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 6th Circuit Court of Appeals Amicus Brief in B.A. v. Tri County Area Schools
Public schools in the United States are supposed to be “the nurseries of democracy” and to “protect the ‘marketplace of ideas.’” Mahanoy Area Sch. Dist. v. B.L. ex rel. Levy,…
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PDE Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in L.M. v. Town of Middleborough
Public schools in the United States are supposed to be “the nurseries of democracy” and to “protect the‘marketplace of ideas.’” Mahanoy Area Sch. Dist. v. B.L. ex rel. Levy, 594…
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PDE Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Speech First, Inc. v. Whitten
“America’s public schools are the nurseries of democracy.” Mahanoy Area Sch. Dist. v. B.L., 594 U.S.180, 190 (2021). Our “democracy only works if we protect the ‘marketplace of ideas.’” Id.
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Parents Defending Education Opening Brief in Sequoia Union High School District Lawsuit
On October 23, 2024, Parents Defending Education filed its opening brief in Parents Defending Education v. Sequoia Union High School District. The California Public Records Act exists “to prevent secrecy…
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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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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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