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OPINION: Betsy DeVos’ slippery slope of religion, ethnicity and race

The Hechinger Report

Assistant Secretary of Education Kenneth Marcus said the department was reopening the case “on the basis of actual or perceived shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics” that would constitute a violation of federal discrimination laws, and thus fall under the agency’s description. Anti-Semitic language is prohibited in schools.