Oswego District 308’s Equity Roadmap: elementary-high School equity trainings with “privilege” lists, prioritizing recruitment and advancement of “diverse” staff; led by Director who called Charlie Kirk a “modern day Klans man”
SUMMARY Through several Freedom of Information Act requests shared with Defending Education by a concerned parent, we uncovered Oswego District 308’s equity roadmap, with plans to continue through 2026.
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THE BLAZE: Teaching Kids to Hate American Will Have Real-world Consequences
Although it received scant media attention, the FBI foiled a plot by members of the pro-Palestinian Turtle Island Liberation Front to bomb Southern California businesses on New Year’s…
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Warren-Alvarado-Oslo School District policy allows for funding to be used for race-focused staff development and mentoring programming, including affinity groups and ‘financial incentives for teachers of color’
SUMMARY Minnesota’s Warren – Alvarado – Oslo School District Policy 425 – Staff Development and Mentoring includes a section which states that funds can be used in support…
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District 196’s 2023-2026 ‘Achievement and Integration Plan’ includes quotas for increasing the hiring of teachers and staff based on race, staff affinity groups, race-based targeted recruitment strategies
SUMMARY District 196 – Rosemount – Apple Valley – Eagan Public Schools’ 2023-2026 Achievement and Integration Plan includes numerical goals to increase the hiring of teachers and staff…
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THE HILL: DEI Has No Place in K-12 Classrooms
In a recent video, Kentucky state Rep. Sarah Stalker (D) stated that she does not “feel good about being white every day for a lot of reasons.” She continued by…
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DAILY SIGNAL: Accreditation Mandates Bring CRT Into Colleges and K-12 Schools
A recent report from Defending Education has found that more than half of collegiate social work programs appear to embed anti-racism and diversity, equity, and inclusion standards into their core competencies, admissions…
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San Diego Unified School District’s ‘Equity and Belonging website’ promotes programs and resources that include 28 sexual orientations and 9 gender identities; commits to “dismantling systems of oppression”
San Diego Unified School District’s (SDUSD) Equity & Belonging website lays out the policy position of the district on gender, race and immigration. The California school district provides…
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The University of Minnesota – Twin Cities’ ‘Culture and Family Life Lab’ features pages on ‘Whiteness Pandemic’; National Institute of Mental Health is one of funding sources
The University of Minnesota – Twin Cities’ Culture and Family Lab, which is part of the university’s Institute of Child Development, features a page titled “Whiteness Pandemic”…
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National Education Association’s “Bargaining for the Common Good” Racial Justice Guide Asks For Prioritizing Hiring and Promoting Educators of Color, Less Testing and More Ethnic Studies, All While Calling Out “Far-Right Politicians” for “actively working” to “dismantle” democracy
The National Education Association–the largest labor union in the United States, comprising 3,000,000 educators, staff, administrators, and other stakeholders–published a “Bargaining for the Common Good Racial Justice Guide” teaching its…
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