The federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a landmark civil rights law during one of most pivotal ... Crafted in a time of state-sponsored racist violence, poll taxes and literacy tests, the landmark ...

President Trump’s order to require proof of citizenship to vote isn’t that far from Jim Crow-era literacy tests, says Bea ...

At a Springfield NAACP forum, school board candidates were asked about achievement gaps, teacher diversity, support for LGBTQ ...

The new legislation would require American citizens to produce documents like a passport or birth certificate to register to vote.

Bills have been introduced in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Maryland and New Jersey this session.

Our leaders stupidly argue that federal officials tie too many administrative and bureaucratic strings to education funding.

With the federal law eroded by court decisions, about a half-dozen states want to enshrine protections for non-white voters. But it’s a tough sell even in Democratic states.

The agency’s anti-discrimination enforcement arm, the office for civil rights, is another division ... Assessment of Educational Progress, the test given periodically to U.S. students known ...

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Dramatic cuts at the U.S. Department of Education have left a “skeletal staff” at offices that oversee research and troves of ...

In Louisiana v. Callais, the justices will have a chance to restore the 1965 Voting Rights Act to its original purpose.

Dr. Derek Black: "We as a society will not find our educational promised land anywhere but in our public schools" ...