The Trump administration's directive to pause federal financial assistance caused widespread chaos and concern across the educational landscape on Tuesday. The directive affected programs ranging from early childhood education to university research.
At least one university leader urged professors to pause spending on research projects. The cash flow for Head Start, the early childhood education program that serves 800,000 children, was cut off in some places before the federal government clarified that the program was not included in the directive.
There was widespread uncertainty over which other programs might face scrutiny or be dismantled. The directive would pause funding at least until mid-February while the government investigates whether programs align with President Trump's policy priorities, including ending "D.E.I., woke gender ideology and the Green New Deal." By Tuesday afternoon, a federal judge in Washington, D.C., had blocked the directive in response to a lawsuit.
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