Vermont Parents Against Critical Theory, Milton, Vermont
Vermont Parents Against Critical Theory, also known as VPACT, is a parental advocacy group based in Milton, Vermont. The VPACT mission states: “Vermont Parents Against Critical…
PDE Files 1st Circuit Court of Appeals Amicus Brief in LM v. Middleborough
Gender identity is a “hot issue” that “has produced a passionate political and social debate” across the country. Meriwether v. Hartop, 992 F.3d 492, 508-09 (6th Cir. 2021). One…
Rock Creek Elementary School has affinity groups for “BIPOC” students and for “white-identifying” students
A concerned community member reached out to Parents Defending Education regarding Rock Creek Elementary School in Oregon sending parents a letter promoting affinity groups. Affinity groups are groups of…
Los Angeles Unified School District plans week of action for elementary students for “National Coming Out Day”
On September 27, 2023, City Journal reported that the Los Angeles Unified School District would be celebrating “National Coming Out Day” in elementary classrooms during…
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction introduces new official professional development program (including the “Gender Snow Person”) to train teachers into accepting and promoting gender ideology in classrooms
On September 27, 2023, parental rights advocate Scarlett Johnson shared a new program started by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction that included a “new…
BAPTIST PRESS: Iowa parents win temporary relief from transgender school policy
Iowa parents have temporarily blocked a public school policy requiring their children to use the preferred pronouns of their transgender classmates and share bathrooms with them or face expulsion.
17 States and 15 Organizations File Amicus Briefs in Parents Defending Education v. Olentangy Local School District Board of Education
The Policies unconstitutionally compel students to speak the Board’s views on gender. The Policies thus contravene a “fixed star in our constitutional constellation”: “no official,…
CBN: Appeals Court Rules in Favor of Parent’s Rights Group, Halts School’s Trans Mandates
A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a parental rights group that challenged an Iowa school district on its policy requiring staff and students to affirm their…
8th Circuit Court Rules in Favor of PDE in Linn-Mar Community School District Lawsuit; Upholds Students’ Right to Freedom of Speech on Gender Ideology
Parents Defending Education (PDE) has just prevailed in Parents Defending Education v. Linn-Mar Community School District et al; the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit remanded with…