On May 19, 2021, a coalition of 22 organizations, including Parents Defending Education, sent a letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona raising grave concerns about the Department’s proposed priorities for its American History and Civics Education grants. Proposed Priority 1, “Projects That Incorporate Racially, Ethnically, Culturally, and Linguistically Diverse Perspectives into Teaching and Learning,” creates a real risk that this grant program will bring discrimination into classrooms across the country. The coalition asks Secretary Cardona to withdraw the proposed priority.
The full letter can be found below.
In alphabetical order, the organizations include:
- Alliance for Constructive Ethnic Studies
- Awake IL
- Chinese American Citizens Alliance of Greater New York
- Californians for Equal Rights Foundation
- Child Protection League
- Civics Alliance
- Coalition for TJ
- Color Us United
- Educators for Quality & Equality
- Fair Education
- Fight for Schools
- Fishers One
- Moms for Liberty
- National Association of Scholars
- New Trier Neighbors
- Oregonians for Liberty in Education
- Parents 4 Novi Together
- Parents Against Critical Race Theory
- Parents Defending Education
- Power2Parent
- Utah Parents United
- Wokebusters of Douglas County
