Presumpscot Elementary School’s staff encourage fifth grade students to participate in Black Lives Matter march; teachers appear to promote political activism to students in assignments, including showing students a “Pyramid of Hate”; teacher asks for advice to explain Black Lives Matter to kindergartners

On March 4, 2023, Presumpscot Elementary School of Portland Public Schools in Maine posted a video on social media of young students marching while chanting “Black…

Old Rochester Regional School District has paid Panorama over $30,000 for services and surveys

Parents Defending Education submitted a public records request to the Old Rochester Regional School District requesting contracts and invoices that the district had with Panorama Education from January 2018 through…

DAILY CALLER: School District Shells Out Thousands On Controversial Emotional Survey Program With Ties To Merrick Garland

A Massachusetts school district has spent more than $30,000 to conduct “social-emotional learning” (SEL) surveys on students and staff led by an educational organization founded by U.S. Attorney General Merrick…

8th grade English teacher at Kilmer Middle School shows students video about “white privilege,” “white male privilege” and “heterosexual privilege;” administration says it wasn’t approved

A concerned parent reached out to Parents Defending Education after an eighth grade English teacher at Kilmer Middle School in Fairfax County Public Schools showed a video in class…

Jurupa Unified School District has policy to keep gender identity of students secret from parents

The Jurupa Unified School District has a policy that explains parents can be left in the dark regarding the gender identity of their children. The policy states that “the district…

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…