Testimony of Nicole Neily, President of Parents Defending Education Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
“The Immediate and Long-Term Challenges Facing Public School Teachers: Low Pay, Teacher Shortages, and Underfunded Public Schools” Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member Cassidy, and distinguished members of the Committee on Health,…
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22 States and 9 Organizations File Amicus Briefs in Support of PDE’s Petition for Rehearing En Banc in Parents Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District Board of Education
The First Amendment does not allow school officials to coerce students into expressing messages inconsistent with the students’ values…To the contrary, “the First Amendment stringently limits…
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Parents Defending Education Files Petition for Rehearing En Banc in Olentangy Local School District Lawsuit
“[P]ronouns matter.” Maj.Op.13. For males who identify as female, they hear she/her pronouns as “affirming” that they’re really female. Maj.Op.13. But for those who think “sex cannot be changed,” that…
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Court Grants Injunction in PDE Title IX Lawsuit
August 22, 2024 – Today, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals granted an injunction preventing the Biden-Harris Title IX rewrite from going into effect in South Carolina, Florida, Georgia, and…
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PDE Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in West Virginia v. B. P. J.
Congress overwhelmingly passed Title IX in 1972. See 118 Cong. Rec. 6,277 (Mar. 1, 1972) (Senate: 88-6); 118 Cong. Rec. 16,842 (May 11, 1972) (House: 275-125). Title IX’s core prohibition…
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Parents Defending Education Files Reply Brief in Support of Motion for Injunction Pending Appeal in Title IX Lawsuit
The Department’s Title IX rule is currently enjoined in all 26 States that challenged it. Why should it suddenly (and fully) go into force in only four of those States…
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Issue of Olympic boxer Imane Khelif is complex, but still one of fairness
Forty-six seconds was all it took for Italian boxer Angela Carini to throw in the towel on her own fight during the Paris Olympics — and those 46 seconds have…
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Parents Defending Education Files Emergency Motion for Administrative Injunction in Title IX Lawsuit
The Department of Education’s sweeping regulation on Title IX will go into effect in less than 36 hours, on August 1, 2024. See 89 Fed. Reg. 33,474 (Apr. 29, 2024).
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Schools in Jackson, Miss. Saddled with DEI Initiatives
While Mississippi is often viewed as one of the most conservative states in the country, some of the state’s school districts continue to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives…
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