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Exposing activism and restoring educational excellence across our core focus areas: university governance, gender identity, teachers unions, foreign funding, and DEI & merit.

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Empowering parents and taxpayers through investigative reporting that exposes incidents of indoctrination and expert analysis that breaks down institutional policy.

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Defending Education works to foster an educational environment free from discrimination and political agendas—one that protects First Amendment freedoms, promotes equal opportunity, and encourages the free exchange of ideas.

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Defending Education works to foster an educational environment free from discrimination and political agendas—one that protects First Amendment freedoms, promotes equal opportunity, and encourages the free exchange of ideas

Who We Are

Defending Education is a national grassroots organization working to restore free speech and the free exchange of ideas across K-12 and higher education while keeping political ideology and activism out of our schools. Through network and coalition building, investigative reporting, litigation, and engagement, we fight indoctrination and activism in classrooms and on campus to promote the reestablishment of a quality, non-political education for all students.

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Our research and investigations, agency complaints, lawsuits, and commentary seek to uncover the truth about what’s happening in our schools—and help drive solutions.

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Defending Ed Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Cherry Creek School District for Race Discrimination in Employment

October 26, 2026

Regulatory Comment

Defending Ed Submits Public Comment Supporting Reform for Evaluations of Teacher Credential Programs

October 20, 2026

Nicole Kurokawa Neily

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Sarah Parshall Perry

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