Coalition of 27 Organizations Send Letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona Expressing Concerns with Forthcoming Rewrite of Title IX Sex Discrimination Rules
On April 26, 2022, a coalition of 27 organizations, representing 393,823 members, sent a letter to Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona to express deep concerns over the U.S. Department of…
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…
PARCEO and Project 48 curriculums on antisemitism and the Nakba
SUMMARY This report highlights two curricula, one focused on antisemitism through a “collective liberation” framework, and another focused on the “Palestinian Nakba.” Both curricula are being pushed into K-12…
Group messages and training documents suggest K-12 student ICE protests in Minnesota may be organized by Sunrise Movement and its members, including 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 Sunrise…
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):…