Manchester Essex Regional School District pays over $11,000 to Anti-Defamation League (ADL) for training programs; pays Yale at least $30,000 for services to implement Social Emotional Learning
Concerned community members provided Parents Defending Education with invoices between the Manchester Essex Regional School District and controversial organizations that were received through public records requests. The school district…
PDE Files 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Amicus Brief in B.P.J. v. West Virginia State Board of Education
Title IX was enacted to prevent discrimination against and ensure equal opportunities for female students. By any metric, it has been wildly successful in achieving that purpose. On May 3,…
RESOLVED OCR Complaint: North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
On May 3, 2023, Parents Defending Education (PDE) filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education against the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics in…
Charles E. Brown Middle School promotes “No Place for Hate” political march for students; encourages parents to join zoom meeting on “transphobia”
On April 28, 2023, the principal of Charles E. Brown Middle School of Newton Public Schools sent out a weekly newsletter promoting events that explicitly encourage students to be…
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Below are links and email addresses for parents, grandparents, and concerned citizens to send civil rights complaints to their state. Parents Defending Education encourages complainants to…
Pueblo School District 60 has guidelines to keep gender identity of students secret from parents
Parents Defending Education submitted a public records request to Pueblo School District 60 to obtain a copy of the district’s guidelines titled “Supporting Transgender and Gender-Nonconforming Students and Staff.” PDE…
Monroe County Community School Corporation adopts “anti-racism” policy with goal to eliminate “microaggressions in all forms”
On February 28, 2023, the Monroe County Community School Corporation adopted a new policy titled “Anti-Racism.” The policy states that the district’s board “acknowledges the historical,…
5th graders in the Essex Westford School District in Vermont will learn about puberty and human reproduction without any use of the words “boy,” “girl,” “female” or “male”
On April 20, 2023 the principal of the Founders Memorial School in the Essex Westford School District sent a letter home to 5th grade families to explain language changes…
Orange County School District has policy to keep the gender identity of students a secret from parents
The Orange County School District has a policy in place titled “Gender Support Guidelines” that is dated December 14, 2020. The district appeared to use language…