Defending Education Requests Investigation into the Activities of the Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Partnership Fund, Inc.
Defending Education is a nationwide, nonpartisan membership organization comprised of parents and students. We write to respectfully request that the Internal Revenue Service open an investigation into the Thomas…
CHRISTIAN POST: DOJ Opens Inquiry Into Claims of Anti-Asian Discrimination in Virginia School District
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a civil rights investigation into a Virginia school district following allegations of racial discrimination against Asian American students, acting on a referral…
Issaquah School District administrators didn’t know about anti-Israel club on campus, club organized Palestine walkout on October 7
Responses from a FOIA request filed by Defending Education show that the Issaquah Student League (ISL), an unauthorized student group, organized a walkout commemorating October 7 at Issaquah High…
THE HILL: Rebalance Education Toward Quality, Away From DEI by Reforming Accreditors
The Trump White House has taken a hammer to the skin-deep, equity-focused “antiracism” that was a hallmark of the Biden administration. But the evangelists of diversity, equity, and inclusion…
Scottsdale Unified School District’s “Unitown” leadership camp asks students personal questions regarding sex; uses “Gender Unicorn” to teach students that gender is on a spectrum
The Scottsdale Unified School District has a camp for students called “Unitown” that “is taught through diversity activities.” While at the five-day camp, students “discuss…
UNIVERSITY: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Scholarships
Number of states: 48 Number of colleges and universities: 128 Number of identity-based or DEI focused scholarships: 613 SUMMARY…
UNIVERSITY: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Funds and Fundraising
Number of States: 44 plus the District of Columbia Number of colleges and universities: 130 Number of DEI funds: 281 Total amount of DEI donations/funding…
WASHINGTON EXAMINER: DOJ Lawsuit Against Maine Over Women’s Sports Represents Fight for Equality
History has a way of repeating itself. In 1971, the predominantly minority inmates of Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York staged a prison rebellion,…
REAL CLEAR POLICY: The Supreme Court Hasn’t Weighed in on Parental Rights in a Quarter Century
They’ve been labeled domestic terrorists. They’ve been silenced and escorted out of school board meetings. They’ve been lied to by school administrators hiding their children’s gender identities. And American…