TOWNHALL: Parental Rights Group Files Complaint Over High School Theater Production Limited to ‘Students of Color’
A parents’ rights organization filed a lawsuit with the U.S. Office for Civil Rights after a public high school in Massachusetts restricted auditions for a school play for students who…
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NATIONAL REVIEW: Massachusetts High School Restricts Theater Production to ‘Students of Color’
Parents Defending Education has filed a complaint with the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights over a theater production at a Massachusetts high school that appears to have restricted…
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FOX NEWS: Parents rights group files complaint alleging casting of a school play violates the Civil Rights Act
Parents Defending Education said a school play, which appears to only allow students of color to audition, violates the Civil Rights Act…
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Ridgefield School District’s teachers and faculty admit in emails to implementing Black Lives Matter in classrooms
A concerned community member reached out to Parents Defending Education and provided documents received from the Ridgefield School District through FOIA requests. The documents showed the school district and…
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School play at Newton North High School restricted to only students who identify as “people of color”
Newton North High School has a theater called “Theatre Ink” to give students opportunities to audition and participate in plays. The school’s theater has a standalone…
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Carmel Central School District allows students to access Gender Queer book in libraries; school librarian uses position to push political issues
A concerned community member reached out to Parents Defending Education and provided an article from the Putnam County Press/Times explaining that Carmel Central School District’s Board of Education voted…
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Maryland teachers union offers $1,000 “BLM at School Year of Action” grants; menu of national demands includes mandatory ethnic studies and getting police out of schools
The Maryland State Education Association (MSEA) is the 75,000-member Maryland affiliate of the National Education Association, which represents 3 million education employees across the country. MSEA seems to have formally…
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THE NATIONAL DESK: Schools changing admission standards to quickly achieve racial diversity, nonprofit says
Across the United States, admission to highly selective academic high schools, often called “exam schools,” has moved from objective, test-based student evaluations to a more subjective process. Some call this…
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Scarsdale Public Schools implement book into middle school curriculum that tells people who are “white” to “step aside”
On August 22, 2022, an assistant superintendent of Scarsdale Public Schools spoke at a Board of Education meeting about implementing the book This Book Is…
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