West Potomac High School teacher asks students to participate in school walkout to protest recent changes to state gender policy
A history and social studies teacher at West Potomac High School in Alexandria, Virginia sent an email to students through Schoology, asking them participate in a school walkout to…
Michigan Department of Education adopts new training program for state’s teachers that incorporates lessons in gender ideology, including guidance to keep the gender identity of students a secret from parents
On September 14, 2022, City Journal reported that the Michigan Department of Education “adopted a radical gender theory program that promotes gender ‘fluidity’ beginning in elementary…
Greeley West High School teacher assigns essay “Ethnic Hash” written by Critical Race Theory scholar
A concerned community member reached out to Parents Defending Education and provided an assignment given to students in a tenth grade English class at Greeley West High School that included…
The War on Merit
Merit in K-12 education is under attack. Media coverage over the last two years has focused on admission changes at highly selective high schools in an effort to quickly achieve…
Gender Identity Guidance – Departments of Education by State
Below you’ll find a list of links to state department of education websites for each state regarding their policies, guidance and/or recommendations regarding gender identity and transgender students in schools.
The Advent School promotes affinity groups that segregate faculty and students by race; 2nd graders taught about picking their pronouns
The Advent School in Boston has a page online titled “Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging.” The school states on the page: “We define Social Justice as the…
FISM NEWS: Virginia’s Youngkin rolls back school transgender policies
Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s administration has announced a modification to Virginia’s Department of Education school transgender policies that will roll back special accommodations for transgender students and enhance parental notification…
TOWNHALL: Virginia Puts Forward New Guidance Regarding Transgender Students
On Friday, Virginia’s Department of Education posted new model policies directing school districts to require transgender students to use restrooms, locker rooms and participate in programs that align with their…
DISMISSED OCR Complaint: Jeffco Public Schools
On September 16, 2022, Parents Defending Education (PDE) filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education against Jeffco Public Schools in Jefferson County, Colorado for discrimination…