Cracked Foundations: W.K. Kellogg Foundation
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation, a philanthropic nonprofit, embeds into everything it does a commitment to “advancing racial equity and racial healing.” The foundation’s priorities include developing equitable…
Cracked Foundations: Lindsay Unified School District (CA)
Foundation: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Grants Total: $2,000,000 US News and World Report Test Score Proficiency: The Lindsay Unified School District (CA) entered into a $2…
Cracked Foundations: Broward County Public Schools (FL)
Granting Foundation(s): Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Windward Fund Grants Total: $1,845,182 US News and World Report Test Score Proficiency: On July 9, 2015,…
Cracked Foundations: Jefferson County Public Schools (KY)
Foundation: Wallace Foundation Grants total: $1,890,000 US News and World Report Test Score Proficiency: In 2021, Jefferson County Public Schools was awarded a $1,890,000 introductory grant in order for…
Cracked Foundations: Wallace Foundation
The Wallace Foundation is a philanthropic organization with a mission to “foster equity and improvements in learning and enrichment for young people, and in the arts for everyone.”…
Cracked Foundations
What is Cracked Foundations? In 2021, Parents Defending Education created the Consultant Report Card as a means to expose how tax dollars were being spent by school districts…
Farragut Middle School Hosts Race-Based Affinity Groups for Students
Farragut Middle School in the Westchester School District sent a letter home to families about its plans to again host race-based affinity groups. The group is for students who…
Anchorage School District has book accessible to students that teaches them how to perform oral sex
Parents Defending Education received a report that the sexually graphic book This Book Is Gay is available in elementary, middle, and high schools in the Anchorage School District. On…
Taft School faculty acknowledge their “whiteness;” admissions group crafts “optimal platform to create the ideal student body”
The Taft School, an elite co-ed boarding and day high school in Watertown, Conn., offers an “affinity” group to faculty and staff…