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‘It’s a black hole’: Civil rights office at Department of Education veers from original mission
A little-known civil rights office in the Department of Education that helps resolve complaints from students across the country about discrimination and accommodating disabilities has been gutted by ...
Basically, the referee has left the field,“ said Maura Sullivan, CEO of The Arc of Massachusetts, a nonprofit advocating for ...
In April, the U.S. Department of Education used a landmark law intended, in part, to end racial discrimination to investigate Chicago Public Schools over a “Black Students Success Plan,” after a ...
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Mass dismissals of Education Department civil rights complaints prompt concern from former officials
The Education Department dismissed civil rights complaints at such a rapid clip this year that former officials and advocates are concerned about a core agency function amid Trump administration plans ...
Kimberly Richey, President Trump’s pick to lead the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights, told a Senate committee Thursday that she would fight to make sure the office had the resources it ...
The U.S. Department of Education has dismissed more than 3,000 civil rights complaints in about three months, effectively ending investigations into alleged discrimination in schools across the ...
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Education Department workers targeted in layoffs are returning to tackle civil rights backlog
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is bringing back dozens of Education Department staffers who were slated to be ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration insists it hasn’t wavered in its duty to protect the civil rights of America’s children even as it dismantles the Education Department. Yet its own data ...
Gregory Washington, president of Virginia’s George Mason University, must apologize to the university community for “promoting unlawful discriminatory practices” in order to resolve allegations that ...
In April, the U.S. Department of Education used a landmark law intended, in part, to end racial discrimination to investigate Chicago Public Schools over a “Black Students Success Plan,” after a ...
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