La Familia, el Cariño, y lo Personalizado: Consejería académica en instituciones que brindan servicios a los hispanos
By: Por Gabriel O. Bermea Las instituciones que brindan servicios a los hispanos (HSI, por sus siglas en inglés) son universidades donde al menos el 25% de la población estudiantil a tiempo completo de pregrado es hispana. Las HSI representan alrededor del 20% de...
U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Announces Resolution of Title VI Compliance Review of Legacy Traditional Schools in Arizona
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today announced that Legacy Traditional Schools (LTS), a network of 22 charter schools in Arizona, entered into a resolution agreement to comply with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI)...
New Resources from the U.S. Department of Education Will Help School Administrators Address Sex Discrimination and Provide Equal Opportunity Based on Sex including Pregnancy or Related Conditions and Parental, Family, or Marital Status
Today, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) released two new resources to help schools comply with the 2024 amendments to Title IX Regulations, which went into effect Aug. 1, 2024. The resources explain how the 2024 Title IX Regulations...
Lead the World: How the U.S. Department of Education is Building Global Citizens
By: Isabel Prasad, Policy Intern, Office of the Deputy Secretary Isabel is a rising junior at UC Berkeley studying Political Science, concentrating in International Relations and minoring in Human Rights Interdisciplinary Studies. To build a globally adept citizenry,...
U.S. Department of Education Releases Additional Details for 2025–26 FAFSA Testing Periods
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today announced additional details of the subsequent beta testing period ahead of making the 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®) available to all students and contributors on or before Dec. 1....
U.S. Department of Education Awards More Than $251 Million to Improve Employment Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) today awarded $251 million to 27 grantees across the country who are working to ensure individuals with disabilities have access to in-demand, good-paying jobs of the 21st century. These five-year grants, under the...
A fast and flexible approach to help doctors annotate medical scans
To the untrained eye, a medical image like an MRI or X-ray appears to be a murky collection of black-and-white blobs. It can be a struggle to decipher where one structure (like a tumor) ends and another begins. When trained to understand the boundaries of biological...
Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education on President Biden’s Nomination of Adam Gamoran as Director of the Institute of Education Sciences
U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona today issued the following statement on President Biden’s intent to nominate Adam Gamoran as Director of the Institute of Education Sciences:
Raising the Bar Across America
Education Department Releases State Fact Sheets Detailing Biden-Harris Administration Investments in America’s Students, Schools, and Colleges
U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Announces Resolution of Compliance Review of Disciplinary Practices for Students with Disabilities in Four Rivers Special Education District in Illinois
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today announced that the Four Rivers Special Education District in Illinois has entered into an agreement to ensure its disciplinary practices do not deny students with disabilities a free appropriate...