Legal challenges hinder Trump’s education agenda

“What the Trump administration is doing is not actually complying with the law. They’re interpreting Title IX based on President Trump’s executive order. But the thing is, he can’t just change law by the stroke of a pen, and so, their whole interpretation and the way they’re going about pressuring schools or threatening schools by withholding funds that they don’t comply with this interpretation and create exclusive policies is just unlawful,” said Shiwali Patel, senior director of education justice and Title IX expert at the National Women’s Law Center.