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K-12 DEI Program Faces Federal Scrutiny Amid Trump Crackdown
THE CENTER SQUARE—A parental rights education group has filed a federal complaint against a California school for allegedly offering training sessions to some teachers and not to others based on the teachers’ race. Parents Defending Education is filing a complaint with the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights Monday pointing to Kingmakers of Oakland,…Casey Harper -
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Books Banned in Prisons, but Allowed in Schools? Texas Mom Wants Them Out
A Texas mother is looking to pass several bills through the state legislature this session after discovering what she calls “vulgar,” “profane,” and “indecent” books in public school libraries across the state. Bonnie Wallace, a member of the Llano County Library Advisory Board and mother to a former Llano County Independent School District student, began…R.E. Wermus -
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School Districts Linda McMahon Must Investigate on Day One as Education Secretary
In his short tenure in office, President Donald Trump has already taken swift action to eliminate radical gender ideology and “diversity, equity, and inclusion” initiatives from public institutions, including K-12 schools. Trump has signed multiple executive orders that would eliminate federal funding to any school that continues to promote these dangerous ideologies. As a result,…Casey Ryan -
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Libs, Leave Greg Abbott Alone. Disability Is Not DEI.
Leftists are attacking President Donald Trump, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, and other conservatives for dismantling “diversity, equity, and inclusion” programs, unfairly lumping together people with disabilities with people who exploit DEI for unfair gain. Yet forcibly requiring an agency or organization to hire someone—the DEI approach—versus not allowing them to be discriminated against (e.g., through…Carrie Sheffield -
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‘DEI Isn’t for Us’: Some Black-Owned Businesses Say Diversity Policies Don’t Work
DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Some black-owned businesses are blowing the whistle on diversity, equity and inclusion policies, telling Reuters that the initiatives have not been effective in helping out black people and other minority business owners. Black business owners are now saying that they have not benefited much from diversity efforts intended to help them, and…Ireland Owens -
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New Guidance Seeks to End Use of ‘Race Preferences, Stereotypes’ in School Admissions
THE CENTER SQUARE—Though there has been talk of President Donald Trump abolishing the U.S. Department of Education through an executive order, for now, he’s chosen to act through existing means to refashion the department. On Tuesday, the department notified schools that they have 14 days to end all admissions, scholarship, discipline, and employment practices that…Morgan Sweeney -
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After DEI, What’s Next?
Ding dong, DEI is dead! But what will replace it? Democrats will try to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to diversity, equity, and inclusion. But the Left cannot reverse the fatal wounds that President Donald Trump dealt this system of state-sponsored racism, as Fox News anchor Will Cain correctly describes it. Fetishistic, twisted, and cruel programs such as…Deroy Murdock -
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Hidden Camera Video Shows Texas DEI Director Discussing Transgender Sports ‘Workarounds’
A Texas school district’s DEI director resigned after being recorded on hidden camera discussing ways to circumvent state law regarding transgender student athletes. In the recording from Accuracy in Media, Hutto Independent School District Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Keyawna Glaze told an undercover journalist there were “workarounds” to Texas law requiring student…R.E. Wermus -
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After Letter, Georgia State to Allow Pastor to Share Faith on Campus
THE CENTER SQUARE—Georgia State University reversed its decision to prohibit a local Christian man from sharing his faith on campus after receiving a letter from religious liberty defense group First Liberty Institute. “Georgia State University (‘GSU’) will allow Stephen Atkerson to speak with students on campus about his Christian faith when invited by students to…Tate Miller -
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Schools Are Battleground in Fight to Preserve Children’s Innocence
A return to common sense and traditional values remains the theme of the Trump administration. In his first two weeks back in office, President Donald Trump signed two executive orders aimed at ending radical indoctrination in K-12 schooling and dismantling diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. This fight to preserve the innocence of children is not…Kristen Eichamer -
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‘Disgusting’: Pentagon Schools Misinterpret Trump’s Directives to Cut Cultural Lessons
The Pentagon school system appears to have misinterpreted the Trump administration's directive against diversity, equity, and inclusion to require ending lessons on Martin Luther King Jr., Susan B. Anthony, the Holocaust, and even Valentine's Day. On his first days in office, Trump issued executive orders prohibiting federal funding of radical gender ideology, critical race theory,…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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‘D-Minus’ for Public Schools, but Catholic Schools Shine in Latest Academic Assessment
The National Center for Education Statistics gives academic exams to random samples of students in all 50 states, producing what is known as the annual “Nation’s Report Card.” The latest release of fourth and eighth grade mathematics and reading results from the report card, officially known as the National Assessment of Educational Progress, show that…Matthew Ladner -
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Millions for DEI and Climate: Here’s Where DOGE Found Waste and Abuse in Federal Grants
White House documents obtained The Daily Signal back up the Trump administration’s previous claims that the Department of Government Efficiency had unearthed large amounts of waste, fraud, and abuse. The documents reveal that the Department of Defense paid $2.3 million “to support its virtual reality training course featuring a DEI avatar” at Air University at…Tyler O’Neil -
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‘No Exceptions’: Pentagon Schools Defy Hegseth by Renaming DEI Efforts
In preparation for Donald Trump’s second presidency, the Pentagon’s school system attempted to conceal its diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts under a different name. The Department of Defense Education Activity agency renamed social-emotional learning as “resilience,” according to a Jan. 6 meeting recording obtained by The Daily Signal. During his first two weeks in office,…Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell -
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Trump Is Reverse Engineering DEI Revolution in Science Institutions
The Trump administration’s ban on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives in the federal government has sent shock waves through science institutions around the country. Way back in 2021, I wrote about how institutions of medicine were promoting transgender ideology with little scientific justification. They used their institutional credibility to promote left-wing political views. It went beyond just…Jarrett Stepman -
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Who’s Afraid of School Choice—and Food Trucks—in Wyoming?
Teacher unions are racing to stop greater education choice from spreading to Wyoming. But parents there already know that more education options would be valuable for them, and special interest groups’ latest dirty political tactics only make them look desperate. “It’s either, you support families or you don’t,” says Mary Schmidt, a Wyoming parent who…Jonathan Butcher -
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Why College Students Have Trouble Reading
We have a national reading problem in the U.S. The widespread lament over the further decline in children’s reading scores underscores the failure of our country’s public schools, but the predicament is not limited to primary education. It extends all the way up into America’s elite colleges and universities as well. A firestorm recently erupted…John Goyette -
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‘Tearing the School Apart’: How DEI Changed Kentucky Country Day School
“Despite the occupation, despite the apartheid, Palestine will one day be free,” declared Mahmoud Kutmah, the valedictorian of Kentucky Country Day School’s class of 2021, at the end of his graduation speech. What followed that May 2021 commencement ceremony set off a chain reaction that enabled education consultant Rodney Glasgow to enter the picture and…James Lalino -
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Lies, Damn Lies, and University Research Overhead Costs
Over the weekend, the National Institutes of Health announced that it would be cutting the rate at which it pays universities for overhead on federal research grants from an average of about 60% to 15%. Not surprisingly, there were howls of protest from university staff and their fellow-travelers in the media. Given their professional commitment…Jay Greene -
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How Trump Is Uprooting Radical ’60s Foundations of Poisonous DEI and CRT Programs
President Donald Trump has certainly undertaken a systematic demolition of former President Joe Biden’s diversity, equity, and inclusion regime since returning to the Oval Office. But Trump is also going further. He appears intent on correcting the distortion of the original pledges of the civil rights movement. In other words, Trump is not only dispatching Bidenism to the…Mike Gonzalez