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Newton Public Schools staff sign petition to roll back multi-level classes; claim there is no evidence that outcomes have improved
Teachers at Newton Public Schools have signed a petition to roll back policies that “implemented multi-level classes at Newton South with no metric for success and no collection of data.”…
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Arizona Education Association sends out letting claiming to be “the union thugs we are meant to be”
On November 9, 2024, Arizona State Senator Anthony Kern shared a letter on X from the Arizona Education Association. In this letter, the union’s president appeared…
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Virginia Education Association sends email to all members, attacking President-elect Donald Trump and accusing him of “extremism”
On November 12, 2024, Educational Freedom Institute executive director Corey DeAngelis shared an email on X that the Virginia Education Association sent to members after President-elect…
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Watertown Unified School District receives over $1 million from Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation to promote SEL; uses grant to hire “Mental Health / SEL Coordinator” for district
A concerned community member alerted Parents Defending Education that the Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation provided the Watertown Unified School District with a grant to hire an employee to oversee…
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Massachusetts Teachers Association partnered with anti-Israel organization Massachusetts Peace Action to host webinar; webinar included anti-Israel sentiment and political activism
On October 26, 2024, the organization “Massachusetts Peace Action” hosted a webinar called “Books Not Bombs 2024: Increasing Federal Investment in Public Education.” The description of…
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West Des Moines Community Schools has multiple district acknowledgements: a land acknowledgement, a labor acknowledgement, a trauma acknowledgment and one about sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.
A Freedom of Information Act request reveals that West Des Moines Community Schools has multiple district acknowledgements including land, labor, trauma, and one based in the tenets of queer…
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Entire Board of Chicago Public Schools Resigns
On October 5, 2024, the entire board of Chicago Public Schools (CPS) resigned, seemingly in protest against pressure from Mayor Brandon Johnson to request a short-term, high-interest $300 billion loan…
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Nashua School District has policy that appears to explain that students can make decisions regarding their gender identity without parental consent
Parents Defending Education submitted a public records request to the Nashua School District seeking “any documents, materials, presentations, or videos shown or provided to staff during any training on transgender…
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