A May Day 2026 Host Toolkit includes training information for a “coordinated day of action” and promotes tactics such as a school ‘walk-in’; NEA provided $1.7M in funding to organization involved with training.
SUMMARY A May Day 2026 Host Toolkit includes training information for a “coordinated day of action” that demands taxing the rich, removal of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and…
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New Mexico education documents for high school history and ethnic studies include climate change, intersectionality, and “January 6 insurrection” content
SUMMARY The New Mexico Public Education Department’s (NMPED) Instructional Scope (NMIS) documents for High School History and Ethnic studies feature content such as climate change, gender identity, intersectionality, power…
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Inside the Biden Administration’s Illegal “Parent Engagement” Council
SUMMARY Emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) reveal planning and coordinating communications between Biden Administration officials and handpicked…
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Unearthed documents show Minnesota activist group promoted “school, neighbor, and parent alert groups,” outlined “threat of occupation” steps, and was affiliated with and funded by a Minnesota teachers union, with guidance from the Chicago Teachers Union
SUMMARY Unearthed Minnesota activist organizing documents include the promotion of “school, neighbor, and parent alert groups” facilitated by an organization that is affiliated with and funded by a Minnesota teachers union,…
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K-12 Student Walkout and Protest Tracker
Number of states: 48 plus District of Columbia Number of school districts: 278 Number of total school walkouts: 600* Number of middle schools: 44 Number of walkouts/protests organized or…
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Minnesota K-12 school districts’ ‘Staff Development and Mentoring’ policy allows for funds to be used for race-based programming
Number of school districts with the policy: 50 Number of school districts without the policy: 57 SUMMARY Over 50 Minnesota K-12 school districts have adopted “Policy 425 –…
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Sunrise Movement and Young Democratic Socialists of America published guides urging students to organize campus disruptions and overnight protests to advance political revolution
SUMMARY A document titled “Schools: Drop ICE Toolkit” reveals a campaign strategy directed towards students to “create a crisis for university admin” through an escalating effort built around winnable demands, combining…
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A Minnesota ‘Melt the ICE Week of Action’ includes a scheduled ‘student walkout and sit-in,’ ‘school patrols,’ and a training session on sanctuary schools facilitated by ‘Rank-and-File members of the Minneapolis Federation of Educators’
SUMMARY A Minnesota ‘Melt the ICE Week of Action’ (February 25-March 1st) includes a scheduled ‘student walkout and sit-in,’ ‘school patrols,’ and a training session on sanctuary schools facilitated…
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