‘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 ...
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Educators sue to block enforcement of anti-diversity civil rights guidance
The letter, from acting Assistant Secretary for the Office for Civil Rights Craig Trainor, gave schools ranging from preschools to universities until the end of the month to end all practices related ...
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How the SAT Became a Darling of the Anti-DEI Crowd
The Trump administration’s Dear Colleague letter railed against colleges’ racial diversity initiatives. How did testing ...
UC under investigation for reports of antisemitic discrimination, harassment
The Department of Education publicly released a list of 60 institutions who are being investigated for violating Title VI of ...
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Education Department layoffs gut its civil rights office, leaving discrimination cases in limbo
The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights is losing nearly half its staff, effectively gutting the office that ...
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Education Department Cracks Down on Campus Antisemitism, Pledges Justice for Jewish Students
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced a new directive to accelerate the resolution ...
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Civil rights group files complaint against University of San Diego for alleged race discrimination
The complaint highlights a Friday "Dear Colleague" letter from Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for Civil Rights at the Department of Education, that reaffirms the protections of Title VI.
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Whitman College official responds to Education Department warning to stop antisemitism
Whitman College is one of 60 colleges and universities that were told by the Department of Education to stop antisemitism on ...
Lawsuit seeks to block Trump administration's anti-DEI in education order
The ACLU and the NEA sued the U.S. Department of Education on Wednesday for telling school officials to axe DEI programming ...
Education Department layoffs gut civil rights offices in Chicago, nationwide
At least 50 staffers were fired in Chicago or pushed out, including the entire Office for Civil Rights. The layoffs are part ...
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Ex-Title IX Officials Rebuke Trump Admin's NIL Gender Equity Stance
Three former officials from the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR), who played key roles in ...