As a result of the elimination of hundreds of its employees charged with protecting the civil rights of students and educators, the U.S. Department of Education has put over 6,000 active cases in seven Office of Civil Rights (OCR) offices that have been closed — including the Philadelphia Office.

In toto, the agency closed its offices in Chicago, Philadelphia, New York City, Dallas, San Francisco, Boston and Cleveland, which are seven of its 12 civil rights enforcement offices. Those offices oversaw nearly 60,000 K-12 public schools, which house over 30 million students.

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