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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PDE Files 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Amicus Brief in B.B. v. Capistrano Unified School District
The Supreme Court has long recognized that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” Tinker, 393 U.S. at 506. Yet…
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Parents Defending Education Files Petition for Initial Hearing En Banc in Croton-Harmon Union Free School District Lawsuit
Associational standing is good. Allowing associations to sue on their members’ behalf is “advantageous both to the individuals represented and to the judicial system as a whole.” UAW v. Brock,…
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PDE Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Parents Protecting Our Children v. Eau Claire Area School District
School districts across the United States have seized from parents the right to direct the upbringing of their children and handed this authority to teachers and school administrators. PDE has…
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Parents Defending Education Preliminary Injunction Reply Brief in Title IX Lawsuit
On June 19, 2024, The States of Alabama, Georgia, Florida and South Carolina along with Parents Defending Education, The Independent Women’s Forum, and Speech First filed their reply brief in…
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Parents Defending Education Files Freedom of Information Request Suit Against Sequoia Union School District
Redwood City, California — Parents Defending Education (PDE), a nationwide membership organization whose members oppose political indoctrination in America’s schools, filed a complaint in the Superior Court of San Mateo County,…
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Parents Defending Education v Sequoia Union High School District
The District’s refusal to produce the records is unjustified, and PDE respectfully requests that this Court order the District to produce the requested records. Parents Defending Education (PDE), a nationwide…
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Parents Defending Education v. Croton-Harmon Union Free School District et al.
Croton-Harmon’s speech codes bar “unwelcome,” “offensive,” and “hate[ful]” speech based on certain protected classes, but not on all—which permits the district to police speech based on viewpoint. Parents Defending Education…
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Parents Defending Education Motion for Leave to Appeal in NYC Education Lawsuit
On June 3, 2024, Parents Defending Education filed its motion for leave to appeal in New York in IntegrateNYC v. the State of New York et. al.
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