Drawing upon the growing datafication of contemporary schooling, our purpose in this article is to use topological thinking as an analytical device to better understand the professionals and practices within emergent data infrastructures. We address this by attending to an influential national (and subnational) data infrastructure of school…

In US public schools, linguistic diversity is growing rapidly with an increasing number of students who are learning English. Federal and state policies lay the foundation for language acquisition through (re)classification processes for English Learners (ELs). However, the classification process runs the risk of establishing separate services for…

The long-standing effort to desegregate schools in the United States has been fostered, in part, by the development of magnet schools, which were launched in the 1960s to offer appealing choices of educational programs that could attract an integrated population of families. Magnet schools are public elementary or secondary schools that seek to…

In FY 2016, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) promoted equity and excellence in education through conducting investigations and monitoring schools under resolution agreements, promoting greater understanding of how OCR interprets and enforces civil rights laws through the release of policy guidance, providing technical assistance and outreach to…

For decades, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has enforced civil rights in our nation's preschool through 12th grade (P-12) and post-secondary schools, which now serve almost 80 million students annually. In Fiscal Year 2015, the OCR promoted excellence in education through conducting investigations and monitoring schools under resolution…

The landscape of K-12 education funding in the United States is exceptionally complex. When it comes to funding an equitable, high-quality education for English Learners (ELs), discussions often focus on federal funds under Title III of the "Every Student Succeeds Act" (ESSA)--an important source of funding for many aspects of ELs'…

The components within this Strategic Plan reflect the Administration's and Department's priorities for the direction of the Department and the future of education in the nation. The priorities, such as improving educational equity and meeting the needs of students, are highlighted and woven throughout this Strategic Plan and require…

With the rise of the Cold War, federal officials in the United States sought to end the racial segregation that the U.S. Supreme Court had accepted in the 1896 decision of "Plessy v. Ferguson." Although the reforms began with changes in the armed services, they moved to reduce racial segregation in schools. Many forces brought about the…

Congress's role in defining and promoting equality of educational opportunity has evolved over the past 55 years since "Brown v. Board of Education." Most recently, all three branches of the federal government have focused more on equality of educational opportunity for "individual" students rather than for protected classes.…

Excerpts from an interview in 1971 for the archives of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library in Austin, Texas of Father Theodore Hesburgh, a member of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights from its inception in 1957, and its chairman from 1969 until his resignation in November, 1972. (JM)

Focuses on the current federal "go slow" enforcement policy vis-a-vis non-federally initiated litigation. (JM)

The article reviews the 1984 Grove City College v Bell case in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that prohibition of sex discrimination in federally supported educational activities, applied only to programs receiving aid and not to the entire institution. Trends leading to congressional overturn of the Grove City decision in 1988 are noted.…

ONE YEAR AFTER THE PASSAGE OF THE 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS ACT THE BEST AVAILABLE DATA SHOW ONLY 151,409 NEGROES IN DESEGREGATED CLASSES IN THE 11 STATES IN THE DEEP SOUTH--5.2 PERCENT OF THE NEGRO SCHOOL CENSUS. THESE FIGURES ARE ABOUT 60,000 LESS THAN THOSE REPORTED BY THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION. DESPITE STATEMENTS BY STATE, LOCAL, AND SOME FEDERAL…

This booklet outlines the Federal laws and regulations prohibiting discrimination in educational institutions and programs. It is not a comprehensive listing of all antidiscrimination laws, but rather a guide to laws and regulations that may be used for individual and group action. The primary emphasis in this pamphlet is on the protection of…

Two distinguished figures in education policy and practice were asked to reflect on each other's careers. They described the development of a strong federal role in education during Lyndon Johnson's presidency. Both see the church-state issue and civil rights making federal activity for schools extremely difficult. (MLW)