Investigations

Providing transparency into the policies, spending, and practices shaping American education

Defending Education’s research team publishes investigations that cover a wide range of areas in K-12 and higher education — all start as troubling patterns that have caught our attention.

Investigation

CAIR New Jersey's 'Educator's Guide' and 'Muslim Studies Curriculum' teach 9/11 through lens of Islamophobia and claim that 'Israel is committing an ethnic cleansing and military occupation against Palestine.'

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California State University, East Bay's (CSUEB) 'Ethnic Studies' General Education requirement only offers far-left content such colonialism, social justice, and white supremacy; trains future teachers in "critical theories and practices that lead to liberatory forms of education."

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Investigation

DEI in AI: University Influence

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Investigation

Little Red Classrooms: Young Envoys Scholarship Program

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Investigation

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education guidelines require that pre-service educator programs incorporate 'anti-racist' teaching practices and equity as core tenets to become an 'effective educator'

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Reporting & Analysis

We use public documents, contracts and policies to understand what’s going on so we can share it with the public.

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