#federal-education-policy

#federal-education-policy

Officials have said those policies, which include allowing students to compete in the sport that aligns with their gender-not their sex at birth-and to use the corresponding bathrooms and locker rooms, violate Title IX because they deny cisgender female athletes equal opportunities. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 bars sex-based discrimination and harassment, and advocates for trans students say the administration is weaponizing the 53-year-old law to advance its agenda.

The United States Department of Education has announced it will partner with dozens of conservative organization to create civics programming for public schools across the nation. The coalition includes organizations such as Turning Point USA, the Heritage Foundation, Hillsdale College, the America First Policy Institute, the 1776 Project Foundation and more. Many of these organization have been involved in conservative efforts to stop teaching civil rights material, oust school board members who believe in teaching social justice, ban books, and whitewash history lessons.

In just six months, the Trump administration and Republican-controlled Congress have brought lasting change and enormous unpredictability to federal education policy.