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The Education Department under President Donald Trump has eliminated over 2,300 webpages focused on DEI initiatives and LGBTQIA+ content implemented during the Biden administration, according to exclusive information obtained by Breitbart News.
Several removed webpages, revealed through screenshots and materials, showcased Biden’s Education Department promoting race-based teacher hiring and advising schools on gender identity accommodation policies.
Among the deleted content was a November 2023 initiative focused on addressing educator shortages through diversity measures. The document outlined the department’s dedication to building a diverse educator workforce encompassing racial, cultural, and linguistic representation.
In addition to diversity initiatives, the department removed an October 2021 guidance document on supporting intersex students. This document had encouraged schools to incorporate inclusive language and implement policies acknowledging diverse gender identities.
JUST IN: Dozens of Dept of Education employees have been placed on leave in connection with Trump's EO to eliminate DEI. – ABC
Today WSJ reported that Trump is weighing a plan to dismantle the Dept of Education.
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Further removals included resources advising schools on supporting LGBTQI+ youth and families. These materials had promoted the establishment of Gender and Sexuality Alliances (GSAs) and recommended professional development for educators regarding equitable treatment of underserved students.
Department of Education Spokesperson Savannah Newhouse stated, “While America’s students continued to fall further behind in fundamental learning, the Biden administration turned the Department of Education website into an apparatus that pushed their woke propaganda. Countless fact sheets on how to use inclusive language and ‘reflect the diversity of human bodies’ is a distraction from real education and a disservice to students, teachers, and parents everywhere.”
The webpage purge aligns with Trump’s executive orders targeting DEI programs and gender ideology. The Education Department has also eliminated $600 million in teacher training grants, $100 million in DEI funding, and approximately $1 billion in contracts to reduce what they consider wasteful spending.
The U.S. Department of Education sent a letter Friday warning public schools to end diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies or risk federal funding.https://t.co/RIS46qFkrn
— NBC 10 WJAR (@NBC10) February 17, 2025
This development coincides with Parents Defending Education’s investigation revealing widespread DEI implementation across U.S. schools. Their research identified 610 school districts in 46 states and D.C. following DEI policies, affecting over 13 million students across 21,232 schools.
“School districts need to end diversity, equity, and inclusion policies and return to the original charter of educating children,” said Rhyen Staley, researcher for PDE. “DEI has been a disaster for K-12 and the results are evident as roughly 70 percent of American K-12 students are not proficient at reading or math.”
