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The Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is a sub-agency of the U.S. Department of Education (ED) that is the primarily focused on the protecting the civil rights in Federally assisted education programs and prohibiting discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, handicap, or age. The United States Department of Education was created in 1979 (by PL 96-88) as a Cabinet-level department of the United States government, and began operating in 1980. ...
Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ...
Mission OCR is one of the largest federal civil rights agencies in the United States, with a staff of approximately 650 attorneys, investigators, and staff. The agency is located in twelve regional offices and in Washington, D.C., headquarters. The Office for Civil Rights is responsible for ensuring compliance by recipients of federal education funds with several federal civil rights laws, including: President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ...
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, now known as the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act in honor of its principal author, but more commonly known simply as Title IX, is a 76-word United States law enacted on June 23, 1972 that states: No person...
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is the short title of United States Public Law 101-336, signed into law on July 26, 1990 by George H. W. Bush. ...
Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act or, more formally, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Pub. ...
The Boy Scouts of America Equal Access Act was passed to prevent State and Federal agencies from reducing their support for the Boy Scouts of America (and other youth organization). ...
Leadership The United States Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights is the head of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the United States Department of Education. The Assistant Secretary is also the primary civil rights advisor to the United States Secretary of Education. Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ...
The United States Secretary of Education is the head of the Department of Education. ...
Currently, the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights is Stephanie Monroe. Recent former Assistant Secretaries have included Gerald A. Reynolds, Norma V. Cantu, Michael Williams and Clarence Thomas. Gerald A. Reynolds (1964-) is an American politician and lawyer, and the current chair of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, a position to which he was appointed by President George W. Bush on December 6, 2004. ...
Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American jurist and has been an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991. ...
| v • d • e Agencies under the United States Department of Education |
 | ED Sub-agencies: • Office of Elementary and Secondary Education • Office of Postsecondary Education • Office of Vocational and Adult Education • Office for Civil Rights • Institute for Education Sciences • Office of English Language Acquisition • Office of Federal Student Aid • Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools • Office of Innovation and Improvement • Office of Special Educational and Rehabilitation Services •
ED Programs: • National Center for Education Statistics • National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research • Office of Migrant Education • Education Resources Information Center • National Assessment of Educational Progress
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building[1]) , ED headquarters in Washington, DC A construction project to repair and update the building facade at the Department of Education Headquarters building in 2002 resulted in the installation of structures at all of the entrances to protect employees and visitors from...
Seal of the United States Department of Education. ...
The Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) is a subdivision of the United States Department of Education. ...
Theresa S. Shaw, Chief Operating Officer, Office of Federal Student Aid Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education, plays a central and essential role in Americas postsecondary education community. ...
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), as part of the U.S. Department of Education, collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States; conducts studies on international comparisons of education statistics; and provides leadership in developing and promoting the use...
National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR) is a United States governmental institution that provides leadership and support for a comprehensive program of research related to the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities. ...
The Office of Migrant Education was created out of a response from the public out-cry resulting from Edward R. Murrows 1961 documentary Harvest of Shame. ...
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces a large international database of journal and non-journal education literature. ...
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known as the Nations Report Card, is the only nationally representative and continuing assessment of what Americas students know and can do in various subject areas. ...
Boards, Commissions and Independent Organizations affiliated with ED: Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance • National Institute for Literacy • National Assessment Governing Board • National Board for Education Sciences • White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities • White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities • White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanic Americans
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