reuters.

The Trump Administration announced an investigation Thursday into the California Department of Education over a state law that bans teachers and other school staff from being required to disclose a child's gender identity to their parents.

President Donald Trump on March 20 signed an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, keeping good on a campaign promise to target the federal agency.

The Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians is warning that the potential dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education could have far-reaching impacts for Native American communities.

The Trump administration will investigate whether a new California law banning parental notification requirements in schools violates federal policy.

The two education programs at issue provide more than $600 million in grants for teacher preparation programs, often in subject areas such as math, science and special education.

When President Donald Trump last week signed an executive order to dismantle the U.S. Education Department, he declared that“the experiment of controlling American education through federal programs and dollars

Transgender athlete policies have been a common subject of investigations into schools, colleges, state education departments, and athletic associations by the U.S. Department of Education since Trump took office.

Thursday opened an investigation into the California Department of Education (CDE) over its policy forcing schools to hide information from parents regarding their children’s gender identity. Democrat California Gov.