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Helping Public Schools Rise: Rankings on Integrity in State Education (RISE)

October 1, 2026
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Legal Update

Federal Court Blocks University of California From Punishing Students for Using Pronouns That Match Biological Sex

September 17, 2026, Lawsuit: Defending Education v. Regents of the University of California, et al.

OCR Complaint

Defending Ed Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Oakland Unified School District for Race and Sex Discrimination

September 11, 2026

Commentary

Some California Schools Rewrite History for 'woke' Version of 9/11

September 2, 2026, Rhyen Staley, NY Post

Investigation

California State University, East Bay's (CSUEB) 'Ethnic Studies' General Education requirement only offers courses promoting far-left ideologies.

September 2, 2026

Amicus Brief

Defending Education Files Second Amicus Brief in Mirabelli et al. v. Bonta et al.

Mirabelli et al. v. Bonta et al.

September 1, 2026

Investigation

DEI in AI: University Influence

August 25, 2026

Incident

Jefferson Union High School District's ethnic studies curriculum features oppression and privilege, Gender Unicorn, 1619 Project, and "Palestinian Dispossession" of lands, identity, and culture through "Zionist settler colonialism"

August 24, 2026

Incident

North Monterey County Unified School District ethnic studies course includes critical race theory and its tenets, whiteness, and the Wheel of Power/Privilege; a unit slide also references Osama bin Laden's 'Letter to America' as evidence that the United States was intentionally targeting 'Muslim communities'

August 24, 2026

Legal Update

Preliminary Injunction Motion Reply in Defending Ed v. Regents of the University of California, et al.

August 13, 2026, Lawsuit: Defending Education v. Regents of the University of California, et al.

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