The U.S. Department of Education on Thursday launched a public portal to accept reports of race or sex-based discrimination at 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 Department of Education will use submissions as a guide to identify potential areas for investigation,” the agency announced in a news release.
The portal, titled “EndDEI.Ed.Gov,” states: “The U.S. Department of Education is committed to ensuring all students have access to meaningful learning free of divisive ideologies and indoctrination. This submission form is an outlet for students, parents, teachers, and the broader community to report illegal discriminatory practices at institutions of learning. The Department of Education will utilize community submissions to identify potential areas for investigation.”
Not everyone is pleased. Newsweek reports:
The Committee on Education and Workforce Democrats wrote on X: “First, ED paused thousands of racial discrimination and sexual assault cases, delaying students’ justice. Now ED is asking parents to ‘snitch’ on teachers they perceive to be ‘divisive.’ This does not protect students’ civil rights. This only sows division and fear.”
Michael E. Mann, director of the Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media at the University of Pennsylvania, wrote on Bluesky: “I believe Hitler had a program like this.”
Amy Spitalnick, CEO of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs, wrote on X: “The fact that Trump’s—bigoted, extremist—effort to end diversity, inclusion, & equity in schools uses Moms for Liberty as its only validation tells you everything you need to know. The same M4L that approvingly quoted Hitler & has deep ties to violent groups like the Proud Boys.”
But conservatives cheer the development as a way to give parents a voice.
“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,” Tiffany Justice, co-founder of Moms for Liberty, stated in the department’s news release.
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