Georgia mother of trans and nonbinary children forcibly removed from school board meeting

Georgia mother of trans and nonbinary children forcibly removed from school board meeting

A Georgia mother was forcibly removed from a school board meeting Tuesday night after saying just one word out of turn. Lena Kotler, a mother of three, was manhandled by four police officers at a recent City Schools of Decatur Board of Education meeting for speaking out against proposed changes to the district's diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. Kotler shouted "Cowards!" at the board members, after which a recording of the meeting…

In Trump’s War on DEI in Schools, the NAACP Fights Back

If the Department of Education gets its way, your kid’s school will soon be stripped of federal funding used to hire instructional aides, run after-school tutoring programs, and train teachers to reach struggling students — unless districts agree to stop diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.  If the NAACP gets its way, that will never happen.  The civil rights group and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund sued the Trump administration on Tuesday, …

Georgia will remove diversity, equity, inclusion programs in public schools to avoid losing federal funds - The Current

Georgia has joined a number of states in complying with a directive from the U.S. Department of Education to remove diversity, equity and inclusion programs in schools or face the termination of federal funds. The Current is an inclusive nonprofit, non-partisan news organization providing in-depth watchdog journalism for Savannah and Coastal Georgia’s communities.

Georgia’s War on DEI in Schools Draws Sharp Rebuke from Georgia NAACP

We are disappointed by the decision of Georgia to comply with the U.S. Department of Education’s directive to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs in our schools. This move is not only short-sighted—it is a direct threat to the values of fairness, representation, and opportunity that should be at the heart of public education. … Continued