Parents Defending Education Poll: 67% of Parents think social media negatively impacts their child
82% are concerned with Big Tech’s influence over their child’s life WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Parents Defending Education released new polling on the issue of social media, big tech, and school policies…
Clay County District Schools encourages girl to adopt male gender identity without parents knowing; girl attempts to commit suicide twice before parents are notified
A concerned community member sent Parents Defending Education a video from the organization CatholicVote showing a father of a student in Clay County District Schools…
Edward R. Murrow High School’s library promotes a summer reading list to students that contains books with sexually explicit content
Edward R. Murrow High School’s library created a list of books for students to read over the 2022 summer. However, none of the 88 books…
Eagle Academy promotes Fidel Castro’s ally Che Guevara as hero to students in curriculum
The Eagle Academy is a collection of six public charter schools designed to teach young black and Hispanic students and help push them to have…
Fort Worth Independent School District implements guideline for transgender students that includes “individual support plans”
On July 19, 2016, the Fort Worth Independent School District adopted a new “Transgender Student Guideline.” The policy states that district employees will work to…
COMMENTARY: Schoolchildren Are Not ‘Mere Creatures of the State’
In 1925, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned an Oregon law requiring that parents or guardians send their children to public school in the districts where they lived. The Society of…
Wauwatosa School District approves new sexual education curriculum that teaches children as young as kindergarten about gender identity and transgender issues; lessons avoid the words “men” and “women
Parents Defending Education previously reported on a proposed curricula for the Wauwatosa School District that would teach children as young as kindergarten about gender identity…
Davison Community Schools’ Gender Support Plans for students are created without the consent or knowledge of parents
A concerned parent shared Davison Community Schools’ “Gender Support Plan” with Parents Defending Education. Gender support plans are documents used by districts to support the transgender identity of students…
School District 197 implements new curriculum that discusses gender identity and transgender issues with elementary students
On June 7, 2022, Alpha News reported that School District 197 in Minnesota “is adding an ‘anti-bias’ curriculum to its pre-K through fourth-grade classes.” The…