Defending Ed Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Minneapolis Public Schools for Courses Segregated by Race
On October 17, 2025, Defending Ed filed a complaint with the Department of Education against Minneapolis Public Schools because of their segregation of classes by race in clear violation of…
INSIDE HIGHER ED: Colleges Push Back Against Trump’s Effort to Collect More Admissions Data
Institutions of higher education and their advocates are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s plan to require colleges to submit new data about their admissions decisions.
RED STATE: Got Racism? Minneapolis Public School Bar White, Asian Students, From Classes on ‘Black Culture’
The classes, which count toward the district’s elective graduation requirement, leave white and Asian students with fewer options to fulfill those credits — and that’s a problem.
INSIDE HIGHER ED: Colleges Push Back Against Trump’s Effort to Collect More Admissions Data
Institutions of higher education and their advocates are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s plan to require colleges to submit new data about their admissions decisions.
Legal Department
As part of its work to restore schools at all levels from activists imposing harmful agendas on American classrooms, Defending Education engages in a variety of legal efforts designed to…
Defending Ed Submits Public Comment On Faulty NEA Data
Created through the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is the independent statistics, research, and evaluation arm of the U.S. Department of Education. Its…
Defending Ed Submits Public Comment on Transparency in College Admissions
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard made clear that the consideration of race in higher education admissions violates students’ civil rights. Yet many colleges and…
MINDING THE CAMPUS: Teachers’ Unions Have an Out of Control Anti-Semitism Problem
When we think of modern-day anti-Semitism in America, the images that come to mind are often the pro-Palestinian—and, by extension, pro-Hamas—protests that erupted across college and university campuses. Quads and…
Minneapolis Public Schools’ ethnic studies courses feature content that teach students that capitalism and Western culture are exploitative and lead to slavery, colonialism, genocide, and white supremacy
SUMMARY According to documents obtained through a data practices request*, Minneapolis Public Schools’ ethnic studies curriculum features multiple course options which include content such as critical race theory, colonialism,…