Author: Erica Meltzer

Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.Federal judges responding to three lawsuits have temporarily blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its demands that schools end practices associated with diversity, equity, and inclusion.The injunctions come the same day that the Education Department had set as a deadline for states to certify compliance with the Trump administration’s contested interpretation of civil rights law – or risk their federal funding.Taken together, the injunctions block the Trump administration from withholding federal funds from states that don’t sign the certification demand and block enforcement…