NATIONAL REVIEW: Kentucky, Wisconsin, Alabama State School Board Groups Disassociate from National Organization after DOJ Memo
Three more state school-board chapters, including those of Kentucky, Alabama, and Wisconsin, have ended their relationship with the National School Boards Association over its letter to the Biden administration requesting…
Parents Are Students’ First Teachers and Greatest Advocates
It is not a novel concept that family engagement is one of the strongest predictors of children’s school success. Studies over the past 50 years demonstrate a positive relationship between…
West Hartford publishes “elementary social justice lessons standards and mentor texts;” transgender content introduced in Kindergarten
Parents from West Hartford contacted us at Parents Defending Education because of concern over the district’s focus on group identities in grades K through 5, including transgender content in kindergarten.
DAILY CALLER: Wisconsin School Board Association Deals Another Major Blow To National Group
The Wisconsin Association of School Boards joined a growing list of state school boards withdrawing their participation from the National School Board Association after the organization urged President Joe Biden…
Las Cruces publishes policy draft in the name of being “gender inclusive”; includes changes to curriculum, student records and restroom access
Las Cruces Public Schools is following the national trend around the issue of gender identity and gender expansiveness in schools. They have published a draft of a policy titled, “Gender…
Yes, Virginia, critical race theory is in K-12.
UPDATE: On Monday, Jan. 24, 2022, when visitors to the Virginia Department of Education go to the website link that the Northam administration had created for the “Virginia Math Pathways…
Citizen Advocating for Responsible Education (CARE), Albemarle County, Virginia
Citizens Advocating for Responsible Education (CARE) is a group of parents, friends, neighbors and tax paying citizens of Albemarle County who have come together as a loose collective with…
‘What Were You Thinking?’: Emails reveal more state school board members frustrated and with NSBA letter
Responses continue to come in to Parents Defending Education in response to our public records requests related to the NSBA letter to the Biden administration. The latest tranche of documents…
NATIONAL REVIEW: Consultant Hired by Loudoun County Says Public Education Should Not Focus on ‘Learning’
The co-founding partner of the consulting firm hired by Loudoun County Public Schools to incorporate equity and inclusion initiatives into school curricula admitted in a recent lecture that he believes…