Which Type of Advocate Are You?
There are many ways to get involved in school & student advocacy. You don’t have to be the executive director of a large organization or group in order to make…
Thomas Jefferson High School provided school layouts, photos of classrooms, and student research projects to China-affiliated entities in exchange for millions of dollars
Parents Defending Education submitted multiple public records requests to Fairfax County Public Schools seeking records regarding Thomas Jefferson High School’s relationship with the Chinese Communist Party. PDE received numerous documents…
Land Acknowledgments
What is a Land Acknowledgment? A land acknowledgment is a formal statement that is intended to recognize Indigenous or Native peoples as the original inhabitants/stewards…
Help Parents Defending Education keep investigating – and exposing – the radical ideologies n K-12 schools
Parents Defending Education has consistently been the first or only organization documenting, investigating, and publishing the truth about what’s happening in K-12 schools. Will you make your most generous gift…
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…
OCR COMPLAINT: Kirkwood School District – Teacher 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…
New Trier Township High School District 203 equity liaison signed up for training sessions on “exploring justice for Palestine” and “settler colonialism”; journalism students were encouraged to use sources funded by the government of Qatar
Parents Defending Education submitted a public records request to the New Trier Township High School District 203 seeking emails from staff regarding Israel. One email that PDE received was from…
Arlington Public Schools English Teacher Agitates in District and Classroom about Gaza War; Assigns Biased Projects to Students; Accuses Israel of Settler-Colonialism and Genocide; Notes She Donates to Hamas-linked Charity
Emails obtained via public records request highlight Arlington Public Schools high school English teacher Shayma Al-Hanooti inserting the Israel-Palestine conflict into many aspects of classroom teaching, as well as attempting…
Thomas Jefferson High School’s number of students named national merit semifinalists decreases by over half year to year
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology garnered controversy in 2021 after replacing its merit-based admissions system with a more equity-focused admissions process. On September 18, 2024, Fairfax County…