NYS Ed Dept. won’t sign Trump admin anti-DEI certification — risking federal funds
A letter from the U.S. Education Department gave state commissioners 10 days to sign and return the formal affirmation.
Feds order schools to certify they're not discriminating based on race with DEI programs
"The use of certain DEI practices can violate federal law," the form states. Schools were told to sign it by April 14.
Trump Administration Dropped Policy Prohibiting Contractors From Having Segregated Facilities
The Trump administration has removed a longstanding directive from the civil rights era that explicitly prohibited federal ...
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New Department of Education Certification Requirement Regarding Title VI Compliance: What Districts Need to Know
On April 3, 2025, the United States Department of Education (DOE) announced its intention to require state education agencies (SEAs) and ...
Is Cory Booker's speech the longest in Senate history? It's not a filibuster. What to know
Sen. Cory Booker has been speaking for 17 hours straight as of noon Tuesday. Is it the longest speech in Senate history? What ...
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AAUP: Don’t Give Trump Student, Faculty Names, Nationalities
The American Association of University Professors is warning college and university lawyers not to provide the U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights the names and nationalities of ...
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ED Issues New Illegal DEI Directive for States
Today, the U.S. Department of Education issued a new directive requiring every state education agency (SEA) to certify within ...
With a nod to America's civil rights legacy, Sen. Cory Booker makes a mark of his own
Democratic Sen. Cory Booker broke the record for the longest floor speech in recorded Senate history when he bested Sen. Strom Thurmond's filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1957 ...