Department of Education

This guide provides information for colleges and universities to help remove barriers that can prevent people with criminal records from pursuing higher education. 

This virtual toolkit helps state and local education agencies, emergency management agencies, school safety centers, and others who play a key role in school safety build capacity in emergency management and preparedness.

This report reviews trends in elementary and secondary school educators’ diversity, and examines the teacher pipeline from enrollment in postsecondary education to entrance into the teaching workforce and beyond. 

This report presents the most recent data on school crime and student safety.

This article highlights popular ED resources for educators related to a variety of topics, including equity, school climate, and special education. 

This report describes OCR’s efforts during the last year to protect students’ civil rights and increase educational equity.

This resource describes the listening sessions and school visits ED facilitated with nearly 1,000 teachers, principals, superintendents, administrators, parents, and community representatives to gather feedback on the ESSA. 

This event honored 160 high school seniors as the 52nd class of U.S. Presidential Scholars. 

This blog post, written by an ED intern, shares tips for getting the most out of any internship experience, including one with ED. 

This website helps student find the loan repayment option that is best for them.