A federal investigator who examines civil rights complaints against Alabama schools is the latest target of Trump ...

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

President Donald Trump is downsizing a federal office that he's also using to carry out his policy agenda for schools.

Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, ...

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Legal experts said an Education Department letter goes much further than the actual law in limiting how schools and colleges ...

That means that thousands of outstanding complaints filed with the department’s Office for Civil Rights related to race and gender discrimination — most of which are submitted by students and ...

Tylisa Guyton of Taylor, Michigan, filed a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights on Jan. 20 over her 16-year-old son’s ...

Some staffers were instructed by their supervisors to halt external communications.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal office that enforces civil rights at schools across the U.S. has been ordered to prioritize complaints of antisemitism above all else as it molds to President Donald ...