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U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said the investigations are an effort to protect students from discrimination.

The Education Department’s civil rights branch is losing nearly half its staff in the Trump administration’s layoffs, leading to the closure of the DOE civil rights office in Dallas. The closure also leaves a backlog of thousands of complaints from students and families in limbo.

The Legal Defense Fund and law firm Arnold & Porter are urging the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights to release findings from a years-long investigation into civil rights complaints in the Carroll Independent School District.

Carroll ISD leaders have declared an impasse in negotiations with the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights, which has been investigating allegations of civil rights violations in the district.

The groups are calling on Carroll ISD Superintendent Lane Ledbetter to acknowledge the findings of an investigation into complaints of racism and harassment in the district.

Anything south of Downtown Dallas is considered a book desert — meaning most families have fewer than 10 books in their homes. Whose Books in Oak Cliff is working to increase access to reading.

State math scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress dipped significantly between 2019 and 2022, but reading scores for fourth and eighth graders held steady.

Payments on federal student loans have been paused for two years, and the Biden administration appears to be considering extending the pause beyond May.

The inquiry comes after several high-profile controversies at Carroll ISD, including an administrator's call for teachers to provide an "opposing" view of the Holocaust.

The state is still failing to show it is ensuring that students with special needs, especially those with dyslexia, are getting the extra help they need, federal education officials said, echoing findings from a 2018 investigation.

Eight universities embroiled in a massive college admission cheating scheme, including the University of Texas in Austin, are now being investigated by…

The University of Texas at Austin is among eight schools now being investigated in connection with a nationwide admissions bribery scandal.