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Indiana Watchdog Releases DEI Audit. This Is a Model for States Across the US.

Jonathan Butcher | Ella Jackson

Last year, many Indiana public school teachers promised to end racist diversity, equity, and inclusion practices in schools. If successful, such assurances and the policies that follow would be models for other states. How’s it going?

Turns out, the racism in public education runs deep. This week, the Indiana Family Institute released an audit of DEI in the state’s K-12 schools and found that significant work remains. While some school officials have wiped DEI statements from their websites along with mentions of so-called antiracism, auditors report, “Quietly deleting DEI language from websites may improve public perception, but it does not ensure that the policies, trainings, and practices themselves have been dismantled.”

The audit demonstrates that district administrators have snuck DEI in through the back door by way of staff positions, professional development for teachers, curricula, strategic planning, and student programming. Educators carefully renamed certain activities and positions without changing the descriptions, allowing DEI to persist under the radar.

Auditors even identified recommendations from the state Department of Education that continue to apply DEI-related concepts to instruction. For example, the Indiana Department of Education recommends a literature curriculum called........

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