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Our fight is far from over, but today’s decision is a victory for Black and Brown students across the country, whose right to an equal education has been directly threatened by this Administration’s corrosive actions and misinterpretations of civil rights law,
NAACP CEO Derrick Johnson said in a statement
The court agreed that this vague and clearly unconstitutional requirement is a grave attack on students, our profession, honest history, and knowledge itself,
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten said of the Maryland case.jpg)
Today’s ruling allows educators and schools to continue to be guided by what’s best for students, not by the threat of illegal restrictions and punishment,
NEA President Becky Pringle said in a statement on the New Hampshire caseWhile it may be true that a line must be drawn somewhere between the Department’s lawful prerogative to enforce anti-discrimination law and its prohibition from controlling curriculum, the Letter and its associated documents do not toe that line,
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This Court takes no view as to whether the policies at issue here are good or bad, prudent or foolish, fair or unfair,
Gallagher wrote in her decisionBut this Court is constitutionally required to closely scrutinize whether the government went about creating and implementing them in the manner the law requires,
she addedIs this what the Trump administration calls local control? You can’t say you’re giving control back to states and then dictate how they run their schools,
Keri Rodrigues, president of the National Parents Union, told The Associated Press news agency earlier this month
But even if they endeavor to abide by the 2025 Letter’s requirements, they risk failing to comply with certification requirements necessary for retention of their professional credentials,
McCafferty added
We are thinking very strongly that they both want peace but they have to get to the table,
Trump said ahead of a luncheon with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre at the White House todayI am doing this interview out of curiosity, and as a competition with myself, just to see if it’s possible for The Atlantic to be 'truthful.' Are they capable of writing a fair story on 'TRUMP'? The way I look at it, what can be so bad — I WON!"
the president addedThe 2025 letter targets speech based on viewpoint. … A professor runs afoul of the 2025 Letter if she expresses the view in her teaching that structural racism exists in America, but does not do so if she denies structural racism’s existence. That is textbook viewpoint discrimination,
McCafferty wrote in the order
We are sending a strong message that our party is building from the ground up, and we’re building everywhere,
Martin saidThe ban on DEI embodied in the 2025 Letter leaves teachers with a Hobson’s choice. If they fail to abide by the ill-defined standards set forth in the letter, they leave themselves open to their school’s decision to terminate their employment or curb their work in order to preserve essential federal funding, public ostracization based on one person’s view of what ‘DEI’ is, or potential disciplinary proceedings that put their license at risk,
McCafferty wrote in the orderThey had a meeting this morning,
he said during a press availability with the prime minister of NorwayThe town hall will be held in front of a live studio audience comprised of Democrats, Republicans, and Independent voters,
the network said in a press release announcing the town hall
Yesterday there was a conversation, difficult but constructive,
Zelenskyy saidThese refugees, many of whom have already applied for asylum and possess documentation of lawful parole, face a credible threat of imprisonment torture, or death if returned to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan,
he wrote in the letterFacilitation includes, but is not limited to, a good faith request by Defendants to the government of El Salvador to release Cristian to U.S. custody for transport back to the United States,
she wrote in the orderI am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying. Lets get the Peace Deal DONE!"
Trump wroteI think we’re going to get peace. I realized how many people were dying, that’s the most important element. Hope we’re going to get there,
Trump said,