Middletown High School English Students Given Essay Assignment Stating Systemic Racism Is A Fact
Students in a Middletown High English class in Connecticut were given an essay assignment after reading Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates on the topic of systemic racism.
Incidents
Montgomery County Public Schools pays ‘Stamped’ author Jason Reynolds $6,500 for 45-minute Zoom talk, $14,124 for 1,200 copies of his book for ‘every student and staff’
Maryland’s Montgomery County Public Schools paid Stamped coauthor Jason Reynolds $6,500 to speak to the community at Cabin John Middle School for a 45-minute Zoom call in June 2021, according…
Incidents
Newton North Principal calls Rittenhouse verdict “devastating” and “racism” in email to staff; promises racially segregated spaces for students and staff of color to process jury’s decision
(This post has been updated to include a communication from the Newton superintendent and a subsequent communication from the Newton North principal.) Henry Turner, principal at Newton North High School,…
Incidents
Seattle Public Schools’ BLM lessons promote disruption of the “Western nuclear family” and teach that transphobia and homophobia are based in a colonial mindset; provide list of demands for students to support
Seattle Public Schools have organized in solidarity with Black Lives Matter the past two years during the Black Lives Matter At School. Educators throughout the district wore BLM t-shirts, taught…
Incidents
Emails reveal plans to integrate LGBTQ curriculum into elementary school during SEL lessons; $25K grant secured to secure “Rainbow Liaison at EVERY school” in Howard County Public Schools
A 3rd grade elementary school instructional team leader and “RAINBOW representative” in the Howard County Public School System sent an email to colleagues full of excitement about plans to…
Incidents
Fairfax County Teaches Course, ‘How to Be an Antiracist Educator,’ Steeped in Critical Race Theory
Since Wednesday, October 6, 2021, Fairfax County Public Schools staffer Rob Kerr has been teaching a regular two-hour, seven-class course, “AC-1608: How to Be an Antiracist Educator,” to school district…
Incidents
Southbay Parents Pushback, Los Angeles, California
Southbay Parents Pushback is a parent group based in Los Angeles, California. The organization’s mission states: “We are a group of parents that are fighting back against the…
Parent Organizations
Ferndale Public Schools students required to research and make a presentation on BLM
A class at Ferndale Public schools was given an assignment to work “on BLM Policy Research” and give a presentation for the next class. Then they were given a list…
Incidents
Strengthen Our Schools, Mishawaka, Indiana
Strengthen Our Schools serves the community of Penn Harris Madison School District in Mishawaka, Indiana. According to their website: “We exist to help parents take ownership of their…
Parent Organizations
Stay Informed