{"id":1094,"date":"2025-04-16T14:51:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T14:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/?p=1094"},"modified":"2025-04-16T22:49:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T22:49:17","slug":"department-of-defense-sued-over-book-removals-curriculum-changes-in-its-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/16\/department-of-defense-sued-over-book-removals-curriculum-changes-in-its-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Defense sued over book removals, curriculum changes in its schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of 12 students sued the Department of Defense Education Activity\u00a0(DODEA) over <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/education\/5244886-military-academies-trump-education-dei-book-bans-hegseth-transgender-athletes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">changes\u00a0that have been made<\/a> to curriculum and book removals in its schools. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit accuses the DODEA of eliminating curriculum that deals with subjects such as slavery,\u00a0Native American\u00a0history, and LGBTQ\u00a0issues, taking books off shelves and canceling events the government says are promoting \u201cgender ideology\u201d or \u201cdivisive equity ideology.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The changes come after President Trump signed several executive orders aimed at the military, transgender people, and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. Military schools are under the direct control of the administration, which allows for implementation of these changes at a much quicker rate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLearning is a sacred and foundational right that is now\u00a0being limited\u00a0for\u00a0students in DoDEA schools. The implementation of these [executive orders], without any due process or parental or professional input, is a violation of our children&#8217;s right\u00a0to\u00a0access information\u00a0that prevents them from learning about their own histories, bodies, and identities,\u201d said\u00a0Natalie Tolley,\u00a0a\u00a0plaintiff\u00a0on behalf of her\u00a0three children in the department&#8217;s schools. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have three daughters, and they, like all children, deserve access to books that both mirror their own life experiences and that act as windows that expose them to greater diversity. The administration has now made that verboten in DoDEA schools,\u201d she added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The 12 students, ranging from&nbsp;pre-K to&nbsp;11th&nbsp;grade, represent six families stationed in Virginia, Kentucky, Italy and Japan.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The suit was filed&nbsp;by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the ACLU of Virginia and the ACLU of Kentucky in the&nbsp;U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A DODEA spokesperson told The Hill that the department does not comment on ongoing litigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of 12 students sued the Department of Defense Education Activity\u00a0(DODEA) over changes\u00a0that have been made to curriculum and book removals in its schools. \u00a0 The lawsuit accuses the DODEA of eliminating curriculum that deals with subjects such as slavery,\u00a0Native American\u00a0history, and LGBTQ\u00a0issues, taking books off shelves and canceling events the government says are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1096,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1094"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1095,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1094\/revisions\/1095"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/entouragecover.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}