Trump administration to investigate Washington schools agency over gender inclusivity rules

For our republic to survive, education leaders must remain firm in the face of authoritarianism

I know something about standing up to the authoritarian impulses of the MAGA movement. I resigned as Kentucky’s commissioner of education in late 2023 rather than enforce the GOP-dominated state legislature’s shameful law aimed at erasing and marginalizing LGBTQ+ students.The Trump administration has escalated these attacks from hostile rhetoric directed toward students and K-12 and higher education to putting policies in place that are not just…

White House effectively BANS journalists from listing their pronouns

While the Biden administration normalized and encouraged declaring your pronouns to everyone you meet, the Trump administration is doing what it can to reverse the previous obsession with gender. Starting with the “pronouns in bio,” which was made clear when White House press secretary Karoline ...

Feds to investigate WA schools agency over gender inclusivity conflict

The Trump administration on Monday launched an investigation into the Washington office tasked with overseeing public schools, citing allegations that the state directed a school district to implement a gender inclusion policy that conflicts with federal law.

Letter: La Center should support teachers

It’s obvious that Ann Donnelly doesn’t vote in the La Center School District (“La Center schools should resist state on pronouns,” The Columbian, April 5). I do and look at what they ask for. Read more...

Some California Schools Facing Trump Admin Investigation Over Helping Kids Change Genders

A handful of California school districts helped hundreds of students change their so-called “gender identity” on official records, documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation show. Across six districts serving nearly 158,000 total students that provided data from the 2023-2024 school year, more than 300 children were placed on “gender support plans” or had […] Some California Schools Facing Trump Admin Investigation Over Helping Kids …

The White House's Stance On Pronouns Isn't Just 'Childish' — It's Also Legally Fraught

Although this rude behavior is being normalized by Trump and his allies, it could get you in real trouble in the corporate world.