The Gathering Place Charter School leaders say in letter to parents “we do not believe it is ever too early to talk to children about race or identity;” drafts different messages to parents and staff based on their race.
The cofounders and co-leaders of The Gathering Place, a free public elementary school in San Antonio, drafted different messages to their black families/staff, white families/staff and mixed race families/staff.
Bellevue High School offers to pay to send staffers “identifying as white” to antiracist leadership development course
A whistleblower shared an email sent to Bellevue High School staff, announcing that school leadership has agreed to spend “building PD funds” to send staff to this workshop. (“PD” stands…
The Coming Bipartisan Backlash to Public School Wokeness
The backlash to critical race theory, gender ideology and what is often called “wokeness” in schools represents a rare example of bipartisan agreement during a hyper-polarized time. While this might…
IndoctriNation: No. 1 U.S. High School Pushes Racist Activism On Students
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — Late last month, Suparna Dutta’s son, a student at Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, started sending his mother distressing videos from a mandatory lesson…
Black Lives Matter and Critical Race Theory Taught at America’s No. 1 High School
FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. – On Friday, March 19, 2021, parents at America’s No. 1 high school had no idea what their children were about to watch one Friday afternoon as…
Woodridge Elementary Principal misrepresents Atlanta shooting in letter home to parents; commits to antiracism; expresses guilt over being a white female
The principal at Woodridge Elementary School sent a letter home to all parents in the wake of the shooting in Atlanta that killed 8 women. Not only does the letter…
Wake County hosts conference for 200 teachers on ‘whiteness.’ racial mapping, ‘affinity groups’ and ‘microaggressions’
Logo design for Ed Camp Equity in Wake County Schools, February 2020 In February 2020, Wake County Public Schools hosted a teachers’ conference called “Ed Camp Equity” with sessions…
South Kingstown Schools go all in on ‘antiracism’
Parents Defending Education has received incident reports and emails from several whistleblowers in the South Kingstown school district in Rhode Island, including parents and staff raising concern with the way…
Columbus Academy refuses to share copies of its race-based curriculum with parents
Columbus Academy, a private school in Columbus Ohio with tuition between $26,000-31,000 per year, has introduced controversial curriculum around antiracism. The “Pro-CA” coalition sent a letter to the school…