UNDER INVESTIGATION: Defending Ed Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Portland Public Schools for Billion-Dollar Center for Black Student Excellence
On February 17, 2026 the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation into this complaint. See the letter here.
Defending Education Files an Amicus Brief in International Partners for Ethical Care, Inc. v. Ferguson
On February 17, 2026, Defending Education filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in International Partners for Ethical Care v. Ferguson, a case in which plaintiffs are challenging the constitutionality…
Minnesota eighth-graders shown videos of ICE arrests and alleged harassment of U.S. citizens; principal says it’s part of state geography standards
According to materials shared with us by a parent, an 8th grade geography class at Hermantown Middle School, part of Hermantown Community Schools in Minnesota, exposed students to slides…
FOX NEWS: Illinois district where faculty celebrated Charlie Kirk’s death exposed over racial ‘segregation’ plan
Oswego District 308 divided middle school students by racial background without parental notification as part of equity training sessions…
NEA Training has participants take a “Privilege Walk” and learn about the “daily effects of white privilege,” while also discussing the ways “white people” silence dialogue
Summary Documents obtained by Defending Education show that the National Education Association’s Leaders for Just Schools (LJS) Year One Training instructs participants on concepts of “white privilege,” “systemic oppression,”…
United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) planning documents and materials appear to advocate for use of school resources as ‘form of resistance’ against ICE; promote ‘engaging students in community self-defense’ by offering ‘service learning hours’
SUMMARY Unearthed United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) planning documents and materials appear to advocate for the use of school and district resources as a “form of…
A Sunrise Movement training guidebook calls for students to ‘take action monthly’ to ‘disrupt business as usual’ to bring about a ‘political revolution’
SUMMARY Sunrise Movement training guidebook obtained by Defending Education urges college and K-12 students to “take action monthly” and “disrupt business as usual” in pursuit of a “political revolution.”…
Defending Ed Files a Civil Rights Complaint Against Hawaii Department of Education for Violations of Title IX and Students’ Free Speech
On February 12, 2026, Defending Ed filed a civil rights complaint against Hawaii Department of Education for violations of both Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title…
Defending Ed Vice President Sarah Parshall Perry Gives Remarks at House Committee on Mahmoud v. Taylor, Parental Rights, and the Free Exercise Clause
On February 10, 2026, Defending Ed Vice President and Legal Fellow gave remarks at the House Committee on Education and Workforce Subcommittee on “Protecting the Primacy of Parental Religious…