The lawsuit claims that decimating the agency’s Office for Civil Rights will leave it unable to address issues of ...

A lawsuit filed Friday alleges the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is unable to fulfill its mandated ...

At least 50 staffers were fired in Chicago or pushed out, including the entire Office for Civil Rights. The layoffs are part ...

The latest cuts further compound funding and staffing shortages that have plagued the Office of Civil Rights. The effects of ...

Nikki Carter and her son, Simeon, get ready for his graduation from Demopolis High School on May 19, 2023, in Demopolis, ...

The Education Department deals with managing loans, financial aid and some funding, but does not develop curriculum or ...

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed Friday claim the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights cannot fulfill its mandated ...

Many of the office’s cases over the decades have served as a catalyst for broader policy change and social reforms.

The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, ...

The layoffs call into question how agency will be able to handle major operations such as student loans, FAFSA, the Nation’s ...

Office of Civil Rights employees said this means students with open cases will have their claims backlogged even further.