FOIAs Reveal Additional Details on TJ’s Foreign Partnerships
In March 2023, PDE filed a public records request with Fairfax County Public Schools requesting records related to employees, board members, and volunteers affiliated with Thomas Jefferson High School for…
THE NATIONAL DESK: Students trained to support BLM, other movements in California school district
A California school district is requiring students to draft social media posts in support of social movements, sparking outrage with a parents’ rights group.
Gotham Tech High School teacher changes Facebook cover photo to Hamas terrorist paragliding into Israel; posted on social media that supporting Israel is to “support white supremacist terror”
On October 14, 2023, Justin Spiro posted on X of a teacher at Gotham Tech High School of New York City Public Schools changing his Facebook…
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District Ethnic Studies course focuses on white supremacy, decolonization, student activism
Parents Defending Education obtained materials from a public records request for Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District’s Ethnic Studies curriculum. Zachor Legal Institute submitted the request. The curriculum…
Fairfax County Public Schools board member states “no justice, no peace” and calls Israel an “apartheid regime” after a moment of silence is held at meeting
At a meeting on October 12, 2023, the school board of Fairfax County Public Schools held a moment of silence for terrorist attacks that Hamas committed…
Corona-Norco Unified School District’s Ethnic Studies courses champion lessons of “identity,” “race,” “dominate narratives,” “oppression,” “work to recognize your privilege,” and combat “white dominate culture” instructional methods
In response to legislation passed by the California State Assembly requiring all California State University students to take courses in ethnic studies, Corona-Norco Unified School District encourages students to take…
Homeschooling Isn’t For Everyone, And That’s OK
We’ve all been there—something upsetting happens or we’re in a tough situation and well-meaning friends, acquaintances and even strangers swoop in and say the wrong thing. But it’s a big…
Berkeley Unified School District statement on Hamas attack against Israel fails to mention victims who were killed; previous statement after George Floyd’s death condemned “blind hatred of racism”
A professor at the University of Berkeley who has children attending the Berkeley Unified School District posted on X (formerly Twitter) that the district “hasn’t said…
Sexual Misconduct in K-12 Public Schools
What Policy Professionals, Parents, and Lawmakers Need to Know (And What They Can Do) Sexual misconduct has become front and center of many conversations about child-rearing, including social media, the…