WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - Governor Laura Kelly on Thursday joined 17 governors in sending a letter to United States Secretary of Education Linda McMahon demanding the department release approximately $6.8 billion in federal education funding.

The U.S. Department of Education has emerged as central in the struggle over control of the power of the purse in the nation’s capital.

Colorado has joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education to prevent the freezing of federal education funds vital for diverse and underserved students.

United States Department of Education U.S. Department Education investigates CPS over Black Student Success Plan The complaint claims the CPS is using the program to discriminate on the basis of race.

Desperation crept into Sylvia’s voice as she rattled off all the ways her life would become more difficult if a free learning program that her son attends during the summer shuts its doors.

Colorado has joined a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Education over a freeze in essential education funding.

After a Supreme Court ruling that allowed the Department of Education to proceed with mass firings, Jen Psaki explains the repercussions that this might have on the future of education in the United States.

The president of the nation’s largest teachers’ union, the National Education Association, slammed the Supreme Court’s ruling on Monday for siding with the Trump administration on dismantling the Department of Education.