Press Releases

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today launched a national K-12 initiative to crack down on sexual predators in schools.

Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) celebrates the success of the Presidential 1776 Award: The Ultimate Civics Showdown, with 1.63 million people tuning in.

Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education held the first-of-its-kind Higher Education Fraud Summit featuring Under Secretary of Education Nicholas Kent.

Today, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) granted a major set of flexibilities that will allow Arkansas to streamline federal compliance requirements and enhance the state’s ability to serve its students.

Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) marked the conclusion of the second annual ‘Title IX Month’ – honoring the fifty-fourth anniversary of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX).

Effective today, July 1, 2026, key provisions of President Trump’s Working Families Tax Cuts Act (the Act) take effect.

The “Presidential 1776 Award: The Ultimate Civics Showdown” will air on June 30, 2026 from 8:00-9:30 PM ET on the CBS Television Network, and will be available to stream on July 1, 2026 on Paramount+.

Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced it will work alongside the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to protect parental rights in Kansas.

Today, the U.S. Department of Education (the Department) announced a final rule establishing a long-overdue postsecondary education accountability framework. Under the new Student Tuition and Transparency System (STATS) and Earnings Accountability.

Today, as the U.S. Department of Education continues to recognize June as the second annual Title IX Month, the Department’s Office for Civil Rights issued a Letter of Impending Enforcement Action to Jefferson County Public Schools.