A new memo from the Department of Education invokes the language of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 while twisting its intent ...

A memo to the department’s Office for Civil Rights reveals that the agency will allow “only disability-based discrimination” ...

The U.S. Department of Education under the Trump administration says that race-based decisions in education – including ...

The Reagan administration took an early lead attacking affirmative action as a quota-based program. It was during the ...

Three educator groups are suing to block the U.S. Department of Education from enforcing new civil rights guidance that ...

In a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, the Office for Civil Rights declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal.

The Federal Office for Civil Rights is launching an investigation into Maine's Department of Education and a school district ...

In a “Dear Colleague” letter, Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for civil rights for the Education Department, declares that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives ...

After pausing most civil rights investigations, the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is resuming some inquiries, but only those related to disability-based discrimination, according to a ...

That means that thousands of outstanding complaints filed with the department’s Office for Civil Rights related ... based discrimination,” Craig Trainor, the office’s acting director ...