August 29th, 2025 by WCBC Radio

The US District Court of Maryland says the Department of Education cannot withhold funding schools that fail to remove initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Maryland chapter of the American Federation of Teachers challenged a letter from the DOE in February, citing First Amendment violations. Kenya Campbell with AFT says the feds went too far…

   

“The way that the letter was written, it was very arbitrary, in that the directive from Trump’s Department of Education was an unlawful overreach that basically threatened the education of all Maryland students.”