{"id":1509162,"date":"2024-12-21T01:55:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-21T06:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1509162"},"modified":"2024-12-21T01:55:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-21T06:55:00","slug":"parents-rights-group-reveals-dept-of-ed-spent-1-billion-on-dei-since-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/parents-rights-group-reveals-dept-of-ed-spent-1-billion-on-dei-since-2021\/1509162\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents&#8217; Rights Group Reveals Dept Of Ed Spent $1 Billion On DEI Since 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Parents&#8217; Rights Group Reveals Dept Of Ed Spent $1 Billion On DEI Since 2021<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article\/parents-rights-group-reveals-dept-of-ed-spent-1-billion-on-dei-since-2021-\/27181\"><em>Authored by Elad Vaida via Campus Reform,<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A parental rights group published a report showing that the Department of Education has spent enormous sums to promote Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/about\/\">Parents Defending Education<\/a>\u00a0works to \u201creclaim our schools from activists imposing harmful agendas.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It published its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/defendinged.org\/investigations\/granted\/\">report<\/a>\u00a0on Dec. 12 demonstrating that, since 2021, the Department of Education has spent $1,002,522,304.81 to promote DEI at \u201cuniversities, school districts, and nonprofits.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>That sum includes $489,883,797.81 for \u201cDEI Hiring,\u201d $343,337,286 for \u201cDEI Programming,\u201d and $169,301,221 for \u201cBased Mental health\/Social Emotional Learning.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjYW1wdXMucmVmb3Jt%20%281%29_2.jpg?itok=ajdzZqx5\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Some of the report\u2019s <strong>\u201ckey findings\u201d include a $1,261,718 to the University of Iowa to \u201ctrain 40 elementary teachers to \u2018enact equity-centered education\u2019 in partner K-12 districts.\u2019\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The report also highlights a $4 million grant to the Regents of the University of California, U.C. San Diego for a program to \u201cdirectly engage high school youth from low-income, racial minoritized groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The federal government routinely pours great sums into promoting DEI in higher education.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In October, the\u00a0National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article\/nasa-hands-7-million-boost-diversity-\/26583\">revealed<\/a>\u00a0it would hand out more than $7 million to six different universities to <em><strong>\u201cgrow initiatives in engineering-related disciplines and fields for learners who have historically been underrepresented and underserved in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>NASA\u2019s senior advisor for engagement and equity Shahra Lambert said the grants would help pave \u201cthe way for greater diversity in engineering and STEM.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The National Institutes of Health also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.campusreform.org\/article\/cuny-gets-19-million-taxpayer-funded-nih-health-equity-center\/26766\">granted<\/a>\u00a0more than $19 million to The City University of New York to found a new \u201cCenter for Minority Health, Equity and Social Justice.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Campus Reform\u00a0<\/em>reached out to Parents Defending Education for comment. This article will be updated accordingly.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Fri, 12\/20\/2024 &#8211; 20:55<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/parents-rights-group-reveals-dept-ed-spent-1-billion-dei-2021\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/parents-rights-group-reveals-dept-ed-spent-1-billion-dei-2021<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents&#8217; Rights Group Reveals Dept Of Ed Spent $1 Billion On DEI Since 2021 Authored by Elad Vaida via Campus Reform, A parental rights group&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1509163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1509162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbimBl-6kBk","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2024\/12\/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjYW1wdXMucmVmb3Jt2028129_2-Xo4LYN.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1509162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1509162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1509163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1509162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1509162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1509162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}