Lhamon, who led the office as assistant secretary for civil rights in both the Obama and Biden administrations. “I am scared for my kids and I am scared for every mother with kids in school.” ...

We have to measure doorways and bathrooms to see if everything is accessible for kids with disabilities.” Even before the layoffs, the civil rights office had been losing staff even as ...

The agency’s anti-discrimination enforcement arm, the office for civil rights, is another division ... role that research plays in helping our kids learn,” she said. IES was established ...

Photographer Andrew Feiler documented the last remaining Rosenwald Schools built to educate Black children during segregation ...

The DOJ dropped a civil rights lawsuit filed against Southwest Key Programs alleging its employees had sexually abused ...

The regional Department of Education employee, who received the reduction in force email on Tuesday, told ABC News their civil rights office was abolished. "All those disabled kids, which is the ...

The U.S. Education Department's Office for Civil Rights, Institute of Education Sciences and Office of Federal Student Aid were especially impacted by the cuts announced on Tuesday.

The Department of Education’s civil rights arm warned 60 colleges ... issued to the department’s Office for Civil Rights (ORC). Getty Images Following that directive, the Education Department ...

President Trump’s fixation reinvigorated the debate over the role of the federal government in education, and created a ...

Bloody Sunday, thousands gather in Selma to honor a defining moment in the Civil Rights Movement. Credits: @erniesuggs / AJC | Getty Images | AP ...

Experts say the move will inflate class sizes and take away special education services for students with disabilities.