These cases are among the 12,000 civil rights complaints that were pending at the US Department of Education when President Trump took office in January. They were filed by New England parents and students who said they were discriminated against on the basis of race, sex, and disability. Two Black sisters say classmates repeatedly used racial slurs towards them at school. A new mom claims her disability accommodations were abruptly changed, causing her to fall behind in graduate school. A METCO student transferred out of his suburban high school after being called the N-word . But after Trump’s administration slashed...