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Under Trump, protecting students’ civil rights looks very different

The Trump administration is wielding the Justice Department’s power in new and, some say, extreme ways. It could mean a ...

Civil rights probes at Pa. schools appear to lag after federal cuts

Some Pennsylvania school districts facing civil rights investigations say they haven't heard from federal officials since ...
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Columbia Violated Students’ Civil Rights, Government Investigation Finds

Columbia University violated federal civil-rights law by ignoring the harassment of Jewish students by classmates, a government investigation found. Columbia acted with “deliberate indifference ...
Forbes

Columbia Violated Civil Rights Of Jewish Students, Trump Administration Probe Finds

The Department of Health and Human Services said it found Columbia University violated federal civil rights laws by not taking adequate action against harassment of its Jewish students, the latest ...
NPR

How the Education Department is using civil rights laws to bring schools to heel

In April, the U.S. Department of Education used a landmark law intended, in part, to end racial discrimination to investigate Chicago Public Schools over a "Black Students Success Plan," after a ...
New York Post

Cornell law professor preps civil rights complaint after Israeli student whistleblower outed

A prominent Cornell law professor plans to file a federal civil rights complaint against the Ivy League university after the outing of an Israeli student whistleblower who claimed he was excluded from ...
USA Today

She came home from school with fingerprint bruises. Can she sue the new Education Department?

Amy Cupp was alarmed when her sixth-grade daughter came home from school with bruises in the shape of fingerprints. School staff had locked the girl in a room while trying to restrain her in November ...
ProPublica

A Gutted Education Department’s New Agenda: Roll Back Civil Rights Cases, Target Transgender Students

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. These highlights were written by the reporters and editors ...

‘It’s a black hole’: Civil rights office at Department of Education veers from original mission

A little-known civil rights office in the Department of Education that helps resolve complaints from students across the country about discrimination and accommodating disabilities has been gutted by ...
Los Angeles Times

UCLA violated Jewish students’ civil rights with ‘deliberate indifference,’ feds say

The Department of Justice finds UCLA violated the civil rights of Jewish and Israeli students during a spring 2024 pro-Palestinian campus encampment. In a separate action, UCLA will pay $6.45 million ...
The New York Times

Columbia Violated Jewish Students’ Civil Rights, Trump Administration Finds

The university has previously been the target of more $400 million in federal funding cuts. By Francesca Regalado Columbia University violated civil rights law by “acting with deliberate indifference” ...