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. My name is…
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Defending Education President Nicole Neily Gives Remarks at the White House Education Compact Roundtable Series: Biased Professors, Woke Administrators, and the End of Free Inquiry on US Campuses
Our friend Charlie Kirk was murdered three months ago, an event that continues to haunt many in this room and across the country. Sadly, his death is the apotheosis of…
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Where Are the Good School Boards?
At a recent conference, an attendee asked a simple but important question: “What school boards are doing a good job?”It’s easy for those of us who care about parental rights…
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Defending Ed Supports Proposed Legislation to Restore Academic Excellence, Ideological Diversity, and Excellence in Teaching at America’s Colleges and Universities
On December 2, 2025, Defending Education, along with the Goldwater Institute and the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, proposed the American Higher Education Restoration Act. The goal…
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CITY JOURNAL: Teaching Terrorism in American Classrooms
Should American K–12 students be taught, without informing their parents, to sympathize with terrorists? Of course not.
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NATIONAL REVIEW: We Sued an Ohio School District Over Preferred Pronouns and Won
No law “is immune from the demands of the Constitution.” So wrote Justice Neil Gorsuch in the Supreme Court’s 2023 majority opinion in 303 Creative v. Elenis. In 303 Creative, the Court determined…
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OHIO FREE PRESS: Ohio State’s Leadership Choice Tests the Limit of Higher Ed Reform
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Defending Ed Files Civil Rights Complaint Against University of Wisconsin-Madison for Title IX Violations, Failing to Provide Female Students with Sex-segregated Intimate Spaces
On November 12, 2025, Defending Ed filed a civil rights complaint with the University of Wisconsin-Madison for violations against Title IX. University of Wisconsin Madison is the largest post-secondary…
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Defending Ed is Victorious in Ohio Compelled Speech Case, Securing an Expansive Defense of Student First Amendment Protections
On November 6, 2025, Defending Ed secured a victory in its long-standing Ohio School District compelled speech case. The federal appellate court ruling frames out the most expansive defense of…
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