Mahwah Township Public Schools implements gender ideology into curriculum for students as young as second grade; threatens parents who disagree with a child’s perceived gender identity with legal action
A concerned community member provided Parents Defending Education with a document showing the “proposed curriculum plan” for health and physical education classes at Mahwah Township Public Schools. This curriculum…
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South Orange-Maplewood School District allows teachers to keep the gender identity of students a secret from parents
On May 17, 2021, the South Orange-Maplewood School District updated a policy titled “Transgender and Nonbinary Students.” In the policy, the district explains that “children…
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Mahwah Township Public Schools considers controversial consulting firm to implement equity audit
On May 31, 2022, the administrative team of Mahwah Township Public Schools published a letter claiming to have “introduced a consultant with whom we plan to recommend to our Board…
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Clark County School District agrees to pay Anti-Defamation League $75,000 to train students and staff
A member of the parental rights organization “For The Children of CCSD” provided Parents Defending Education with a contract between the Clark County School District and the Anti-Defamation League…
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Buffalo Public Schools uses Covid relief funds to openly implement “Critical Race Theory” into curriculum
Buffalo Public Schools has a 169-page document explaining how it is using ESSER funds from the 2021 school year through 2024. Under a section titled…
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Concord Academy celebrates its centennial with a school-wide “critical social justice” makeover
“As Concord Academy nears its 100th birthday, now proudly inclusive of all genders, the school also marks half a century as a coed institution.”…
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Okemos Schools’ DEI director warns that teachers who don’t use students’ preferred pronouns’—even behind parents’ backs—”could potentially fall under our harassment policy”
The Okemos Public Schools’ director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion warned in July that teachers who fail to use a student’s preferred pronouns, even without parental knowledge, may face harassment…
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The Advent School donates at least $25,000 to teaching conference that claims “all members of this society” participate in “racism and white supremacy”
The “2022 National Anti-Racism Teach-In” conference claims to be “a national anti-racist conference and global movement designed to identify, analyze, and challenge racism and white…
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Teachers attend conference to become “racially literate, culturally relevant, and anti-racist” educators
Hundreds of educators gathered in July at Columbia University’s sixth annual “Reimagining Education Summer Institute: Teaching, Learning and Leading for a Racially Just Society,” where they were, among other things,…
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