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April 8, 2025

How Trump’s Policies Are Devastating DC Schools

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How Trump’s Policies Are Devastating DC Schools

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The Trump administration is pressuring public schools to abandon any programming related to what they call DEI, or else those schools will lose federal funding. And earlier this month, there was ICE activity at HD Cooke Elementary School in Adams Morgan. Scott Goldstein, the Executive Director of EmpowerEd, is here to share how schools are handling these threats and what it all means for local students.

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