🚨NEW bombshell investigation from @DefendingEd uncovers how more than $1 billion in grant funding from the Biden Department of Education went toward advancing far-left ideologies in education:
— Nicki Neily (@nickineily) December 12, 2024
Total ED Grant Money Awarded (2021-present): $1,002,522,304.81
Total number of ED… pic.twitter.com/rIRbFn5p2y
NEW bombshell investigation from @DefendingEd uncovers how more than $1 billion in grant funding from the Biden Department of Education went toward advancing far-left ideologies in education:
Total ED Grant Money Awarded (2021-present): $1,002,522,304.81
Total number of ED grants (2021-present): 229
Number of States: 42 + Washington D.C.
Number of K-12 school districts*: 296
Number of K-12 students*: 6,766,158
*These numbers are based on available data and not exact. The number of of districts and students is likely even much higher.Â
Here's how @DefendingEd broke down the more than $1 billion in awarded grants:
* Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) or race-based recruiting, training, and hiring practices: $489,883,797.81
* Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programming and trainings, discipline including restorative practices, and youth activism: $343,337,286
* Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) based mental health training programs and SEL trainings and programming:$169,301,221
🧵Read the full thread below of some egregious uses of the grants...A $4,000,000 grant was given for a 3-week residential “culturally responsive” computer science summer camp for 600 11th and 12th graders.The University of Iowa received a grant award of $1,261,718 to train 40 elementary teachers to “enact equity-centered education” in partner K-12 districts.The University of Missouri – St. Louis was awarded a $306,209 grant to train school counselors in Trauma-Informed, Antiracist Social-Emotional Learning (TIAR-SEL).ÂThe School District of Philadelphia was given $3,974,496 for its restorative justice program that is modeled after Oakland Unified School District’s (CA), and a program advisor is a far-left activist and former Communist Party USA member.ÂRead the full investigation from @DefendingEd 👇🏻
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