Ed chief: Agency to review equal access at schools - washingtonpost.com: SELMA, Ala. -- Education Secretary Arne Duncan said Monday the federal government will become more vigilant to make sure students have equal access and opportunity to everything ranging from college prep classes to science and engineering programs.'We are going to reinvigorate civil rights enforcement,' Duncan said on a historic Selma bridge to commemorate the 45th anniversary of a bloody confrontation between voting rights demonstrators and state troopers.
Duncan said the department also will issue a series of guidelines to public schools and colleges addressing fairness and equity issues.
'The truth is that, in the last decade, the office for civil rights has not been as vigilant as it should be. That is about to change,' Duncan said.
