Parents Defending Education Files Freedom of Information Request Suit Against the Department of Education
Washington, D.C. — Parents Defending Education (PDE), a nationwide membership organization whose members oppose political indoctrination in America’s schools, filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia…
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Parents Defending Education v. New Trier Township High School District 203
New Trier Township High School District 203 denied Parents Defending Education’s Freedom of Information Act request by merely stating that the request was “unduly burdensome”—without any further explanation. Parents Defending…
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Parents Defending Education v. U.S. Department of Education
In the nineteen months since PDE filed its public records request, the U.S. Department of Education has not produced any responsive records and refused to provide an estimated timeline for…
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Parents Defending Education Reply Brief in Olentangy Local School District Lawsuit
The District has abandoned the district court’s opinion. The district court recognized that the Policies compel speech, but found the compulsion constitutional because forcing students to “use preferred gender pronouns”…
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PDE Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in A.C. v. Metropolitan School District of Martinsville
Based on this overwhelming evidence, the legal conclusion here is straightforward: Title IX and its attendant regulations require schools to provide equal opportunities to male and female student athletes, and…
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PDE Files 1st Circuit Court of Appeals Amicus Brief in LM v. Middleborough
Gender identity is a “hot issue” that “has produced a passionate political and social debate” across the country. Meriwether v. Hartop, 992 F.3d 492, 508-09 (6th Cir. 2021). One side…
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17 States and 15 Organizations File Amicus Briefs in Parents Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District Board of Education
The Policies unconstitutionally compel students to speak the Board’s views on gender. The Policies thus contravene a “fixed star in our constitutional constellation”: “no official, high or petty,…
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Parents Defending Education Opening Brief in Olentangy Local School District Board of Education Lawsuit
On September 25, 2023, Parents Defending Education filed its opening brief in Parents Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District Board of Education, et. al. On August 15, 2023,…
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PDE Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Speech First Inc. v. Sands
“America’s public schools are the nurseries of democracy.” Mahanoy Area Sch. Dist. v. B.L. ex rel. Levy, 141 S. Ct. 2038, 2046 (2021). Our “democracy only works if we protect…
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