The U.S. Department of Education said on Tuesday its civil rights office is investigating the Portland, Oregon, school system ...

On the evening of March 11, 2025, civil servants at the U.S. Department of Education’s offices in Washington, D.C. and ...

The Education Department deals with managing loans, financial aid and some funding, but does not develop curriculum or ...

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

Many of the office’s cases over the decades have served as a catalyst for broader policy change and social reforms.

The lawsuit claims that decimating the agency’s Office for Civil Rights will leave it unable to address issues of ...

A Florida public university is under investigation by the federal education agency for awarding race-based scholarships.

The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights sent a letter to Superintendent Dr. Kimberlee Armstrong, saying that ...

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

A complaint sent to the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is accusing Gettysburg College of violating ...

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

Civil rights attorneys who investigate discrimination complaints against schools and colleges in New Jersey were among the ...