The Trump administration's slashing cut the state's Office for Civil Rights, responsible for providing students protection ...

The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, ...

The Education Department distributed roughly US$242 billion to students, K-12 schools and universities in the 2024 fiscal ...

A new lawsuit argues that recent layoffs undermine the office’s ability to investigate complaints of discrimination from all ...

The latest cuts further compound funding and staffing shortages that have plagued the Office of Civil Rights. The effects of ...

A lawsuit filed Friday alleges the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is unable to fulfill its mandated ...

The Education Department’s civil rights office has been among the hardest hit by layoffs, with the Trump administration ...

Nikki Carter and her son, Simeon, get ready for his graduation from Demopolis High School on May 19, 2023, in Demopolis, ...

Students must be assessed according to merit and accomplishment, not prejudged by the color of their skin. We will not yield ...

Vanderbilt University is one of dozens of higher education institutions under investigation by the Office of Civil Rights for ...

Civil rights attorneys in the Education Department responsible for the New York and New Jersey region were laid off by the ...

U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said the investigations are an effort to protect students from discrimination.