Teachers Union Sues Over Trump Administration Deadline

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new federal lawsuit in Maryland is challenging a Trump administration memo giving the nation’s schools and universities two weeks to eliminate “race-based” practices of any kind or risk losing their federal money. The lawsuit was filed by the American Federation of Teachers union and the American Sociological Association. They groups say the Education Department’s Feb. 14 memo violates the First and Fifth Amendments. They say forcing schools to teach only the views supported by the federal government amounts to a violation of free speech, and the directive is so vague that schools don’t know what practices cross the line.