President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration next week will mean sweeping changes in the way the federal government handles issues from foreign policy to education — and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is already rebutting what he’s expecting to see from his successor.

In an exit interview with USA TODAY, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona reflected on his agency's accomplishments – and its unpredictable future.

Millions of student loan borrowers saw their debts forgiven under President Joe Biden's administration. In most cases, the borrower will have heard if they received forgiveness directly from their loan servicer.

Biden's term was marked by unprecedented funding for schools, but no aggressive policy agenda. Did his administration do enough?

With just over a week left in Joe Biden’s presidency ... and colleges that receive federal funding. The federal Education Department’s interpretation of what constitutes sex-based misconduct ...

While Republican states were working to limit school history lessons and ban transgender athletes, President Joe Biden’s education chief said he was focused on what matters — putting more social workers in schools,

To date, the Biden administration has waived over $100 billion in student loan debt. The Department of Education on Monday canceled loans for another 150,000 borrowers. President Joe Biden has now overseen the cancellation of student loans for more ...

Three former secretaries of the U.S. Department of Education took to a Brookings Institution panel on Tuesday to offer more perspective on President Donald Trump’s calls to dismantle the federal agency,

President Joe Biden will leave the White House with some unfulfilled promises to federal student loan borrowers, but he can still boast that he forgave more than $188 billion in loans.

The state of Oklahoma is suing to hold the Biden administration accountable for unleashing “massive chaos" on the public school system in the state through four years of open border policies.

The heads of the Jan. 6 committee say they're grateful for the decision by President Joe Biden to pardon them “not for breaking the law but for upholding it.”

Kenneth Marcus, who served as a top civil rights official in the George W. Bush and Trump administrations, lauded Biden for his rhetorical commitment to combating antisemitism, which he said was unprecedented. But he said the strategy fell short. Marcus said Biden failed to institute policies that would stem antisemitism.