Education Secretary Miguel Cardona speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in his office at the Department of Education, Sept. 20, 2023, in Washington. Mark Schiefelbein/AP, FILE ...

Cuts have hit most of the department’s main functions, which include investigating civil rights complaints, providing ...

The U.S. Department of Justice said it aims to determine whether the school discriminates against employees based on sex and ...

The Education Department is investigating alleged discrimination involving shared ancestry at five more colleges and universities, according to its updated list of open inquiries. Montana State ...

The US Education Department has been reduced to half its size under President Trump, with over 1,300 staff laid off. Despite ...

The Education Department dismissed more than 3,400 civil rights complaints in about three months under the Trump ...

The Department of Education announced Friday it was opening investigations into more than 50 universities over alleged “race-exclusionary practices.” Yale, Georgetown and the University of ...

Civil rights investigations, student loan borrowing and financial aid are among the areas that will be affected by a department with diminished capacity.

Department of Education data shows that, in four Midwestern states, there are 489 pending investigations into discrimination complaints at public schools. More than 12,000 such investigations ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Education announced Monday that it is opening civil rights investigations in five states to look into whether bans on mask mandates in schools are ...

Through its Office for Civil Rights, the Education Department conducts investigations and issues guidance on how civil rights laws should be applied, such as for LGBTQ+ students and students of color.