U.S. Department of Education Cuts Over $600 Million in Divisive Teacher Training Grants
February 17, 2025
U.S. Department of Education Cuts $600 Million in Grants Used to Train Teachers and Education Agencies on Divisive Ideologies
The U.S. Department of Education today announced it has terminated over $600 million in grants to institutions and nonprofits that were using taxpayer funds to train teachers and education agencies on divisive ideologies. Training materials included inappropriate and unnecessary topics such as Critical Race Theory; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI); social justice activism; “anti-racism”; and instruction on white privilege and white supremacy. Additionally, many of these grants included teacher and staff recruiting strategies implicitly and explicitly based on race.
The grants are awarded to teacher preparation programs that train future classroom teachers. Examples from the grant applications included:
