Seattle Public Schools promotes “Stolen Land Acknowledgement” and “Stolen Black & Brown Labor Acknowledgement” in training presentation; provides training to “dismantle dominant cultural norms”
Parents Defending Education received 455 pages of documents from a public records request to Seattle Public Schools that contain training provided to teachers. One training session in the documents appears…
Shawnee Mission School District promotes affinity groups for staff and students
The Shawnee Mission School District promotes affinity groups for students and staff online. The district’s website has a document online titled “SMSD Affinity Groups.” The document…
Somerset Hills School District has policy to keep parents in the dark regarding their children’s gender identity; threatens to bring in attorney against parents who disagree with their children’s gender identity
The Somerset Hills School District has a policy in place titled “Transgender Students” that explicitly states parents do not need to be involved regarding the gender…
Olentangy Schools paid thousands to controversial consultant whose brother is a sitting Congressman.
Olentangy Local School District has been paying Hasan Kwame Jeffries, brother of Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, as a consultant for the district. In emails from April 30, 2018, Jeffries coordinates…
Howard County Public School System provides teachers with “mandatory training video” that tells them to adopt the district’s controversial Black Lives Matter curriculum
On August 20, 2023, Inside The Classroom reported on X (formerly Twitter) that the Howard County Public School System provided a “mandatory training video” to teachers…
SPEAKVT, Essex Junction, Vermont
SPEAKVT is a concerned parent and citizen’s group in the Essex Wesford School District in Essex Junction, Vermont. The organization’s mission states: “To move the children of…
Boston Public Schools heavily promotes affinity groups for staff; specifically pushes affinity groups for staff who identify as white
Boston Public Schools appears to place a significant focus on affinity groups. The district has an “Anti-Racism Resources” page online that states:…
Public Schools of Brookline promotes affinity groups that separate staff by race and sexual orientation
Public Schools of Brookline has a page online titled “Educational Equity in Brookline” that promotes affinity groups and encourages staff to participate in them. The…
Help Defending Education restore a healthy, non-political education in K-12 schools
Classrooms should be a place of learning — not a platform for political activism in front of a captive audience. But today, a small group of ideological activists, highly paid consultants, and…