Trump Administration Intensifies Crackdown on DEI with New Reporting Portal

The Trump administration has introduced an online portal that encourages people to report diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practices in public schools, as a part of its push to eradicate such initiatives from the U.S. education system.

The Department of Education launched the “End DEI” portal just two-weeks ahead of the administration’s highly disputed deadline for schools and universities to dismantle DEI programs or risk losing funding.

The portal explicitly solicits complaints about “discrimination based on race or sex” in K-12 public schools, directing users to submit personal information, school details, and allegations restricted to 450 words, with an option to upload supporting evidence.

Tiffany Justice, co-founder of Moms for Liberty, posted a statement urging parents to “share the receipts of the betrayal” in public schools, claiming institutions have “brushed off, mocked, or shut down” parental concerns about “critical theory, rogue sex education and divisive ideologies.”

According to the portal’s website, the administration plans to use these reports to launch investigations into schools.

Critics highlight the contradiction that while the administration portrays DEI programs as primarily aiding racial minorities, both private and government research indicate that white women have historically benefited the most from such policies in education and employment.

Legal challenges to the administration’s stance on schools are mounting. The American Federation of Teachers sued the education department on Tuesday, arguing its February 14 memo is unconstitutional. Filed in partnership with the American Sociological Association, the lawsuit contends that the directive infringes on First and Fifth Amendment rights and lacks clear legal grounding.

“This letter radically upends and re-writes otherwise well-established jurisprudence,” the lawsuit states. “No federal law prevents teaching about race and race-related topics, and the Supreme Court has not banned efforts to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion in education.”

The portal’s launch comes after a major legal setback for the administration, recently a federal judge blocked key parts of Trump’s executive orders seeking to eliminate DEI-related contracts throughout the executive branch.

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