90% of student discrimination and harassment complaints were dismissed last year. Here’s why.

90% of student discrimination and harassment complaints were dismissed last year. Here’s why.

This story was originally reported by Nadra Nittle of The 19th. Meet Nadra and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the Department of Education has created a crisis that critics long feared: leaving marginalized students vulnerable to misconduct with little federal intervention. A new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO), a nonpartisan arm of Congress, paints a…

Ed. Dept. Dismissed 90% of Discrimination Cases, Report Says

By Alvin Buyinza Overview: According to the Government Accountability Office, while nearly half of the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights staff were laid off last year, the federal agency resolved 90% of discrimination cases during that time. (WIB) – The Education Department office responsible for protecting the rights of marginalized and minority students in the nation’s K-12 public schools dismissed nearly every discrimination compl…