REAL CLEAR EDUCATION: Maybe We Should Stop Calling Them Schools?
With the recent release of The Nation’s Report Card that revealed catastrophic results in math and reading for America’s 4th and 8th graders, it’s fair to say that America’s schools are…
Commentaries
Transgender Policies in Maine
All the policies and guidance we documented in Maine include language about withholding information from parents about their own child’s gender identity at school. Number of K-12 school districts in…
Investigations
Kennewick School District files OCR complaint against Washington state officials including State Superintendent and Interscholastic Activities Association for allowing men to participate in women’s sports and for forcing district to adopt transgender policy that excludes parents
The Kennewick School District filed a formal Title IX Civil Rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) against Washington State officials including Washington State…
Incidents
Community Unit School District 300 uses gender support plan that appears to explain the gender identity of students can be hidden from parents
Parents Defending Education submitted a public records request to Community Unit School District 300 seeking any guidance on transgender issues. The district provided PDE with a policy titled “Student Gender…
Incidents
NEWSWEEK: Make the Education Department Work for Parents not Bureaucrats
Over the past several weeks, liberal politicians and media figures have exhausted themselves wailing and gnashing their teeth over cuts, cancellations, and terminations at the Department of Education. Curiously, they—much…
Commentaries
Providence Public Schools has policy to keep gender identity of students hidden from parents
Providence Public Schools has a policy in place titled “Transgender and Gender Expansive Students” that explicitly states that the gender identity of students can be hidden from parents. The policy…
Incidents
Pawtucket School Department has policy that appears to explain staff should keep gender identity of students hidden from parents
Pawtucket School Department has a policy in place titled “Transgender Nondiscrimination Policy.” The policy uses language that appears to explain the gender identity of students can be hidden from parents…
Incidents
Woonsocket Education Department has policy to keep gender identity of students hidden from parents
The Woonsocket Education Department has a policy in place titled “Transgender Student Non-Discrimination Policy.” The policy explains that the gender identity of students can be hidden from parents: “If appropriate,…
Incidents
Cumberland School Department has policy to keep gender identity of students hidden from parents
The Cumberland School Department has a policy in place labeled as for “students who identify as transgender or nonbinary.” The policy explicitly states that the gender identity of students should…
Incidents
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