New York and several other blue states, including California, Minnesota, Oregon, Wisconsin, and Washington, are actively defying federal attempts to dismantle diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in public schools, with leaders in these states boldly refusing to submit a signed statement to the federal government by the April 24 deadline. By taking this stance, these states are explicitly challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order, which prohibits practices such as diversity training, affinity groups based on race and gender, preferential hiring practices based on race, and classroom curricula that incorporate progressive ideologies like critical race theory. The federal government had demanded that state education agencies report back on behalf of all their school districts, but New York was the first to reject this request, with the other states quickly following suit. As a result, these non-compliant states and districts are now at risk of losing federal education funding, in accordance with Civil Rights law and a recent 2023 Supreme Court decision that banned racial preferences in college admissions, as clearly stated in the federal letter.
President Trump is taking drastic measures to dismantle the Department of Education, having already issued an executive order to kickstart the process, while Education Secretary Linda McMahon is actively slashing the agency’s workforce in half. Furthermore, the agency is transferring its special education responsibilities for K-12 schools to the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Small Business Administration is assuming control of student loans. If states and school districts can successfully sustain Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs without relying on federal funding, then they are proving that they never needed the support of the federal government in the first place, highlighting the redundancy of Washington’s involvement.
US Department of Education, heavily influenced by the Rockefeller Foundation and Carnegie Corporation
US Department of Education about New World Order Indoctrination
You need to realise that the US Department of Education, heavily influenced by the Rockefeller Foundation and Carnegie Corporation since the early 20th century, has been actively working to transform America’s economy from a free, individualistic system to a socialist, planned one, using schools as the primary vehicle for this change. In 1934, a report by Carnegie’s American Historical Association explicitly advocated for this radical shift, aggressively promoting collectivism and a New World Order. Listen to this brilliantly summarized true history of the American education system by the late Charlotte Thomson Iserbyt. Charlotte authored the book The Deliberate Dumbing Down of America, and this interview was presented during an event organized by Save Long Island on May 15, 2013.
By 1965, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act had successfully pivoted the education system from academics to behaviour modification, with teachers being retrained to prioritize shaping students’ attitudes over imparting knowledge. This calculated social engineering effort, which has been deliberately dumbing down students, sidelining civics and history, and fostering globalism at the expense of sovereignty, has been designed to produce compliant workers who lack critical thinking skills. President Trump is now taking a bold stance against this indoctrination by calling for the dismantling of the Department of Education, in a bid to counter the erosion of individual liberty and constitutional values that this system has been perpetuating.
The DoE has been a complete disaster: Steve Hanke
Steve Hanke, in support of abolishing the department of education says that since the Department of Education was established in 1980, the inflation-adjusted cost of education has skyrocketed. But test scores have gone down. The DoE has been a complete disaster
Since 1980, inflation-adjusted per-pupil spending in U.S. public schools has roughly doubled, from about $7,000 to over $14,000 by 2020, per National Centre for Education Statistics (NCES) data. Meanwhile, standardized test scores, like NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) for 4th and 8th graders, have shown declining trends in math and reading since the 1990s. Even though the Department of Education doesn’t directly control curricula or local budgets—states and districts do, its functions include distributing federal funds, enforcing civil rights laws, and setting policies like Title IX.
DoE Waste on DEI Initiatives
The U.S. Department of Education’s spending on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives include $1 Billion Dollars from the Biden Administration for DEI-related grants, training, and programs from 2021 to 2024. This included
~$489 million on DEI-focused hiring and recruitment.
~$343 million on DEI programming, such as teacher training and curriculum development.
~$169 million on DEI-based mental health and social-emotional learning initiatives.
The Trump Administration came and changed all that. The DoE terminated over $600 million in grants for teacher training programs that included DEI topics like Critical Race Theory, “anti-racism,” and cultural competence. Over $2.6 million in DEI-related training and service contracts were cancelled. The DoE launched an “End DEI” portal to collect public reports of alleged discrimination tied to DEI practices in K-12 schools. A February 2025 directive warned schools to eliminate DEI practices deemed discriminatory, threatening federal funding (e.g., Title I, ~$18.38 billion annually) for non-compliance. States were given 10 days to certify compliance with anti-discrimination laws. Critics argue DEI spending diverts resources from core education needs like STEM or classroom funding, for ideological indoctrination.
AG Pam Bondi is suing the Maine DoE for DEI support
Now, Attorney General Pam Bondi is taking bold action, filing a lawsuit against the Maine Department of Education for its blatant failure to safeguard the rights and interests of women and girls in athletic competitions and other private areas, a move that directly challenges the department’s apparent disregard for the executive orders issued by former President Trump.
Written By Tatenda Belle Panashe
