South Middleton School District officials dive into critical race theory with ‘JEDI’ program and new ‘diversity, equity, inclusion’ consultant and program, ignoring parent concerns
In August 2020, outside the Pennsylvania state capital of Harrisburg, two Boiling Springs High School alumni, Jacob Robb and Slater Ward-Diorio, lobbied school board officials to…
South Kingstown Schools go all in on ‘antiracism’
Parents Defending Education has received incident reports and emails from several whistleblowers in the South Kingstown school district in Rhode Island, including parents and staff raising concern with the way…
Columbus Academy refuses to share copies of its race-based curriculum with parents
Columbus Academy, a private school in Columbus Ohio with tuition between $26,000-31,000 per year, has introduced controversial curriculum around antiracism. The “Pro-CA” coalition sent a letter to the school…
Loyola Academy H.S. assignment asks students to apologize for color of their skin
A private high school in the Chicago suburbs asked students a series of questions in an assignment including: How do you benefit from white privilege, and how…
Mother and son file lawsuit against Democracy Prep in Las Vegas
Gabrielle Clark and her son, William Clark (a senior at Democracy Prep-Agassi campus) allege in their federal lawsuit that that the school violated William’s first amendment rights they “repeatedly compelling…
Evanston Schools’ Concept of Equity and “White Supremacy” Raises Questions, Draws Backlash
The superintendent of the Evanston, Illinois schools, laid out a plan for school reopening in the wake of COVID-19 that garnered national attention. The gist was that students from historically…
The War on Merit
New York City’s gifted and talented students are in the crosshairs of woke activists who seek to impose “racial justice” in the city’s school system, not by improving education but…
Sarasota County Schools hires Dr. Sharroky Hollie for ‘cultural sensitivity’ training; pulls contract after complaints
On Aug. 26, 2020, Dr. Sharroky Hollie of The Center For Culturally Responsive Teaching and Learning conducted a “cultural sensitivity” training for faculty of the Sarasota County…
Middle school teachers forced to to locate themselves on an “oppression matrix”, watch a video of “George Floyd’s last words.”
On Jan. 10, 2021, City Journal reported that Cherokee Middle School held a diversity training program in which teachers were told to find themselves on an “oppression matrix” and…