The Department of Education, which will be reduced in a major way if President Donald Trump’s government efficiency campaign proceeds as he has planned, has in the interim opened a portal for people to report discrimination in K-12 schools.
In an announcement, the agency said it’s EndDEI.Ed.Gov website is for parents, students, teachers and community members “to submit reports of discrimination based on race or sex in publicly funded K-12 schools.”
“The secure portal allows parents to provide an email address, the name of the student’s school or school district, and details of the concerning practices,” the agency said. The information will then be evaluated for “investigation.”
“For years, parents have been begging schools to focus on teaching their kids practical skills like reading, writing, and math, instead of pushing critical theory, rogue sex education and divisive ideologies—but their concerns have been brushed off, mocked, or shut down entirely,” said Tiffany Justice, of Moms for Liberty. “Parents, now is the time that you share the receipts of the betrayal that has happened in our public schools. This webpage demonstrates that President Trump’s Department of Education is putting power back in the hands of parents.”
A report at the Center Square
said agency spokeswoman Julie Hartman explained the portal “is an invitation for parents to make their voices heard after being ignored.”
“One of the greatest priorities of President Trump’s agenda has been to end the illegal discriminatory ideologies and practices which have been poisoning our schoolchildren under the banner of ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,’” Hartman added.
Online, the department explains it is now “committed to ensuring all students have access to meaningful learning free of divisive ideologies and indoctrination.”
Eight Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Thursday against the Department of Education over cuts to teacher training grants made under the Trump administration.
The states argue the $600 million in cuts come from policies mandated by law, and they affected programs that were meant to help with the teaching shortage.
“These are programs that families and kids rely upon,” New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin, told The Associated Press
in an interview, “and if the president wants to get rid of them, the appropriate way to do it is through Congress.”
The suit was also joined by California, Massachusetts, Colorado, Illinois, Maryland, New York and Wisconsin.
The Education Department previously said it got rid of the contracts because the programs were promoting divisive ideologies in schools. The Hill has reached out to the department for further comment.
The lawsuit came days after the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), the National Center for Teacher Residencies and the Maryland Association of Colleges for Teacher Education filed a similar suit against the federal agency for terminations of contracts regarding teacher programs.
“The termination of these grants has caused immediate harm to our teacher preparation programs, as well as to the schools, teachers, and students who benefited from them. These funds help reduce teacher shortages and enhance the development and effectiveness of educators in rural, suburban, and urban communities across the country,” said Cheryl Holcomb-McCoy, president and CEO of AACTE.
Since President Trump returned to office, hundreds of millions of dollars in Education Department contracts have been terminated, from teaching programs to research grants, causing panic
among those communities.
More cuts are on the horizon after Education Secretary Linda McMahon sent out a memo regarding staffers’ “final mission”
as she and Trump work toward shutting down the department.
THE CENTER SQUARE—The U.S. Department of Education
has launched the “End DEI” portal for parents to report instances of race or sex-based discrimination in K-12 schools.
End DEI is “a public portal for parents, students, teachers, and the broader community to submit reports of discrimination based on race or sex in publicly funded K-12 schools,” according to a department news release
.
The release stated that “the secure portal allows parents to provide an email address, the name of the student’s school or school district, and details of the concerning practices.”
Education Department spokeswoman Julie Hartman told The Center Square that “the End DEI portal is an invitation for parents
to make their voices heard after being ignored.”
“One of the greatest priorities of President Trump’s agenda
has been to end the illegal discriminatory ideologies and practices which have been poisoning our schoolchildren under the banner of ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,’” Hartman said.
“The Office for Civil Rights will review submissions to identify potential areas for investigation,” Hartman said.
“The U.S. Department of Education is committed to ensuring all students have access to meaningful learning free of divisive ideologies and indoctrination,” the webpage says.
Co-Founder of Moms for Liberty Tiffany Justice
said in a release that End DEI “demonstrates that President Trump’s Department of Education is putting power back in the hands of parents.”
Moms for Liberty is an organization dedicated to “unifying, educating and empowering parents to defend their parental rights at all levels of government,” according to its website
.
“For years, parents have been begging schools to focus on teaching their kids practical skills like reading, writing, and math, instead of pushing critical theory, rogue sex education
, and divisive ideologies—but their concerns have been brushed off, mocked, or shut down entirely,” Justice said.
“Parents, now is the time that you share the receipts of the betrayal that has happened in our public schools
,” Justice said.
The Education Department also recently sent a Dear Colleague letter
to places of education receiving federal funds, stating that race-based decisions are unlawful, and failure to comply with the law may result in a school or district losing its funding, The Center Square previously reported
.
Federal law “prohibits covered entities from using race in decisions pertaining to admissions, hiring, promotion, compensation, financial aid, scholarships, prizes, administrative support, discipline, housing, graduation ceremonies, and all other aspects of student, academic, and campus life,” the letter stated.
