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Lesli A. Maxwell

Civil Rights Office Expands Its Reach Into Schools
December 19, 2011
By: Lesli A. Maxwell

In the 21 months since U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan stood on an iconic bridge in Selma, Ala., and pledged to aggressively combat discrimination in the nation's schools, federal education officials have launched dozens of new probes in school districts and states that reach into civil rights issues that previously received little, if any, scrutiny.

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