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…
Commentaries
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…
Incidents
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…
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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…
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Howell Township Public Schools teaches second graders “how gender-role stereotypes may limit behavior”; mandates that “parental consent is not required” to use the preferred name and pronouns of students
Howell Township Public Schools is a district specifically for kindergarten through the eighth grade. On April 14, 2022, Assistant Superintendent Bruce Preston published a letter discussing the…
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THE HERITAGE FOUNDATION: Critical Race Theory and Small-Town America
Pickens County, S.C., is home to the college football powerhouse Clemson University. Any headlines about this county, all 512-square miles of it, usually involve the Tigers. But like so…
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DAILY CALLER: ‘Not Open … To Parents’: Hyper-Racial Justice Department ‘SPIRIT’ Program Set To Descend On Public School
A Virginia high school requested programming from the Department of Justice (DOJ) that reportedly separates students in “homogenous” groups and does not allow parents to attend, according to a…
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Rawlinson Road Middle School teacher has students read by “Stamped”; school district promotes racial affinity groups and mandatory equity training for educators
FITSNews reported that a Rawlinson Road Middle School teacher had students in seventh grade read the book Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and You by…
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