Rochester City School District Board of Education member replies to Parents Defending Education email inquiry with common anti-semitic claims about Jews’ role in slave trade
A Rochester City School District Board of Education member replied to an inquiry from Parents Defending Education with claims about Jews’ involvement in slavery that come directly from the…
HUMAN EVENTS: Anaheim high schools are requiring students to take political activism, ‘ethnic studies’ courses
Information obtained by a public records request from Parents Defending Education (PDE) and published by the Post Millennial found that Anaheim, California public high schools have mandatory political activism and…
McKinley Elementary School has racial equity embedded in school’s values; strives to “interrupt institutionalized racism in American education”
On November 2, 2023, a parent in California, Frank Smith, posted on X that he and his wife were looking for an elementary school for their…
Healdsburg High School’s Ethnic Studies class focuses on institutional oppression, social construction of race and gender; requires students to teach elementary school students about social justice movements
Parents Defending Education has obtained documents via public records request detailing Healdsburg High School’s proposals for their Ethnic Studies curriculum. The request was submitted by Zachor Legal Institute. The curriculum…
Essex Westford School District’s equity policy attributes the evolution and economic infrastructure of the United States to genocide and slavery; ‘operates from a decolonized perspective.’
Essex Westford School District’s equity policy attributes the evolution and economic infrastructure of the United States to genocide and slavery. The document states that “this nation would not…
Parents Defending Education Joins Coalition of 115 Orgs Urging University of California to Reject Ethnic Studies Admissions Requirement
In an open letter to the University of California (UC) Regents, President and Chancellors a coalition of 115 organizations urged the rejection of the UC Ethnic Studies Faculty Council’s proposal…
WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Los Angeles students trained to be ‘anti-racist leaders’ in required ethnic studies course
Los Angeles Unified School District requires its high school students to “become anti-racist leaders” by learning about “black liberation” and the “four I’s of oppression,” according to school curricula.
Johnston Public School District promotes LGBTQ focus group to students that will pay them with a $15 Amazon gift card
A concerned community member reached out to Parents Defending Education about the Johnston Public School District sending out a newsletter to parents and students regarding what is called a “LGBTQ…
You Submitted a Public Records Request. Now What?
Frequently Asked Questions about what to do after you submit a public records request: Response Time: When should I hear back from my district? Check the deadline required by the…