Needham High School principal tells students on first day of school: “I’m a White Privileged Straight Man.”
Several parents with children at Needham High School reached out to Parents Defending Education within hours of dismissal on the first day of school to express concerns about comments made…
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Fairfax County signs five-year contract to pay $1.8 million in COVID emergency funds to a Boston-based consultant to administer intrusive “social and emotional” screening
Cofounder Aaron Feuer spoke in 2013, as the company launched. UPDATE: On Sept. 9, 2021, Fairfax County Public Schools signed “Amendment 2,” a new agreement to pay $2,445,300 to Panorama…
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Virginia Department of Education hosted webinar speaker who instructed teachers not to discuss Islam while teaching about 9/11 attack
UPDATE: On Sept. 1, 2021, after Parents Defending Education expressed the criticism of parents to the inappropriateness of the 9/11 webinar, the Virginia Department of Education removed…
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Mequon Thiensville School parents move to recall school board members for ‘abdication of voting rights’ and wasteful spending, including $42,000 for ‘equity’ training
In 2020, parents in Mequon, Wisconsin, launched a recall campaign against four school board members in the Mequon Thiensville School District, alleging that the board members…
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Woodland School District’s teacher trainings taught by Glenn Singleton’s Pacific Education Group, “Racism is by definition a form of oppression exercised by the dominant racial group (white people).”
Woodland Community Consolidated School District 50’s Strategic Plan Update Report Year 3 states, “Woodland has scheduled Beyond Diversity training with Glenn Singleton’s Pacific EducationGroup. The first Beyond Diversity training…
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Berkley Schools commit to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and use the word “belonging” to mean much more
The district has promised to prioritize diversity, equity and inclusion work. The district’s commitment and core beliefs that appear on the website focus on the importance of “belonging” but some…
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Moses Brown (a Friends school) administers intersectionality survey during 8th grade math class; sends home book list that has some parents concerned; publishes 14-page DEI plan
Several parents from Moses Brown, an independent school in Providence, Rhode Island, reached out to Parents Defending Education with concerns about a survey administered to their 8th grade children during…
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North Thurston Public Schools passes ‘Equity in Education’ resolution that singles out ‘White dominant culture’
On Feb. 20, 2021, North Thurston Public Schools passed “RESOLUTION NO. 2-20/21 EQUITY IN EDUCATION,” which mandated including “Ethnic Studies, Anti-Racism Education and Culturally Responsive Practices.”…
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Fort Worth Independent School District Spends Big Money on Equity Consultants and Programming
In July 2021, Texas Scorecard published a report, detailing how much the Fort Worth ISD spends each year on diversity consultants and programming. A single meeting with a consultant…
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