The Coming Bipartisan Backlash to Public School Wokeness
The backlash to critical race theory, gender ideology and what is often called “wokeness” in schools represents a rare example of bipartisan agreement during a hyper-polarized time. While this might…
IndoctriNation: No. 1 U.S. High School Pushes Racist Activism On Students
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — Late last month, Suparna Dutta’s son, a student at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, started sending his mother distressing videos from a mandatory lesson…
White Bear Lake Area superintendent apologizes for using the word ‘hoax’ to describe an actual hoax; 6th graders required to label their various identities during lesson on privilege and oppression (during choir class!)
White Bear Lake Area School District in Minnesota can’t seem to get out of its own way with its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. During a recent chorus class,…
Black Lives Matter and Critical Race Theory Taught at America’s No. 1 High School
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. – On Friday, March 19, 2021, parents at America’s No. 1 high school had no idea what their children were about to watch one Friday afternoon as…
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…