Montgomery County Public Schools paid over $156K to prepare for a Congressional K-12 Antisemitism Hearing
PDE filed a public records request to determine how much Montgomery County Public Schools spent preparing for board of education chairman Karla Silvestre to testify before the House Committee…
Testimony of Nicole Neily, President of Parents Defending Education Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions
“The Immediate and Long-Term Challenges Facing Public School Teachers: Low Pay, Teacher Shortages, and Underfunded Public Schools” Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member Cassidy, and distinguished members of the Committee on Health,…
Parents Defending Education Files Freedom of Information Request Suit Against Sequoia Union School District
Redwood City, California — Parents Defending Education (PDE), a nationwide membership organization whose members oppose political indoctrination in America’s schools, filed a complaint in the Superior Court of San Mateo County,…
Parents Defending Education v Sequoia Union High School District
The District’s refusal to produce the records is unjustified, and PDE respectfully requests that this Court order the District to produce the requested records. Parents Defending Education (PDE), a nationwide…
Salem-Keizer Public Schools plans to hold “Pride Month Field Day” at elementary school
On June 7, 2024, Salem-Keizer Public Schools promoted a “Pride Month Field Day” for June 14. The school district explains online: “Salem-Keizer’s Office of Student Equity,…
Parents Defending Education v. Croton-Harmon Union Free School District et al.
Croton-Harmon’s speech codes bar “unwelcome,” “offensive,” and “hate[ful]” speech based on certain protected classes, but not on all—which permits the district to police speech based on viewpoint. Parents Defending Education…
Fairfax County Public Schools has posters placed in schools promoting “sexual orientation” and “gender” as having neurodiversity
On April 2, 2024, Fairfax County Public Schools board member Rachna Sizemore Heizer emailed a newsletter out to the community stating that the board proclaimed March 18-24 as “Neurodiversity Affirmation…
Help Parents Defending Education continue to expose the impact of the border crisis on K-12 education
Parents Defending Education has been the first – and often only! — organization to research, document, and reveal the impact of the border crisis on our K-12 schools. Will you…
Laramie County School District reportedly bans substitute teacher from working in district for refusing to use the preferred pronouns and names of students
On June 4, 2024, Cowboy State Daily reported that the Laramie County School District banned substitute teacher Gene Clemetson from working in the district for refusing…