President Trump has issued executive orders to end federal diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and threatened funding cuts for non-compliant educational institutions. In response, New York's State Education Department (SED) has rejected these mandates, asserting DEI's role in addressing historical injustices. State officials argue that DEI initiatives aim to level the playing field, despite criticisms of promoting racial tensions and being ineffective. The confrontation illustrates the larger educational debate around identity politics and academic standards, with rising parents seeking alternatives to public schooling amidst growing dissatisfaction with current DEI initiatives.
President Trump signed a series of executive orders ending federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs and cutting funding to schools and universities that do not eliminate DEI programs.
SED insists DEI initiatives 'simply aim to level the playing field and redress the ongoing harms of segregation and centuries of legal inequity, exclusion and discrimination.'
Daniel Morton-Bentley, an attorney for SED, wrote in a defiant three-page response to the feds that 'There are no federal or state laws prohibiting the principles of DEI.'
The Trump administration is merely asking schools to affirm that they're not foisting an identity-based curriculum on students - and are fostering respect for diversity of opinion.
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