Ban all diversity, equity and inclusion at school. Or else. You have 14 days.
That was the ominous message in a four-page letter sent Friday by the U.S. Department of Education to campuses and states across the country. The new sweeping guidance, which the Trump administration indicated applies to nearly every aspect of educational life, prompted widespread panic and confusion among administrators at K12 schools and colleges.
Craig Trainor, the Education Department’s acting assistant secretary for civil rights, said in the letter that the law now prohibits schools reliant on federal money from “using race in decisions pertaining to admissions, hiring, promotion, compensation, financial aid, scholarships, prizes, administrative support, discipline, housing, graduation ceremonies, and all other aspects of student, academic, and campus life.”
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