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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Land and labor acknowledgments teach students to hate America
For most people, it is a widely accepted fact that the United States was founded on July 4, 1776. It is a fact we have long learned in our history…
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Who authorized the selling of America’s top high school to China?
As a mother of a then-Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology student, I recall conversations with fellow parents about suspicions they long held about the mysterious Thomas Jefferson…
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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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What Kamala Harris Could Have Told The View’s Sunny Hostin; And What It Tells Us That She Didn’t
Sunny Hostin asked Kamala Harris on The View a simple and straightforward question: What would she do differently from Joe Biden? Her response? “There is not a thing that comes…
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After presidential and VP debates, parents still need answers
All four candidates at the top of the 2024 national ticket have now appeared on the debate stage. The vice-presidential debate offered a more civil conversation compared to typical political…
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Coaches Speaking Out Is The Key To Stopping Male Participation In Women’s Volleyball
In the summer of 2021, I told a coaching peer that based on my observation of cultural trends, it was only a matter of time before his women’s volleyball team…
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Antisemitism is exploding — because we’re teaching hate in public schools
Monday marks the first anniversary of the Hamas slaughter of 1,300 innocent civilians in Israel. Yet as shocking as that attack was to the human conscience, the subsequent reaction to…
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OCR COMPLAINT: Kirkwood School District – Student Affinity Groups
On October 4, 2024, Parents Defending Education (PDE) filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education against Kirkwood School District in Kirkwood, MO for discrimination on…
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