Oregon Department of Education adopts health education standards to teach kindergartners about the “many ways to express gender” and to teach third grade students “how individuals identify regarding gender or sexual orientation”
The Oregon Department of Education adopted new health education standards for students in kindergarten through the twelfth grade in December 2016. Districts had until the fall of 2018 to implement…
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Bulletin board display on gender identity taken down after parent complaints and superintendent review
The picture below was taken in the “Guidance Corner” of the school library at Mountain View Middle School in Goffstown, NH, a school in the SAU #19 district. The school…
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Los Angeles Unified School District has LGBTQ “Rainbow Club” for elementary students as young as four years old
On September 8, 2023, Houman David Hemmati posted on X (formerly Twitter) that a teacher at the Los Angeles Unified School District shared information with him…
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Lexington Public Schools teaches elementary students lessons about gender identity; provides training to teachers about toddlers who show racism
A concerned community member provided Parents Defending Education with a presentation that appears to be training for district staff at Lexington Public Schools. The document is titled “Serious Talks and…
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Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202 has policy to ensure there will be a focus on LGBTQ issues and ethnic/religious identities
The Plainfield Community Consolidated School District 202 has a policy titled “Curriculum Content” that explains what material must be included in the curriculum taught to students.
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Essex Westford School District provides teachers with resource from Zinn Education Project, which advocates for schools to “abolish Columbus Day” and supports reparations
The Essex Westford School District has a page online titled “Resources for Teachers/Professional Staff.” One resource offered to teachers is from the political organization “…
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Essex Westford School District provides teachers with resources to implement LGBTQ issues into lessons taught to students as young as pre-kindergarten
The Essex Westford School District has a page online titled “Resources for Teachers/Professional Staff.” Multiple resources offered to teachers are to help implement LGBTQ issues into…
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Essex Westford School District provides teachers with resources from Learning for Justice; one resource teaches that the “n-word” can mean “friend”
The Essex Westford School District has a page online titled “Resources for Teachers/Professional Staff.” Multiple resources provided by the school district for teachers to use are…
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Seattle Public Schools promotes “Stolen Land Acknowledgement” and “Stolen Black & Brown Labor Acknowledgement” in training presentation; provides training to “dismantle dominant cultural norms”
Parents Defending Education received 455 pages of documents from a public records request to Seattle Public Schools that contain training provided to teachers. One training session in the documents appears…
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