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Minnesota education commissioner defends DEI in response to Trump admin crackdown

Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) Commissioner Willie Jett is pushing back on a U.S. Department of Education request to certify that no local school districts...

Tim Walz claims without evidence that segregation will return if Department...

(Daily Caller News Foundation) -- Democratic Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota claimed Thursday that the Trump administration’s decision to shutter the Department of Education...

Biden’s education department spent over $100 million on DEI, antiracist social...

(Daily Caller News Foundation) -- The Department of Education under the Biden administration spent over $100 million on grants to universities meant to train...

Trump officially orders dismantling of Department of Education

(Daily Caller News Foundation) -- President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday calling on Education Secretary Linda McMahon to dismantle the Department of Education. The...

University of Minnesota being investigated for alleged violations of anti-discrimination law

The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has opened investigations into the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities campus for alleged violations...

When Trump axed a grant, this school claimed it only did...

(The Washington Free Beacon) -- On February 7, the Department of Education canceled a $6.8 million grant to the University of St. Thomas that...

‘Female sports are only for females’: Attorney reflects on fight to...

Despite federal mandates, the fight continues in Minnesota to keep boys out of girls’ sports. Renee Carlson, general counsel of True North Legal, an...

Trump’s Education Department axes $600 million in ‘social justice activism’ grants

(Daily Caller News Foundation) -- The Department of Education announced Monday that it cut $600 million in grants that used taxpayer funds on diversity,...

Education Department tells states to end DEI in schools or risk...

The U.S. Department of Education is warning state education departments they have 14 days to cease their diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts or...

U of M one of five universities under investigation for reports...

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is one of five universities under investigation by the federal government following reports of “widespread antisemitic harassment,” the...