Iowa Affirmative Action Report
SUMMARY Throughout the state of Iowa, school districts are required to create affirmative action plans which include numerical goals and progress updates which focus on remedying past…
OCR COMPLAINT: San Leandro Unified School District
On February 24, 2025, Parents Defending Education (PDE) brought this complaint against San Leandro Unified School District in San Leandro, CA for discrimination on the basis of race in…
THE 74 MILLION: Chicago Black Student Success Plan Amid Backlash Against Race-Based Initiatives
Chicago Public Schools unveiled a five-year plan Thursday to improve the outcomes of the district’s Black students — at a time of unprecedented backlash against efforts to promote diversity,…
DAILY SIGNAL: School Districts Linda McMahon Must Investigate on Day One as Education Secretary
In his short tenure in office, President Donald Trump has already taken swift action to eliminate radical gender ideology and “diversity, equity, and inclusion” initiatives from public institutions, including K-12…
AZ SUN TIMES: Washington State School District Defies Trump with Race-Based Hiring Plan
As the Trump administration threatens to pull funding from schools with race-based hiring, a Washington state school district is standing by its discriminatory practices. Bellingham Public…
BREITBART: EXCLUSIVE: Education Dept. Removes 2,300+ Webpages Pushing ‘Woke Propaganda’ from Biden Administration
President Donald Trump’s U.S. Department of Education has identified and removed more than 2,300 webpages related to the DEI and pro-LGBTQIA+ agenda of the Biden administration, Breitbart News has…
UNDER INVESTIGATION OCR COMPLAINT: Chicago Public Schools
Update: As a result of a complaint that Defending Education filed with the Department of Education’s office for Civil Rights in February of this year…
Bellingham Public Schools’ Affirmative Action Report states that the district will prioritize retaining ‘staff of color at our most highly impacted schools’ when reducing certified staff; race-based affinity groups for staff
Bellingham Public Schools’ Affirmative Action Report states that the district will prioritize the retainment of “staff of color” when the need to reduce certified staff arises,…
Staff Affinity Groups
Number of states: 26 plus the District of Columbia Number of school districts: 110 KEY TAKEAWAYS We documented over 100 districts that offer race-based affinity groups…