Parents Defending Education Files Emergency Motion for Administrative Injunction in Title IX Lawsuit
The Department of Education’s sweeping regulation on Title IX will go into effect in less than 36 hours, on August 1, 2024. See 89 Fed. Reg. 33,474 (Apr. 29, 2024).
Renton high school teacher says in a personal statement to the local teachers’ union that he and two colleagues do not condemn Hamas
In documents obtained through a public records request, Parents Defending Education discovered an email dated November 13, 2023 from a teacher who states, in writing, the he does not…
Schools in Jackson, Miss. Saddled with DEI Initiatives
While Mississippi is often viewed as one of the most conservative states in the country, some of the state’s school districts continue to prioritize diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives…
Alameda Unified School District ethnic studies course features lessons that have students evaluate whether they are ‘privileged’ and ‘oppressed;’ course activities include a ‘privilege walk’
Documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request provided to Parents Defending Education from Zachor Legal Institute reveal that Alameda Unified School District’s ninth grade ethnic studies curriculum…
PDE Files 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Amicus Brief in B.B. v. Capistrano Unified School District
The Supreme Court has long recognized that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate.” Tinker, 393 U.S. at 506. Yet…
Virginia Department of Education sends letter to superintendents explaining that, due to court decision, districts do not need to follow new Title IX rule
On June 18, 2024, Virginia Education Secretary Aimee Rogstad Guidera sent a letter to all district superintendents in the state regarding the Biden administration’s new Title IX rules scheduled to…
TOWNHALL: Newsom Signed a Bill Eroding Parental Rights. Here’s How One School District Responded.
On Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill, AB 1955, into law that bans school districts from requiring parents to be informed if their child decides to become “transgender.”…
Parents Defending Education Files Petition for Initial Hearing En Banc in Croton-Harmon Union Free School District Lawsuit
Associational standing is good. Allowing associations to sue on their members’ behalf is “advantageous both to the individuals represented and to the judicial system as a whole.” UAW v. Brock,…
Help Parents Defending Education EXPOSE the activist groups behind the Biden Administration’s Title IX rewrite
The U.S. Department of Education has been stonewalling our Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for records related to the unilateral and unconstitutional rewrite of Title IX since July 2022. …