US Investigating Portland Public Schools for Racial Discrimination

The Oregon district allegedly provides a program and funds to boost academic improvement among black students while avoiding groups such as Native Americans.
US Investigating Portland Public Schools for Racial Discrimination
The U.S. Department of Education building in Washington on April 28, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times
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Federal officials are investigating Portland Public Schools in Oregon for alleged racial discrimination in the district’s Center for Black Student Excellence (CBSE) program, the U.S. Department of Education said on Tuesday.

“CBSE’s guiding principles pledge to ‘center Blackness unapologetically’ by offering black students year-round academic interventions in math and literacy, tutoring, food assistance, and transportation support,” the department’s Office of Civil Rights (OCR) said in a statement.

Naveen Athrappully
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