Tag: Kenneth L. Marcus

COVID-19

Ed Department Releases Webinar, Fact Sheet On Ensuring Civil Rights During Pandemic

The Office for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Education released a webinar and fact sheet on Tuesday to help educators prevent discrimination and ensure accessibility to online programs for students with disabilities as more and more schools shift their courses to the web amid the coronavirus pandemic. The webinar focuses on the legal […]

March 17, 2020

News Roundup

Betsy DeVos Announces New Center to Enforce Federal Civil Rights Laws

U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced the creation of the Outreach, Prevention, Education and Non-discrimination (OPEN) Center through the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR). The OPEN Center will offer support to schools, educators, families and students in order to bring about awareness of federal non-discrimination laws. It will be staffed […]

January 21, 2020

Students

Trump Nominates Kenneth Marcus to Lead Office for Civil Rights

The Trump administration has nominated a civil rights and Jewish advocate to a top position with the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights.

October 26, 2017