(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights launched investigations Tuesday into five medical schools nationwide to determine whether their admissions practices violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color or national origin.

(The Center Square) – Colorado’s Jefferson County Public Schools spends hundreds of taxpayer dollars an hour on an attorney for its legal efforts against the Department of Education, after the department found the district in violation of Title IX for allowing boys in girls’ private spaces, according to a report by Defending Education.