Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction’s Website Features Activist Group GLSEN’s Model Policy for Transgender Students and GSA Network’s Student Activism Toolkit
The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction dedicates a section of its website to “Safe Schools for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Students.” This portion of the website…
Iowa City Community School District urges families to read “A Racial Justice Guide to Thanksgiving;” includes updates on “Intersectionality,” “Transgender Day of Remembrance,” “Restorative Justice”
In its monthly Cultural Diversity & Equity Newsletter, the Iowa City Community School District included resources for commemorating Native American Heritage Month including lesson plans, take-home work, and other…
Cleveland Metropolitan District Launched Social-Emotional Learning Program With CASEL in 2008
In 2008 Cleveland Metropolitan School District in Cleveland, Ohio, launched its Humanware initiative, of which social-emotional learning was a large part. According to the Cleveland Metropolitan School District’s…
High school Leadership Academy for Social Justice teaches students to view systems of oppression through ‘social justice movement lens’
The Leadership Academy for Social Justice, a special program of Walt Whitman High School in Montgomery County, Maryland, includes in its mission statement: “Students will interrogate and…
Thomas Fitzwater Elementary School’s November calendar promotes Thanksgiving as a “day of mourning;” Transgender Day of Remembrance and Transgender Awareness Week on calendar too
On October 31, 2022, the Thomas Fitzwater Elementary School in Pennsylvania posted an inclusion, diversity, and equity calendar of holidays and…
Hamilton County Commission Appropriates $70,000 to The CALEB Fund to Address Discipline Disparities And Restorative Practices In Hamilton County Schools
In July of 2022, The Hamilton County Commission voted to appropriate $70,000 to the CALEB fund to address discipline disparities and restorative justices practices in Hamilton County schools. CALEB…
RED STATE: WATCH: Erika Sanzi Spills the Tea on America’s Dismal Math, Reading Scores
In this episode, I speak with Erika Sanzi, Director of Outreach for Parents Defending Education, a parental rights advocacy group on the front lines of the debate over schools. We…
Academic Content, Assessments, and Accountability 101: What Parents Need to Know
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA; P.L. 114-95), details specific accountability and assessment requirements that states must develop and…
Laurel Elementary School transitions student to another gender despite objection from parents
A concerned community member reached out to Parents Defending Education regarding Laurel Elementary School in Colorado transitioning a young student to another gender despite the parents telling the school…