The Department of Education (ED) on Thursday clapped back at the Associated Press’ (AP) story accusing the administration of neglecting Black students, saying its headline was "inaccurate and dangerous.""It’s typical of @AP to cast ED’s important civil rights investigations as black vs.white issues when we see students of ALL races struggle academically," the ED posted on X.The AP wrote that the federal government has historically attempted to remedy "systemic discrimination against Black people and other people of color." The report took issue with the current ED stripping "funding from some districts that used it to create magnet schools intended to be more diverse."TRUMP ADMIN CRACKS DOWN ON COLORADO SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT ALLEGEDLY PUT UP TO 61 MALES ON GIRLS' SPORTS TEAMSLinda McMahon, secretary of the Department of Education (ED), on Thursday clapped back at the Associated Press’ (AP) story accusing the administration of neglecting Black students.
(Getty Images)The reporter noted that the Department of Justice "pressed schools to desegregate" and that the "Department of Education worked to promote equal opportunity and held schools accountable for racial bias."However, according to AP, the administration is reversing that work in education as "civil rights lawyers describe the Republican administration’s actions as a complete inversion of legal history.""But under the Trump administration, efforts to address deep-rooted inequities for students of color are being cast as discriminatory against white students.Programs that have long withstood legal scrutiny are now quick to be deemed ‘illegal DEI’ — diversity, equity and inclusion — by the White House.
Schools that do not comply have faced threats to their funding, and in some cases, lost federal grants," the AP wrote.A classroom with empty desks.(Jeffrey Basinger/Newsday RM via Getty Images)JUSTICE DEPARTMENT ZEROES IN ON UCLA FOR ALLEGED ILLEGAL DEI ADMISSIONS AS ELITE SCHOOL CRACKDOWN EXPA...