Why We Are Suing the Department of Education
ProPublica is suing the U.S. Department of Education for halting updates to a public list of schools under civil rights investigation, which had been regularly updated until January 2025. The freeze on the list, coinciding with the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, limits public access to information about ongoing civil rights probes in education. ProPublica argues that the lack of transparency hinders reporting, oversight, and the public’s ability to identify patterns in civil rights enforcement.
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Children play in front of the Department of Education headquarters in Washington, D.C., last May. Wesley Lapointe for The Washington Post via Getty Images Why We Are Suing the Department of Education The Office for Civil Rights is keeping the public in the dark on which schools it’s investigating and why. by Charles Ornstein April 30, 2026, 5:00 am {"componentName":"ShareTools","props":{"pageUrl":"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/propublica-suing-department-of-education"}} Share {"componentName":"DarkModeToggle","props":{},"contextArray":[]} Contrast Change Appearance Change Appearance AutoLightDark Republish Republish This Story for Free Creative Commons License (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) Thank you for your interest in republishing this story.
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