Indianapolis Public Schools paid racial equity consultant $1.3 million over 10 years (including over $680,000 in Title I funds); adopts equity policy that calls ‘color-blindness’ a ‘present day racial ideology’ meant to justify oppression
Indianapolis Public Schools’ racial equity policy claims that the current system is designed to “advantage for those considered white, and of oppression for those who are not white.” It…
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School District of Philadelphia pays organization promoting “educational equity and racial justice” almost $1 million for services
The Center for Black Educator Development (CBED) is an organization dedicated to “rebuilding the national black teaching pipeline to achieve educational equity and racial justice.” The…
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Sevier County School System has contract to pay Panorama Education $51,675 for surveys and professional development
A concerned community member provided PDE with a contract between the Sevier County School System and Panorama Education to provide surveys to students in the district. The contract was for…
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Thomas Jefferson High School gave permission to China-affiliated organizations to create schools in China using the Virginia school’s name and likeness
Parents Defending Education submitted multiple public records requests to Fairfax County Public Schools seeking records on Thomas Jefferson High School’s relationship to China-affiliated entities. In one document PDE received dated…
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Thomas Jefferson High School provided school layouts, photos of classrooms, and student research projects to China-affiliated entities in exchange for millions of dollars
Parents Defending Education submitted multiple public records requests to Fairfax County Public Schools seeking records regarding Thomas Jefferson High School’s relationship with the Chinese Communist Party. PDE received numerous documents…
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Wake County Public School System paid over $3,000 for a two-hour training session on implicit bias
Parents Defending Education submitted a public records request to the Wake County Public School System requesting any training or professional development on “implicit bias” provided to the School Board from…
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Rochester Public Schools has contracts with LGBTQ organization AmazeWorks to provide middle school students with curriculum
Parents Defending Education (PDE) previously reported on an internal transgender policy used by staff at Rochester Public Schools. PDE sent a public records request to the district seeking…
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DEI Hiring: Lower Merion School District
A document titled Exploring workforce diversity and hiring practices in Lower Merion School District, a part of Lower Merion School…
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DEI Hiring: Santa Barbara Unified School District
A 2023 Anti-Blackness and Racial Climate Assessment and Analysis completed for the Santa Barbara Unified School District by Insight Education Group states that a “racially…
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