Trump opens investigations at three California colleges alleging DEI-based discrimination
Amid President Trump's push against DEI, the Education Department has opened investigations into a diversity-related program ...
Education Dept launches widespread civil rights probe: A look at what the agency does as Trump eyes shutdown
The Education Department deals with managing loans, financial aid and some funding, but does not develop curriculum or ...
Big cuts at the Education Department’s civil rights office will affect vulnerable students for years to come
The layoffs further complicate staffing shortages at the Office for Civil Rights, which plays a vital role in promoting a ...
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Complaints with Dept. of Education stuck in limbo after Offices of Civil Rights closes
The U.S. Department of Education announced this week it would be shuttering some of its regional Offices of Civil Rights due to layoffs.
Education Department layoffs gut its civil rights office, leaving discrimination cases in limbo
The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, ...
The Education Department was created to ensure equal access. Who would do that in its absence?
Advocates worry the federal government would not look out in the same way for poor students, those still learning English, ...
‘Students will suffer harm’: Education Department’s civil rights office gutted by layoffs, closures
The Education Department’s civil rights office has been among the hardest hit by layoffs, with the Trump administration ...
All the duties and responsibilities of the Department of Education
After Congress established the Department of Education, the department's seven objectives in law are: Helping ensure access to equal educational opportunity for everyone. Support states, localities ...
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What does the Department of Education do? Its role and the push to abolish it
Since the Department of Education was established in 1979, the cabinet-level agency operating under the executive branch has ...
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What is DOGE? What to know about the Department of Government Efficiency
Within a number of weeks, DOGE said it cut about $900 million worth of contracts at the Education Department’s Institute of Education Sciences and at least $182 million worth of contracts in the ...
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Judge blocks Department of Education, federal personnel office from sharing data with DOGE
A federal judge in Maryland has blocked the Department of Education and Office of Personnel Management from sharing the personal information of plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the Trump ...