Needham High School principal tells students on first day of school: “I’m a White Privileged Straight Man.”
Several parents with children at Needham High School reached out to Parents Defending Education within hours of dismissal on the first day of school to express concerns about comments made…
Fairfax County signs five-year contract to pay $1.8 million in COVID emergency funds to a Boston-based consultant to administer intrusive “social and emotional” screening
Cofounder Aaron Feuer spoke in 2013, as the company launched. UPDATE: On Sept. 9, 2021, Fairfax County Public Schools signed “Amendment 2,” a new agreement to pay $2,445,300 to Panorama…
Virginia Department of Education hosted webinar speaker who instructed teachers not to discuss Islam while teaching about 9/11 attack
UPDATE: On Sept. 1, 2021, after Parents Defending Education expressed the criticism of parents to the inappropriateness of the 9/11 webinar, the Virginia Department of Education removed…
Alexandria City Public Schools encourages staff to use resources such as “White Teachers Need Anti-Racist Therapy”
“We are mindful of how long it has been since many of us have been in a school facility due to the ongoing dual-pandemic of COVID-19 and…
Indianapolis Public Schools ‘affinity groups’ separate staff by race, religion, ability, sexual orientation, gender
In August 2021, Indianapolis Public Schools Office of Racial Equity sent out an interest survey to district employees with information about its staff “affinity groups.” The group options were: “Ability…
Chandler Unified School District Hosts Symposium On “The Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture”
On June 1st, 2021, the Chandler Unified School District in Arizona held a two-day symposium entitled, “CUSD Summer Equity Symposium 2021: Excel Through Equity.” The entire schedule of events with…
Convent of the Sacred Heart implements “ABAR (anti-bias, anti-racist)” integrated curriculum
Convent of the Sacred Heart works with Learning for Justice and Teaching Tolerance to integrate anti-racist education “throughout the year, both in the curriculum and through co-curricular activities.”…
Parents Defending Education Motion to Dismiss in NYC Education Lawsuit
On August 23, 2021, Parents Defending Education filed a motion to dismiss in New York in IntegrateNYC v. the State of New York et. al. In this case, Parents Defending Education…
North Middlesex Regional School District implements strategy to “model anti-racist practice”
In a letter to parents, North Middlesex Regional School District’s superintendent wrote: As a member of the Massachusetts Association of School SuperintendentsRacial Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion…