The Education Department oversees some 100,000 public and 34,000 private schools in the United States, although more than 85% of public school funding comes from state and local g

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.

Hundreds of students and educators protested in front of the state Capitol building Thursday to protest the way lawmakers fund education in Colorado.

The protest between 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. was one of many organized by the National Educators Association challenging changes to the U.S. Department of Education. Teachers in Columbia were some of the few who demonstrated publicly instead of rallying inside schools, said Noelle Gilzow, president of the Columbia Missouri National Education Association.

Teachers across several school districts gathered at the Colorado State Capitol to rally ahead of proposed funding cuts to education.