Department Of Miseducation

Dollars for DEI:

According to DOGE, the education department spent nearly half a billion ($489,883,797) on “race-based hiring,” $343,337,286 on “DEI programming,” and another $169,301,221 on “DEI mental health initiatives.” DOGE obtained the figures from Parents Defending Education, a non-profit organization claiming to work to “reclaim our schools from activists imposing harmful agendas.” The organization found that the Department of Education received 229 grants amounting to $1,002,522,304.81 between 2021 and 2024. The DEI programs funded affected 6,766,158 K-12 grade students in 296 school districts. Parents Defending Education says the data was compiled from various available sources and thus, the scope of the programs and the final amount might be significantly higher than reported. Nonetheless, it highlights the blatant waste of taxpayers’ money to indoctrinate the youth while American schools grapple with cash shortages to fund academically significant programs. Notably, approximately $4 million of the grant money was used to organize a “3-week residential ‘culturally responsive’ computer science summer camp for 600 11th and 12th graders.” Other notable DEI expenditures include the University of Iowa spending $1,261,718 of the grant money to train 40 elementary teachers to “enact equity-centered education” in partner K-12 districts. The University of Missouri – St. Louis also spent $306,209 of the grant money to train school counselors in Trauma-Informed, Antiracist Social-Emotional Learning (TIAR-SEL). Similarly, the School District of Philadelphia received $3,973,175 of the grant money to fund its “restorative justice” program, which mirrors California’s Oakland Unified School District’s (OUSD) and Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth (RJOY) programs. It also lists Fania Davis, a social justice activist and Civil Rights trial attorney. Her sister Angela, who she helped free for alleged conspiracy, murder, and kidnapping, was a long-time Communist Party USA (CPUSA) member and was a keynote speaker in an anti-police event and praised Fidel Castro. Fania also helped co-author the OUSD restorative justice program guide, which includes topics such as “Exploring White Privilege.”

Indoctination takes money...