“I actually started working for the Education Department right when my son was in reception, so I got to see how the work we do is or isn’t relevant on the ground, through the eyes of his teachers and through my own eyes as a parent. You really have to find the balance between c...
"The department is beginning the process of restoring the fundamental rights of parents to direct their children’s education,” said Acting Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Craig Trainor in a statement on the move. “The department adheres to the deeply rooted American principle that...
As the U.S. Department of Education shrinks followingmassive layoffs at the agency, President Donald Trump and his allies continue to make dubious claims about the agency and education in the country. ABC News examined some of President Donald Trump's common complaints about the Department...
Dear Department for Education, Another year... Another attempt to get a response. I refer to a previous request https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/c... There are a growing number of schools which are making it compulsory to wear uniform with a school logo. Many schools are not only...
The Department of Education has dismissed 11 complaints regarding “book bans” the federal agency received during the Biden administration, it announced Friday. The department said it ended former President Biden’s “book ban hoax,” calling the compla
The Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights has received a record 7,000 complaints and...Jones, Joyce
“Besides the funding it provides, the department has played a vital role in advancing educational equity in other ways: researching promising practices; ensuring effective implementation of federal education laws through oversight, monitoring, and guidance for states and school districts; and protecting ...
The Education Department's workforce cuts are raising questions for millions of parents, students and taxpayers about the future of the agency and how the services it provides will be handled if the agency is dismantled. What does the Department of Education do?
But state and local agencies haven't always had the capacity or understanding to handle education disability complaints, Stewart said, since those cases so often went to the U.S. Education Department. “They might not have the infrastructure or the knowledge or th...
When parents of disabled children are unable to resolve issues with a school district or state, many resort to filing complaints with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, advocates said. But that division washit hard by layoffs, with the Trump administration closing seven of i...