The Biden administration’s Department of Education has faced growing criticism for the enormous amount spent on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives in schools across the country. A new report from Parents Defending Education reveals that more than $1 billion in DEI grants have been distributed nationwide since 2021. Included in the report are grants that affect schools in 25 states that voted for Donald Trump in 2024.
It turns out that radical woke ideology is not just a problem in blue states.
This federal spending spree has caught the attention of state government leaders in red states, specifically Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters, who denounced the Biden administration for using taxpayer money to “shove DEI down the throats of Oklahomans.”
DEI has been shoved down the throats in many conservative red states through these Department of Education grants….
