I think it’s better governance to have a disinterested party collecting that data,” state Sen. Greg Hembree, R-Horry, said.

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A Civil Rights Data Collection report found that Black students are overrepresented in special education programs and disciplinary actions, comprising 33 percent of school-related arrests and 20 ...

A view of the entrance of Department of Education headquarters on Jan. 29, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by J. David Ake/Getty Images) The Department of Education under the Trump administration won ...

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 10, 2025 — Eleven leading education research organizations are calling on the U.S. Department of Education to take immediate action to finalize the Civil Rights Data Collection ...

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Dramatic cuts at the U.S. Department of Education have left a “skeletal staff” at offices that oversee research and troves of education data, putting efforts to improve schools at risk, a coalition of ...