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Denver schools defy White House on transgender restroom access

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The headquarters of the U.S. Department of Education, March 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

ADL complaint accuses Baltimore City Public Schools of shrugging off ‘egregious’ antisemitism

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

This Jan. 28, 2019 file photo shows the entrance to the main Duke University campus in Durham, N.C. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, File)

Trump administration targets Duke University for alleged racial bias

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Five universities face federal probe over scholarships for undocumented, DACA students

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Adrienne Hazel, left, poses for a photo with her son Ricky on Thursday, July 17, 2025, in Southfield, Mich. (AP Photo/Sylvia Jarrus)

Civil rights work is slowing as Trump dismantles the Education Department, agency data shows

By Collin Binkley - Associated Press

President Donald Trump gestures after signing an executive order barring transgender female athletes from competing in women's or girls' sporting events, in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump is targeting antisemitism in schools. Experts fear other civil rights will be ignored

By Collin Binkley and Bianca Vázquez Toness - Associated Press

Opponents of a multifaceted higher education bill protest across the Ohio Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio, Wednesday, May 17, 2023. The bill, which cleared the Republican-dominated state Senate on Wednesday, 21-10, would severely limit diversity, equity and inclusion training at Ohio's public universities, prohibit faculty from striking and bar public universities from taking stances on "controversial" topics. It next goes to the House for consideration. (AP Photo/Samantha Hendrickson)

Conservative nonprofits battle racial discrimination in education fueled by DEI

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

People walk past the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. In the wake of pro-Palestinian protesters on college campuses calling for universities to divest from Israel, Pennsylvania’s state Senate on Thursday, June 27, 2024, approved legislation that would block state aid from going to any university that boycotts or divests from Israel. (Monica Herndon/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)

Biden administration sued for dropping antisemitism complaint against University of Pennsylvania

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Illustration on teacher sexual misconduct by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Rebuild the fence to protect our children from the radical left

By Marc T. Little

CORRECTS DAY TO WEDNESDAY-The main entrance to the University of Vermont Medical Center shown on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2019. A federal agency says Vermont's largest hospital required a nurse to participate in an abortion over her moral objections. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

US agency: Hospital forced nurse to participate in abortion

By WILSON RING - Associated Press

University of Missouri sees hike in discrimination reports

Associated Press

Henry Butler, dean of the Antonin Scalia Law School at George Mason University, greeted Betsy DeVos on Thursday before the secretary of education announced "The era of 'rule by letter' is over." (Associated Press)

Betsy DeVos to overhaul ‘shameful’ Obama-era campus sexual-assault regulations

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

A timeline of rulings, regulations about student sex assault

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

Florida State quarterback and 2013 Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston speaks Tuesday April 1, 2014 on the floor of the House of Representatives in Tallahassee, Fla. The Florida legislature honored the football team during Florida State Day at the Capitol for winning the BCS National Championship last January. (AP Photo/Phil Sears)

Florida State University facing federal investigation for sex assault claim

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Florida State under investigation by feds

By KAREEM COPELAND - Associated Press

Michigan State response to assault claims probed

Associated Press