Armstrong School District has paid over $800,000 for SEL curricula to organizations that support DEI initiatives
*Update: This post (and the headline) was updated on January 10, 2024 to reflect a correction to the amount of money spent—this was done in response to an email from…
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Arlington Public Schools pays Panorama Education over $90,000 for surveys and training; gives elementary students Panorama surveys asking if they are transgender
Parents Defending Education submitted a public records request to Arlington Public Schools seeking the district’s contracts with Panorama Education. The district provided PDE with three contracts with Panorama Education. The…
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Arlington Public School District offers cookies to school with most completed Panorama surveys
The Arlington Public Schools are offering cookies to the school with the highest participation rate in the district-wide Panorama surveys. The superintendent included news of the contest in her…
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TOWNHALL: Schools Should Focus More on Reading, Science Than ‘Social-Emotional’ Learning, Poll Shows
A new poll released this month found that the majority of voters believe that America’s public schools should focus more on reading, writing, science and social studies to improve the…
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Boston Public Schools’ Ethnic Studies unit features Marxism and decolonization, requires students to engage in activism
Boston Public Schools’ ethnic studies curriculum features a unit titled “Resistance, Transformation, Action, and Change” that features topics such as Marxism and Postcolonialism and includes a summative…
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Colorado Springs School District 11 has paid Panorama Education over $200,000 for services and surveys; surveys ask students about issues regarding race and ethnicity
Parents Defending Education submitted a public records request to Colorado Springs School District 11 seeking contracts and invoices that the district has with Panorama Education, as…
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THE DAILY WIRE: South Carolina School District Paying Nearly $500k To Left-Leaning Education Company
A South Carolina school district is paying nearly half a million dollars to a Left-leaning education company for three years of services, according to documents obtained by Parents Defending Education…
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Windsor Public Schools claim in writing on district website that they “don’t have a copy” of the Second Step SEL curriculum to share with parents, even though they are using it in elementary, middle and high school
Several parents from Windsor, CT reached out to Parents Defending Education over concerns that the school district explicitly states on the Social Emotional Learning page of its website under…
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Corpus Christi Independent School District pays Second Step over $70,000 for Social Emotional Learning curriculum; rejects PDE request for copy of Second Step curriculum
Parents Defending Education submitted a public records request to the Corpus Christi Independent School District seeking copies of lesson plans from the district’s Social Emotional Learning curriculum Second Step and…
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