Jazmyne Owens interviews GeDá Jones Herbert on the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and its impacts on civil rights protections and enforcement in public schools.

There are a lot of things 12-year-old G likes about school. She likes gym class; she likes to help other students; she likes to craft with her teacher. But when you ask what she doesn't like, G ...

Standing up for children with disabilities has been a primary role of the department's civil rights office, which enforces protections guaranteed under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.

Many of the office’s cases over the decades have served as a catalyst for broader policy change and social reforms. By Michael C. Bender and Rachel Nostrant Reporting from Washington Decades ago, ...

Sixty-five years to the day after a 6-year-old girl walked into a school in New Orleans and became the first Black student to integrate an all-white school in the south, the legacy of Ruby Bridges ...

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. Saying the Trump administration is sabotaging civil rights ...

During the recent government shutdown, some Republicans in Congress have expressed sympathy for the roughly seven hundred and thirty thousand federal employees who have been performing essential ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — It was obvious to Christine Smith Olsey that her son was not doing well at school, despite educators telling her to leave it to the experts. The second-grade student stumbled over ...

Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S. WASHINGTON (AP) — It was obvious to Christine Smith Olsey ...