When racial disparities persist across schools, districts, states, and generations—particularly in disciplinary categories governed by subjective judgment—they become evidence of a pattern worth examining.
Kelly Rogers announced her departure less than a day before much of her staff were scheduled to move to the Department of Health and Human Services building in Washington D.C.
The data, from nearly every public school in the country, reveals disparities in the way students are treated based on race, ethnicity, disability, sex and other factors.
The U.S. Department of Justice sued Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools over alleged "transition plans." The superintendent has denied withholding information from parents.
The department's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued new federal guidance warning school leaders that they should not consider a student's race in discipline matters or they would risk being investigated.
The Trump administration is proposing significant changes that would diminish the program's federal standards and give states and parents more control.
This program has the potential to provide educational support for nine out of 10 American students regardless of whether they attend a public, private, or charter school.
For the second year in a row, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will let schools seek a temporary “accommodation” if they can’t meet new limits on foreign food in school meals.
