Laid-off Office for Civil Rights staff have been put on administrative leave since March. Schaefer states that the staff will ...

The administration is prioritizing allegations that transgender students and students of color are getting unfair advantages ...

It’s the first time the agency—which has been under court orders to reinstate staff—has said it will actually bring laid-off employees back.

The US Department of Education is reinstating over 260 employees to its Office for Civil Rights after a court order. This ...

The judge also said a high court ruling allowing layoffs at the Education Department shouldn't affect a separate case on ...

George Mason University has been found in violation of federal civil rights laws, the U.S. Department of Education announced ...

Denver Public Schools has confirmed that one of its high schools, which previously converted a girls' restroom into an ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, effectively gutting an office that already faced a ...

The Department of Education said Fairfax-based George Mason University violated federal civil rights law by using race in ...

Five universities are under investigation by the US Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights for providing scholarships to undocumented immigrants enrolled in the Obama-era DACA program ...