The White House has suspended Peggy Carr, the head of the National Center for Education Statistics, which could hamper the collection of data that exposes racial disparities in K-12 schools.
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Trump’s DEI Ban and the Civil Rights of Black Students
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has issued a Dear Colleague letter to K-12 school districts, requiring them to eliminate DEI programs in two weeks or risk losing billions in federal funding, citing the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision overturning affirmative action in college admissions as the basis for the directive.