Race Discrimination in Special Education

Fact Sheet: Ensuring Educational Opportunities for All Students on Equal Terms 70 Years After Brown v. Board of Education. 

This fact sheet highlights that in 1954 in Brown v. Board of Education, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that legally mandated racial segregation of children in public schools is unconstitutional. The fact sheet explains that student access to education and to educational resources, differs by race, color, and national origin in schools across the United States. and summarizes resources describing federal legal obligations to ensure that all students have equal access to education regardless of race, color, or national origin. 

Office for Civil Rights Releases Guidance on the Prevention of Racial Discrimination in Special Education. 

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today issued guidance addressing the interplay of the Title VI prohibition against discrimination on the basis of race/color/national origin in the administration of special education in public schools.