The Trump administration U.S. Department of Education recently removed approximately 2,300 website pages from the days of the Biden-Harris administration that pushed woke ideology such as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and an LGBT agenda. Since stepping back into the White House last month, President Donald Trump has taken measures to pull this agenda from the federal government.
Breitbart News reported on numerous webpages that have recently been deleted, such as one from the Department of Education under Biden, which pushed for schools to hire teachers based on race to achieve diversity goals while encouraging them to “respect all students’ gender identities” and use “inclusive language.”
Another page, “Brief: Eliminating Educator Shortages through Increasing Educator Diversity and Addressing High-Need Shortage Areas,” pushed a similar DEI ideology, striving to promote equity in the workplace. It strove to create a “comprehensive policy agenda to recruit, prepare, and retain a racially, culturally, and linguistically diverse and well-prepared educator workforce.”
Furthermore, a document from October 2021 provided an outline of how schools could support “intersex students.” The fact sheet encouraged the use of “inclusive language in school missions statements” and suggested that schools “[a]dopt policies that respect all students’ gender identities and, where relevant, accurately reflect the diversity of human bodies.”
One letter provided guidance on how federal funds can go toward science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education. A “Redesign STEM courses and learning experiences to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in STEM” has also been pulled.
“While America’s students continued to fall further behind in fundamental learning, the Biden administration turned the Department of Education website into an apparatus that pushed their woke propaganda,” according to Department of Education spokeswoman Savannah Newhouse.
“Countless fact sheets on how to use inclusive language and ‘reflect the diversity of human bodies’ is a distraction from real education and a disservice to students, teachers, and parents everywhere,” she continued. “The Trump Education Department has removed over 2,300 webpages and corresponding assets from the Biden era because the American people have been clear: no more prioritizing divisive ideology over meaningful learning and student outcomes.”
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Additionally, one document about LGBT children has also disappeared. The file provided guidance on “Supporting LGBTQI+ Youth and Families in School.” The resource recommended “using welcoming and inclusive language in school and district mission statements and other similar communications that express a commitment to providing a safe, supportive, and nondiscriminatory educational environment for all students, including LGBTQI+ students.”
The document suggested that teachers and school staff guide students in creating Gender and Sexuality Alliances (GSA) to “build a more inclusive school.” The document encouraged “facilitating opportunities for students to find support from peers, teachers, and staff,”while promoting training resources for “ensuring equitable and supportive treatment of historically underserved students, including LGBTQI+ youth.”
In similar news, The American Tribune reported on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth pulling back DEI at the Pentagon. “Well, DEI is not going well at the Defense Department, because it’s dead,” he told Jesse Watters. “We will, as the President said in his inaugural we will be merit-based and colorblind, and that is the case at the Defense Department.”
Watch Pete Hegseth slam DEI below: