Testimony of Nicole Neily, Defending Ed President and Founder, before the U.S. House Education and Workforce Subcommittee Hearing on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education
“From Playground to Classroom: The Spread of Antisemitism in K-12 Schools” Chairman Kiley, Ranking Member Bonamici, and distinguished members of the subcommittee: thank you for inviting me.
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Earlier this month, news broke that a Chinese Communist Party intelligence official now owns a building overlooking the White House. Also this month, the House Select Committee on China released…
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Defending Ed Supports Rule to End Mandatory Race-Counting Requirements
Defending Education filed comments with the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) this week in support of a proposed rule that would end decades-old requirements forcing large employers to…
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Preliminary Injunction Motion Reply in Defending Ed v. Regents of the University of California, et al.
On August 13, 2026, Defending Education submitted a reply to the preliminary injunction motion in Defending Ed v. Regents of the University of California, et al.
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DAILY WIRE: Teachers’ Unions Push For AI Tools To Integrate DEI In Schools
The largest teachers’ unions and associations in the country are now using their massive reach to pressure tech companies to integrate Left-wing political ideologies into AI tools before K-12…
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UNDER INVESTIGATION: Defending Ed Files Complaint Against the State of Minnesota for Violations of PPRA
On July 29, 2026, the U.S. Department of Education’s Student Privacy Policy Office opened an investigation into this complaint. View the Department’s full press release here.
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WASHINGTON EXAMINER: College Needs a Reckoning: Here’s Who Paid for COVID and DEI Failure
With the announcement in June by Columbia University that it would once again require SAT or ACT scores as part of the undergraduate application process, the failed experiment of…
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