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From the New York Times: A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Education Department to restore some federal grants that were terminated as part of the Trump administration’s purge of diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
Judge Julie R. Rubin of the Federal District Court for the District of Maryland said in an opinion that the department had acted arbitrarily and illegally when it slashed $600 million in grants that helped place teachers in underserved schools. The judge also ordered the administration to cease future cuts to those grants.
The grants fund programs that train and certify teachers to work in struggling districts that otherwise have trouble attracting talent. The programs cited goals that included training a diverse educational work force, and provided training in special education, among other areas.
The department, led by Education Secretary Linda McMahon, argued that the grants trained teachers in “social justice activism” and other “divisive ideologies” and should be eliminated.
The judge’s ruling came after a group of educator organizations sued to stop the Education Department from terminating the grants, including the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education and the National Center for Teacher Residencies.
Judge Rubin ruled that the loss of the federal dollars would harm students and schools with the fewest resources.
BACKGROUND ON THIS JUDGE: Judge Julie Burin, 52, from Maryland, was nominated by Joe Biden to serve as a judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maryland in November 2021. She was confirmed by the Senate in March 2022.
🚨🚨🚨Trump Administration tries new tack, filing Motion for Reconsideration explaining to judge in plain language what she has ordered: releasing funding to more than 70 terminated grantees when court has NO jurisdiction. 1/ https://t.co/yiB9ZnIg29 pic.twitter.com/dKRmbThwSJ
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 19, 2025
3/3 Full motion here. Trump did not yet file a notice of appeal. By laying out error for D.Ct. clearly, error will be more focused if Trump needs to appeal. https://t.co/iGzYsSwzkO
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) March 19, 2025
Judege Rubin wrote that the U.S. Department of Education’s efforts to terminate the grants were “unreasonable, not reasonably explained, based on factors Congress had not intended the Department to consider, and otherwise not in accordance with law.” https://t.co/xVdGYqiYOg
— CSBA (@CSBA_Now) March 19, 2025
Judge Orders Education Dept. to Restore Some Grants to Schools – The New York Times https://t.co/qR513AgABs
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) March 19, 2025
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