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Inside Trump’s Decimation of Department of Education

Parents sue over Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights layoffs: ‘Abdicated its responsibility’

Plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed Friday claim the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights cannot fulfill its mandated duties after nearly half the department’s staff was laid off this week, as President Donald Trump moves to shut down the agency entirely.

ProPublica on MSN · 7h

Parents Sue Trump Administration for Allegedly Sabotaging Education Department’s Civil Rights Division

The lawsuit claims that decimating the agency’s Office for Civil Rights will leave it unable to address issues of discrimination at school — violating the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment.

USA Today · 8h

20 states, including Illinois, suing over Trump's Department of Education layoffs

Here's what to know about the 20-state lawsuit seeking block the Trump administration from dismantling the Department of Education.

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Boston Herald on MSN · 11m

MIT faces Department of Education investigation for alleged ‘race-exclusionary’ discrimination

MIT is one of 45 schools facing a Department of Education investigation for allegedly engaging in race-exclusionary practices in their grad programs.

USA TODAY · 2h

US education department investigates OU-Tulsa medical school for 'race-based scholarships'

The federal office is investigating the Oklahoma school for for alleged "race-based scholarships and race-based segregation."

The Boston Globe · 1h

‘Illegal discrimination.’ Education Department launches more than 50 investigations over university diversity programs

The Department of Education said Friday it has opened investigations into more than 50 colleges and universities over what it describes as illegal, discriminatory diversity programs that generally benefit Black,

Education Department to cut half its staff

CBS News on MSN · 2d

Education Department announces it's cutting nearly 50% of workforce

The Department of Education said staff affected by the job cuts would be placed on leave starting Friday, March 21.

Bloomberg L.P. · 1d

Education Department to Cut Workforce in DOGE Push

Bloomberg's Akayla Gardner discusses workers of the Department of Education being told not to show up to work as President Trump and DOGE make efforts to cut half of the Department's workforce. She talks about the impact this will have on federal student aid and its burrowers.

Boise State Public Radio · 1d

The Education Department is being cut in half. Here's what's being lost

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.

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Class-action suit filed against Education Department for alleged self-obstruction

The nonprofit Council of Parent Attorneys and Advocates filed a class-action lawsuit Friday against the United States ...

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Betsy DeVos backs dismantling of U.S. education department under Trump

The former secretary of education says Congress should control of federal funds for schools back to the states.

Why Republicans Want to Dismantle the Education Department

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

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Education Department cuts agency that compiles 'Nation's Report Card' and measures student performance

Since the 1860s, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has collected and analyzed data on education across the ...

WA officials challenge Education Department firings

Still, the state's superintendent of public schools said there would be a “much bigger impact” if Congress or the executive ...

Democratic Attorneys General Sue Over Gutting of Education Department

The Trump administration cut about half the agency’s work force, saying the move would enable it to deliver services more ...

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The Education Department was created to ensure equal access. Who would do that in its absence?

As the Trump administration moves to dismantle the Education Department, officials have suggested other agencies could take ...

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Alabama Gov. Ivey, Tuberville, Britt gang up on Department of Education

Best I can tell, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey and Sen. Tommy Tuberville have the U.S. Department of Education in some sort of a ...

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