Order aimed at closing Education Dept. leaves gender equity in limbo
The department's Office for Civil Rights has historically been responsible for enforcing the law credited with the rise of ...
Brookline schools to eliminate Office of Educational Equity amid budget cuts
School Committee members who voted in favor of cutting the office stressed their decision was based on budgetary ...
The Education Department was created to ensure equal access. Who would do that in its absence?
The equity goal of the Education Department, which was created by Congress in 1979, emerged partly from the anti-poverty and ...
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Will the US lose its 'north star' for educational equity? The fight over dismantling the Education Department intensifies
The Trump administration's ongoing push to dismantle the US Department of Education has raised alarm among advocates for ...
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Federal judge in Maryland orders U.S. Department of Education to keep issuing DEI related grants
A federal district court judge ruled the Trump Administration's termination of teacher training grants over Diversity, Equity ...
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Iowa House passes bills targeting DEI in state agencies, higher education
The Iowa House advanced two proposals Tuesday targeting diversity, equity and inclusion in state agencies and higher ...
Judge orders reinstatement of education grants axed by Trump in DEI sweep
A judge ordered the Trump administration to reinstate education grants it had nixed as part of its work to end DEI ...
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Assessing shortcomings in 2025 draft UGC regulation on equity
The University Grants Commission’s (UGC) Draft (Promotion of Equity in Higher Education Institutions) Regulations, 2025 purport to curb discrimination based on religion, race, caste, sex ...
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The Education Department was created to ensure equal access. Who would do that in its absence?
The equity goal of the Education Department, which was founded in 1980, emerged partly from the anti-poverty and civil rights movements of the 1960s and 1970s. The act creating the department ...
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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 over its major responsibilities: civil rights enforcement to the Justice ...