DAILY CALLER: School District Tells Staff To ‘Honor All Gender Identities’ In Acknowledgment Statements
An Iowa school district tells staff to avow gender ideology, honor American Indian land and decry slavery at some staff functions, according to documents obtained by public records request.
Help Parents Defending Education reach, train, and support even more parents and parent groups in the year ahead
Thanks to you, Parents Defending Education has become the “force multiplier” of parents across America who want to restore a healthy, non-political education that helps all students succeed. PDE works…
You and I now have the chance to get DEI and “woke” ideologies out of America’s K-12 schools … permanently!
No other organization is doing more to get DEI and other race-based, discriminatory programs out of K-12 schools than Parents Defending Education, the group I founded as a concerned mom…
Virginia Education Association sends email to all members, attacking President-elect Donald Trump and accusing him of “extremism”
On November 12, 2024, Educational Freedom Institute executive director Corey DeAngelis shared an email on X that the Virginia Education Association sent to members after President-elect…
PDE Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in L.M. v. Town of Middleborough
Public schools in the United States are supposed to be “the nurseries of democracy” and to “protect the‘marketplace of ideas.’” Mahanoy Area Sch. Dist. v. B.L. ex rel. Levy, 594…
Watertown Unified School District receives over $1 million from Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation to promote SEL; uses grant to hire “Mental Health / SEL Coordinator” for district
A concerned community member alerted Parents Defending Education that the Greater Watertown Community Health Foundation provided the Watertown Unified School District with a grant to hire an employee to oversee…
Massachusetts Teachers Association partnered with anti-Israel organization Massachusetts Peace Action to host webinar; webinar included anti-Israel sentiment and political activism
On October 26, 2024, the organization “Massachusetts Peace Action” hosted a webinar called “Books Not Bombs 2024: Increasing Federal Investment in Public Education.” The description of…
West Des Moines Community Schools has multiple district acknowledgements: a land acknowledgement, a labor acknowledgement, a trauma acknowledgment and one about sexual orientation, gender identity and gender expression.
A Freedom of Information Act request reveals that West Des Moines Community Schools has multiple district acknowledgements including land, labor, trauma, and one based in the tenets of queer…
PDE Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief in Speech First, Inc. v. Whitten
“America’s public schools are the nurseries of democracy.” Mahanoy Area Sch. Dist. v. B.L., 594 U.S.180, 190 (2021). Our “democracy only works if we protect the ‘marketplace of ideas.’” Id.