The Supreme Court decision this week giving President Donald Trump the go-ahead to largely dismantle the Department of Education is just one development this summer in what has been a broad federal retreat from education.

The Supreme Court on Monday said President Donald Trump may proceed with his plan to carry out mass layoffs at the Department of Education in the latest win for the White House at the conservative high court.

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to carry out a broad layoffs at the Department of Education that were blocked by a federal judge.

The Supreme Court on Monday lifted an injunction against the Trump administration's efforts to gut the Department of Education.The move allows the administration to proceed, for now, with mass firings that slashed nearly half of the agency's workforce in March as well as other actions,

The Supreme Court on Monday said President Donald Trump may proceed with his plan to carry out mass layoffs at the Department of Education in the latest win for the White House at the conservative high court.

The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to pause a lower court order that required the Department of Education to reinstate nearly 1,400 employees.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is moving ahead with a plan to cut 10,000 jobs after the Supreme Court lifted a pause on the layoffs.

"The President must take care that the laws are faithfully executed, not set out to dismantle them," Sotomayor wrote.