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Defending Education Submits Comment on Upcoming NAEP Civics Assessment Framework Update
March 25, 2026 Lesley Muldoon, Executive DirectorNational Assessment Governing BoardU.S. Department of Education400 Maryland Ave. SWWashington, DC 20202Mailstop: 1A112D Dear Executive Director Muldoon, Thank you for the opportunity to comment…
“It’s not just the Trump Administration…it’s Red State governments as well” – NEA training for educators on advocacy
On February 23, 2026 the National Education Association (NEA) hosted an “Advocacy and Free Speech Rights for K-12 Educators” training. The NEA describes itself as “the nation’s largest professional…
BREITBART: ‘Immoral and Anti-American’: Minnesota School Districts Allow Taxpayer Money for Educator ‘Race-Based’ Programs
Taxpayer money is being allowed to go toward race-based programs in more than 50 Minnesota school districts, the news coming as many educators in the state have pushed leftist ideology…
K-12 Student Walkout and Protest Tracker
Number of states: 48 plus District of Columbia Number of school districts: 278 Number of total school walkouts: 600* Number of middle schools: 44 Number of walkouts/protests organized or…
Field Trips, Walk-Outs and In-School Clubs & Meetings: Questions Every Parent Should Ask Their School
It seems like every time parents turn around, there are new reasons their child is not learning in a controlled environment during the school day. Our students head off to…
NY middle school assigned pro-transgender article discussing chest binding and testosterone to eighth graders
A teacher at Ardsley Middle School in the Ardsley Union Free School District in Westchester County taught an eighth grade health lesson that included a pro-transgender article addressing chest…
Teaching Kids to Hate America Will Have Real-world Consequences
Although it received scant media attention, the FBI foiled a plot by members of the pro-Palestinian Turtle Island Liberation Front to bomb Southern California businesses on New Year’s…
NY POST: How Megadonors Built a ‘Youth-led’ Lefty Protest Movement
Education is increasingly morphing into political activism in America’s schools, as teen protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies gain momentum.