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It ‘feels disruptive’: UW-Madison teacher training program loses funding from the federal government

In February, a UW-Madison teacher training program lost its funding from the federal government, citing diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

“It’s unfortunate that the approach toward sort of rooting out programs seems to have overlooked what the program is really doing and its value to the high need communities that are being served by those programs,” said program director, Kimber Wilkerson.