NEW YORK POST: Judge dismisses suit seeking to end NYC’s Gifted & Talented programs
A Manhattan judge on Wednesday threw out a lawsuit that sought to eliminate New York City’s Gifted & Talented programs and admissions screening to public schools.
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FOX NEWS: Parent’s rights group calls out schools for equity studies, requests civil rights investigations
Parents Defending Education president Nicole Neily questioned the Biden administration’s focus on equitable outcomes.
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Elementary school in Roseville Area Schools has students recite land acknowledgement before Pledge of Allegiance; school district prohibits students from wearing clothing with “American Indian team names, logos, or mascots”
On May 16, 2022, Alpha News reported that an elementary school in the district has students repeat a “land acknowledgement” statement before saying the Pledge…
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River Oaks Baptist School lists “self-identification as a person of color” as a requirement for an open position; has preschool students compare their skin to the color of food
In 2020, River Oaks Baptist School’s Head of School Leanne Reynolds wrote an article detailing the trials that the school and parents went through due to…
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A different book battle
Schools do not stock Playboy magazine in their libraries, and they have never been accused of “censorship” for not doing so. That line in the sand has never seemed to…
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INSIDE HIGHER ED: Making Their Arguments Against Affirmative Action
Thirty-four briefs argue that Harvard and UNC, and other colleges that base their admissions plans on the Grutter decision, should be forced to change.
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Lee’s Summit R-7 School District agrees to $510,000 contract with Panorama; pays $97,000 to provide teachers and district staff with “racial equity training”
A concerned community member provided Parents Defending Education with contracts between Lee’s Summit R-7 School District and Panorama Education Inc. In a contract dated December 1, 2019, the school district…
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LOS ANGELES TIMES: Santa Ana Unified readies ethnic studies graduation requirement for next school year
With a hardcover copy of author Angie Thomas’ “The Hate U Give” firmly in hand, Santa Ana English teacher Yuri Lara spoke to parents and students one morning about a…
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Missoula County Public Schools trains teachers in “interrupting oppression”; shifts to “gender identity” for participation in school programs, activities
Missoula County Public Schools has a policy titled “Equal Education, Nondiscrimination and Sex Equity.” The policy states: “Equal educational opportunities shall be available for all students…
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