2024 Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action
Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action, an event started by teachers in Seattle in 2016, is a week-long focus on the 13 Guiding Principles of…
Investigations
5 cosas que debe saber sobre los Estudios Étnicos
En Parents Defending Education (Padres en Defensa de la Educación), nos preocupan las flagrantes respuestas antisemitas a la actual crisis en Israel que se manifiestan aquí en los Estados…
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Champlain Valley School District class on social movements and protest requires students to highlight the work of Palestinian social movements
Parents Defending Education has received documents via public records request detailing the curriculum for Champlain Valley School District’s class focused on social justice and protest. The class, entitled “U.S.
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NATIONAL REVIEW: San Francisco School District Directs Teachers to Resources That Condemn ‘Israeli Terrorism’ as Worse Than Hamas
San Francisco Unified School District administrators instructed high-school teachers to engage in classroom discussions about the Israel-Hamas war using an educational resource that argues, “Israeli terrorism has been significantly…
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CAMERA Education Institute: Ethnic Studies
Ethnic Studies is a relatively young academic area that emphasizes divisions among groups and accentuates grievances and resentment of the white majority. Its unifying theme is that American society…
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San Francisco Unified School District provides resource to social studies and ethnic studies teachers that claims “Israeli terrorism has been significantly worse than that of the Palestinians”; resource defends terrorism against Israel
Parents Defending Education submitted a public records request to the San Francisco Unified School District seeking any emails from board members or statements provided to staff, students, or families…
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Critical Media Literacy Rooted in Ethnic Studies Curriculum Toolkit
A recently released curriculum toolkit for K-12 educators features content that advocates for teaching anti-Zionism, liberation, anti-capitalism, collectivism, “A Free Palestine,” ending the “occupation,” as well as…
Investigations
THE NATIONAL DESK: Crisis in the Classroom: Ethnic studies class mandate
Ethnic studies classes are mandated in California schools.
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Wake County Public Schools Children First, Raleigh, North Carolina
Wake Forest County Public Schools Children First is an advocacy group based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The organization’s mission states: “The organization’s mission is…
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