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2 days agoThe Education Department's efforts to fire staff cost over $28 million, watchdog says
A new report from a government watchdog suggests the Trump administration's efforts to fire staff at the U.S. Department of Education cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. The report, from the nonpartisan U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), focuses on the department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR), which investigates complaints of discrimination in schools based on students' sex, race, national origin, disability and more.
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fromTruthout
1 month agoRacial Harassment of Students Ignored by Trump's Department of Education
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights halted new racial-harassment resolution agreements under the Trump administration, leaving Black students’ complaints without fresh federal agreements.
fromThe New Yorker
3 months agoWhen the Government Stops Defending Civil Rights
President Donald Trump has struck a different tone, suggesting that some of these workers "don't deserve" back pay and seizing the opportunity to fire others, particularly those who staff and run what he has called "Democrat agencies." One of these agencies is the Department of Education, whose Office for Civil Rights enforces laws such as Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act-which bars discrimination based on race, color, and national origin-in federally funded schools and colleges.
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fromABC7 San Francisco
4 months agoUC Berkeley provides Trump administration list of 160 names in antisemitism investigation
UC Berkeley provided about 160 students, staff and faculty names to the Department of Education and Office for Civil Rights in a probe of alleged campus antisemitism.
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fromInside Higher Ed | Higher Education News, Events and Jobs
9 months agoStudents and Institutions in Limbo After Mass Layoffs at OCR
The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights faces challenges due to staff reductions and a shift in priorities under the Trump administration.
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