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

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

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

At least 50 staffers were fired in Chicago or pushed out, including the entire Office for Civil Rights. The layoffs are part ...

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

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

The new investigations come as President Donald Trump’s administration is seeking to end DEI programs at schools nationwide, ...

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

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 branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration's layoffs.

The lawsuit argues that the mass layoffs leave students and families with little recourse for discrimination complaints.

The Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights is best known for enforcing disability rights across America’s schools, ...