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Education Department Threatens Sweeping Cuts to Schools That Promote Diversity

HeadlineFeb 17, 2025

The Education Department is threatening to cut off all federal funding to schools that don’t end all programs related to DEI — Diversity, Equity and Inclusion — within the next 14 days. The order could impact everything from preschools to colleges. PEN America condemned the sweeping move. In a statement, the group said the administration “seeks to declare it a civil rights violation for educational institutions to engage in any diversity-related programming or to promote any diversity-related ideas — potentially including everything from a panel on the Civil Rights Movement to a Lunar New Year celebration.”

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