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

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

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

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

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

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

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed Friday claim the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights cannot fulfill its mandated ...

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

Within the department, the Office for Civil Rights – which already experienced layoffs in February – was especially hard hit by cuts. The details remain unclear, but reports suggest that ...

The CRDC originated in the late 1960s as required by the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The data questionnaire, which poses questions about civil rights concerns, is usually administered to U.S. public ...

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