by Jennifer Smith Richards and Jodi S. Cohen
May 2, 2025,
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Reporting Highlights
Hollowed Out: The administration has closed Education Department civil rights offices and fired workers. Now, investigating discrimination in schools is practically “impossible.”
New Priorities: The civil rights office has abandoned its traditional priorities. Instead, it is trying to limit the rights of transgender students and rid schools of diversity efforts.
Pushing Back: Advocates, school districts and others are filing lawsuits and trying other methods to halt the administration’s efforts…
https://www.propublica.org/article/education-department-civil-rights-donald-trump-discrimination
AFT President Weingarten rallies educators to defend public schools and democracy
In a passionate address Friday, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten told delegates, “We have a fight on our hands.”
Janis Sexton...Teacher...Advocate 