Tag: Department Of Education

The House Republicans are expanding their antisemitism hearings to include public schools, with a focus on New York City's school system led by Chancellor David Banks.
Princeton University is now under investigation for allegations of antisemitism following complaints about pro-Palestinian protests on campus.
The U.S. Department of Education is launching a discrimination investigation into UC Santa Barbara following an incident where the Jewish student body president, Tessa Veksler, was targeted with inflammatory signs accusing her of supporting genocide.
The U.S. Department of Education has resolved its investigation into a public school district in Park City, Utah, regarding reports of antisemitic harassment and other forms of discrimination.
The U.S. Department of Education has started to increase transparency around its investigations into discrimination on college campuses, specifically focusing on antisemitism following the Israel-Hamas conflict.
The University of California, Berkeley is now facing a federal discrimination investigation following the disruption of an Israeli speaker's appearance on campus by violent anti-Israel protesters.
Title VI complaints related to antisemitism and Islamophobia on campuses have surged, with the Department of Education opening 74 cases since October 7.
Following reports of increased antisemitism post-Israel-Hamas war in October, the White House emphasized Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to combat discrimination at federally funded schools.
The Department of Education has launched an antisemitism investigation at a Maryland school district following a complaint by a conservative activist, Justin Samuels, who cited an opinion piece by two Jewish individuals affiliated with the school district.
The Department of Education is launching an investigation under Title VI into Chicago Public Schools and Natick Public Schools in Massachusetts following incidents related to the Israel-Hamas conflict.
The federal Department of Education is launching an investigation into Harvard University's response to harassment of Palestinian students and their allies on campus.
The Red Clay Consolidated School District in Delaware has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education following a federal investigation into allegations of antisemitic bullying.
New York City's public school system has announced new initiatives to combat antisemitism and Islamophobia.
Miguel Cardona, the Secretary of Education, has expressed his repulsion towards the normalization of antisemitism on college campuses.
San Diego State University (SDSU) is now under investigation for Islamophobia after an email sent by the university's president expressing support for students following Hamas attacks in Israel on October 7.
The U.S. Department of Education has initiated a Title VI investigation into the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, George Mason University, and Newark Public Schools in response to complaints of mistreatment based on shared ancestry.
The Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights has announced investigations into several prominent universities, including Harvard, Cornell, and Columbia, following scores of complaints and lawsuits alleging failure to protect Jewish students from severe and pervasive antisemitism.
Lubavitch Senior Boys School in London, a small school for 11 to 13-year-olds, is failing to meet independent school standards and cannot admit new students, with only nine pupils in Year 8.
Biden administration officials have pledged to create a plan within two weeks to address the increase in antisemitism on American college campuses since Hamas's attack on Israel.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers from the Senate and House Task Forces for Combating Antisemitism has written a letter to the U.S. Department of Education, urging the implementation of additional measures to protect Jewish students on college campuses.
The increase in antisemitic incidents on university campuses is a concerning issue for Jewish students.
A recent investigation by the New York City Department of Education found that 18 yeshivas (Orthodox Jewish schools) failed to provide adequate secular instruction to their students.
The Department of Education is investigating the University of Southern California following a Title VI complaint filed on behalf of Rose Ritch, a Jewish student who resigned from her position as student body vice president in 2020 due to harassment for her Zionist beliefs.
A recent investigation by the New York City Department of Education revealed that out of 28 yeshivas inspected, only two were considered to substantially meet secular education standards.
The U.S. Department of Education is investigating a Middle East conference on Gaza co-sponsored by Duke University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill over allegations of anti-Israel bias and anti-Semitic rhetoric.