Education Department Tells States to End DEI in Schools or Risk Federal Funding

The U.S. Department of Education is warning state education departments they have 14 days to cease their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts or risk losing federal funding. The warning was issued in a Feb. 14 “Dear Colleague” letter sent to the departments of education in all 50 states, according to the Department of Government Efficiency. The letter, penned by Craig Trainor, acting assistant secretary for civil rights within the Education Department, condemns what it describes as “overt and covert racial discrimination” in K-12 schools and universities, particularly under the banner of DEI policies over the past four years. It specifically criticizes practices such as discriminating against white and Asian students, promoting ideas including that the United States was built on systemic racism, and encouraging segregation by race at graduation ceremonies and in student housing. Such practices, the letter states, will no longer be tolerated....