Former Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights at the Department of Education Catherine E. Lhamon said the Trump administration’s decision to dismantle the department will put students at risk at a ...

This article has been updated. A former leader of the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights said she’s “frustrated” with schools that are changing DEI policies in an effort to keep federal ...

LGBT advocates are praising President Barack Obama’s selection of two appointees to six-year terms on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. On Thursday, Obama appointed Assistant Secretary of Education ...

ST. LOUIS—A former leader of the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights during the Obama and Biden administrations called the Trump administration’s targeting of undefined diversity, equity ...

To help understand the implications of President Trump’s order to dismantle the Education Department, Geoff Bennett has perspectives from Rick Hess, the director of education policy studies at the ...

Montanans overwhelmingly reject Critical Race Theory in our classrooms. Since Brown v. Board of Education, we’ve worked to live up to our founding ideals and we hold true to the principle of equal ...

A Civil Rights Data Collection report found that Black students are overrepresented in special education programs and disciplinary actions, comprising 33 percent of school-related arrests and 20 ...

The Education Department's civil rights division has resumed investigations into disability-related discrimination complaints ...