ALPHA NEWS: Segregation, Quotas and Gender Ideology: Minnesota’s Schools Are Going Backward
We expect it in California and New York, but Minnesota has become one of the most aggressive states in reshaping education. Defending Education has documented the statewide leftward shift,…
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Massachusetts school district violates its own transparency policy in effort to roll out new “comprehensive sex education” curriculum, prompting parents to push back; district promises to provide online access to all lesson materials
Parents pushed back at Plymouth Public Schools’ (PPS) Dec. 1 school board meeting, arguing that the district’s plan to roll out a new 8th-grade comprehensive sex education…
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Where Are the Good School Boards?
At a recent conference, an attendee asked a simple but important question: “What school boards are doing a good job?”It’s easy for those of us who care about parental…
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New Mexico survey asks middle and high schoolers about sexual orientation, transgender status and suicide plans
A statewide survey administered to middle school and high school students throughout New Mexico asks highly personal questions about alcohol and drug use, unintentional injury, violence, suicidal ideation and…
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TOWNHALL: Abigail Spanberger and the Silence Over Virginia’s Locker Room Scandal
Northern Virginia has been ground zero for gender policies since 2020. Most recently, Defending Education obtained internal documents from Arlington Public Schools (APS) that showed a sitting…
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New Jersey Education Association hosting “Drag is Not a Crime: The Past, Present, and Future of Drag” in upcoming Consortium; says “Drag is what education is all about”
The New Jersey Education Association (NJEA)–the union representing 200,000 New Jersey educators–will host an event titled “Drag is not a Crime: The Past, Present and Future of…
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“Kindergarten DEI Curriculum” at Massachusetts school district features links to resources about “Changing Bodies to Match Gender Identity” and political picture books
Original credit for this story goes to Mass Informed Parents, who published an October 13 story on Lexington’s elementary school curricula. Their report included a first-grade social…
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12-year-olds at Montgomery County Public Schools asked to define “Gender Expression,” “Sex Assigned at Birth,” “Gender Identity,” and more
In a Middle School “Family Life” lesson for Grade 7 (ages 11-12) at Montgomery County Public Schools during the week of October 13, 2025, students were asked…
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Cambridge Public Schools approves new policy granting transgender staff confidentiality protections and access to facilities based on gender identity
Cambridge Public Schools in Massachusetts adopted a transgender policy for staff during its October 21 meeting. The policy states that: Information about…
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