Category: Education
California Family Wins Early Legal Victory for Parental Rights, Religious Freedom
JUMP TO… Background The Case The Ruling Mahmoud v. Taylor Why It Matters A California school district must allow parents to opt their children out...
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California Family Harassed After Trying to Opt-Out of Activities Teaching Gender Ideology
Carlos and Jenny Encinas taught their son well. When his class read a children’s book about a boy discovering his “gender identity,” the 11-year-old could...
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McMahon to Harvard: No More Federal Grants
JUMP TO… Background The Letter Tax Status Why It Matters “Harvard should no longer seek grants from the federal government, [as] none will be provided,”...
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Massachusetts Schools Give Students Intrusive Survey About Sex, Alcohol and Drugs
Warning, this article includes sensitive sexual content. Massachusetts parents were upset to learn their high school and middle school children – some as young as...
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Arkansas Now Requires Schools to Teach Human Development in the Womb
Last week, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a bill requiring that public school students learn about human development in the womb. This new law...
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Supreme Court Sympathetic to Opt-Outs for LGBT Curriculum
On Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court appeared sympathetic to a group of religious Maryland parents asking to opt their children out of a mandated...
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Harvard Sues Feds Over Multi-Billion Dollar Funding Freeze
JUMP TO… Background Funding Freeze Lawsuit White House Response Release the Records Why It Matters Harvard sued the federal government Monday for freezing $2.8 billion...
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Texas Legislature Votes for School Choice
The Texas Legislature passed a bill establishing an education savings account (ESA) program, providing money for families to pay for private school tuition or homeschooling....
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The Anti-Homeschool Movement Wants Control of Our Children
President Reagan rightly stated, “The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” Today’s ominous...
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Fairfax County High School: ‘A Is for Abortion’ – A Cautionary Tale for Parents
A high school in Fairfax County, Virginia, celebrated Women’s History Month with a hallway decorated by “school administrators and teachers … with a special, leftist...
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Surprise, Surprise — Planned Parenthood Gave Children Explicit Coloring Books
Caution: the following includes examples of crude and graphic references to sex. Planned Parenthood is “no longer welcome” at an interactive science museum in Kentucky...
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Deputy Secretary of Education Nominee Schwinn Supported DEI, CRT and Comprehensive Sex Ed
JUMP TO… Threatening Parental Rights Critical Race Theory Conflicts of Interest DEI Comprehensive Sex Ed Why It Matters More than 25 organizations and 80 individuals...
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Stephen Miller, Civics Teacher
The American public is in a desperate need of a strong civics education. According to the latest National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), also known...
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New Education Secretary Linda McMahon: ‘Send Education to the States’
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon recently sent her staff a letter titled, “Our Department’s Final Mission.” She wrote, “My vision is aligned with the President’s:...
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Department of Education: Schools Embracing DEI Will Lose Funding
The Department of Education sent a “Dear Colleague” letter warning states and schools that they must eliminate discriminatory “diversity, equity and inclusion” (DEI) trainings and...
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Trump Ends Radical Indoctrination, Promotes Education Freedom
President Donald J. Trump signed two significant education-related executive orders on January 29. The first aims to increase educational freedom for families, while the second...
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Will Supreme Court Allow Nation’s First Religious Charter School?
Just in time for Catholic Schools Week, the United States Supreme Court has announced plans to review the constitutionality of a new publicly funded Catholic charter...
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Parents Support Core Subjects, Keep Males out of Female Sports
A new poll from Parents Defending Education (PDE) shows what parents support – and oppose – in key education areas such as boys in girls...
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Ohio School District Violated Teacher’s Rights in ‘Transgender’ Case
Vivian Geraghty taught English at Jackson Memorial Middle School in Massillon, Ohio. She was forced to resign for refusing to use the “preferred name and...
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Department of Education Blew $1 Billion on DEI – Here’s Why It Matters
Parents Defending Education (PDE) discovered that the Department of Education blew through more than $1 billion dollars on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) grants, trainings...
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Boise State Closes DEI Centers, Follows National Trend
Another one bites the dust. Boise State University quietly closed its Student Equity and Gender Equity Centers over Thanksgiving Break, students found out this week....
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Diversity Statements Booted From University of Michigan Hiring Process
The University of Michigan (U-M) will no longer require prospective employees to make commitments to further the school’s “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” (DEI) goals, or...
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Indoctrination Station: New York State Education Department Pushes Critical Theory on Students
This is Part 2 of a two-part series examining the New York State Education Department’s (NYSED) systematic indoctrination of its students. Part 1 reveals a...
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North Carolina Legislature Overrides Veto – Increases School Choice Funding
North Carolina’s General Assembly voted to overturn Governor Roy Cooper’s veto of legislation increasing funding for the state’s Opportunity Scholarship Program. The measure, HB 10,...
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