NEWS BRIEFS: “Demean, Diminish, and Deflect” Waged by Trump Administration

Diversity was first, and now it’s about what is being taught in schools. From the New York Times: “One of the (Executive) orders, titled “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling,” sought to withhold funding from any schools that teach that the United States is “fundamentally racist, sexist or otherwise discriminatory.” It directed agencies to produce an “ending indoctrination strategy” that would focus on uprooting instruction about transgender issues, “white privilege” or “unconscious bias” in schools, and to “prioritize federal resources, consistent with applicable law, to promote patriotic education.” Read more here.

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