Howard County Public School System provides teachers with “mandatory training video” that tells them to adopt the district’s controversial Black Lives Matter curriculum
On August 20, 2023, Inside The Classroom reported on X (formerly Twitter) that the Howard County Public School System provided a “mandatory training video” to teachers…
Help Defending Education restore a healthy, non-political education in K-12 schools
Classrooms should be a place of learning — not a platform for political activism in front of a captive audience. But today, a small group of ideological activists, highly paid consultants, and…
THE BLAZE: School district enforces ‘restorative justice’ discipline approach, discourages suspensions: ‘Building empathy & celebrating diversity’
A California school district is moving away from disciplining misbehaving students with suspensions. Instead, it is enforcing a “restorative justice” approach that focuses on “building empathy & celebrating diversity,” according…
DAILY CALLER: School District Puts Misbehaving Kids Through Diversity Trainings Instead Of Suspending Them
A California school district encouraged its staff during a September 2022 workshop to send misbehaving students to diversity, empathy and “implicit bias” trainings instead of suspending or expelling them, according…
Chico Unified School District reportedly keeps gender identity of students a secret from parents
The Chico Unified School District reportedly has a policy in place to keep the gender identity of students a secret from parents. While the policy does not appear to be…
Round Rock Independent School District provided PDE with transgender guidelines from Texas Association of School Boards; elementary school staff discussed plans to “create a more equitable campus for gender expansive youth”
Parents Defending Education previously submitted a public records request to the Round Rock Independent School District requesting any transgender guidance that the district has from the Texas Association of School…
Greenville County Schools superintendent states the “school system” is responsible for dismantling “years of racial injustice”; school district will actively recruit teachers “who are committed to equity”
On June 9, 2020, Greenville County Schools Superintendent W. Burke Royster released a statement claiming “it is incumbent upon today’s leadership to progress toward resolving the…
Transgender activist provides training for teachers at Poudre School District
Several community members reached out to Parents Defending Education regarding a transgender activist called Silen Wellington providing professional development training to teachers at the Poudre School District. PDE submitted a…
THE DAILY WIRE: Hawaii Health Department Cautions Future Therapists About Documenting Conversations With LGBT Youth
Employees of the Hawaii Department of Health trained future therapists not to document their conversations with LGBT youth in order to hide the children’s sexual and gender identities from their…