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…
Coalition of 27 Organizations Send Letters to Philanthropic Foundations Expressing Concerns with Programs Funded
On December 13, 2022, a coalition of 27 organizations, sent letters to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Windward Fund, and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to express…
Parents Against Government Overreach, Johnson County, Indiana
Parents Against Government Overreach is a sub-chapter of No Left Turn In Education-Indiana for Johnson County. This group is dedicated to preserving the education system within the United…
Group messages and training documents suggest K-12 student ICE protests in Minnesota may be organized by the Sunrise Movement and its members, including a current Ivy League student with ties to past campus encampments.
SUMMARY Group messages and training documents shared with Defending Education suggest that the Twin Cities Student ICE Response group, composed of K-12 students, may be receiving training from the…
LiberatED: University of Minnesota – Twin Cities
SUMMARY The University of Minnesota – Twin Cities offers an undergraduate Bachelor of Arts and minor program in “Chicano-Latino Studies,” where students are taught skills that include “an…
LiberatED: K-12 Liberated Ethnic Studies Industrial Complex
The Money and Influence of Ethnic Studies Total school districts: 55 Total spent by districts on ethnic studies: $17,520,788.51 Total federal funds (ESSER/ Title funds) used: $10,127,660.72 SUMMARY The…
University DEI: Status Quo and Rebrands
Total number of states: 46 plus the District of Columbia Total colleges and universities in the report: 262 Total colleges and universities with active Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI):…
Sexual Misconduct in K-12 Public Schools
What Policy Professionals, Parents, and Lawmakers Need to Know (And What They Can Do) Sexual misconduct has become front and center of many conversations about child-rearing, including social media, the…
Little Red Classrooms
China's Infiltration of American K-12 Schools…