A memo to the department’s Office for Civil Rights reveals that the agency will allow “only disability-based discrimination” ...

A federal investigator who examines civil rights complaints against Alabama schools is the latest target of Trump ...

President Donald Trump is downsizing a federal office that he's also using to carry out his policy agenda for schools.

Since Inauguration Day, the Office for Civil Rights has only opened about 20 investigations focused on Trump’s priorities, ...

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As Trump began to reshape the Education Department, investigations and mediations around disability rights issues came to a ...

A Maine high school is under "directed investigation" after President Donald Trump clashed at a meeting with Maine's governor ...

Some staffers were instructed by their supervisors to halt external communications.

The Federal Office for Civil Rights is launching an investigation into Maine's Department of Education and a school district ...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) had presented the warning to schools in a letter last week. AASA said the organization is unsure how likely funding loss is for ...