Diversity Equity Inclusion

School districts across the country received a letter from the U.S. Department of Education earlier this month, ordering administrators to remove any language or policies that focus on Diversity, Equity or Inclusion, also called DEI. The letter was sent late in the day on Friday, February 14. And it gave administrators two weeks to comply. Now, a day before the deadline, the impacts of the letter are being felt by school districts across Alaska.

The University of Alaska system strikes DEI language from its programs, job titles, websites.

A Fairbanks teacher has been put on administrative leave for comments made during a class. Lathrop High School officials say they were notified last…