CENTER SQUARE: Title IX Central to Transgender Sports Cases, Advocates Say
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in two cases on transgender athletes participating in girls’ and women’s sports. Advocates for state laws banning transgender participation said the definition of “sex”…
District 196’s 2023-2026 ‘Achievement and Integration Plan’ includes quotas for increasing the hiring of teachers and staff based on race, staff affinity groups, race-based targeted recruitment strategies
SUMMARY District 196 – Rosemount – Apple Valley – Eagan Public Schools’ 2023-2026 Achievement and Integration Plan includes numerical goals to increase the hiring of teachers and staff…
TOWNHALL: Defending Education Blows Whistle on the NEA’s ‘LGBTQ+ Justice’ Indoctrination
The National Education Association (NEA) is the largest labor union in the U.S. and the biggest professional educator association in the world. At the risk of quoting Spider-Man: “With great…
National Education Association “Advancing LGBTQ+ Justice” training aimed at “unlearning our own internal oppression” and advancing race, class, and gender justice
The National Education Association (NEA) just concluded its most recent Focus Academy event on “Advancing LGBTQ+ Justice.” Held December 2-4, 2025, Defending Education already covered various pre-attendance packets…
Social Workers in Public Schools – Questions to Ask
Defending Education recently published an important report on the accreditation and credentialing process for the field of social work. Social work programs have seen drastic changes in recent years.
ALPHA NEWS: Segregation, Quotas and Gender Ideology: Minnesota’s Schools Are Going Backward
We expect it in California and New York, but Minnesota has become one of the most aggressive states in reshaping education. Defending Education has documented the statewide leftward shift, and…
San Diego Unified School District’s ‘Equity and Belonging website’ promotes programs and resources that include 28 sexual orientations and 9 gender identities; commits to “dismantling systems of oppression”
San Diego Unified School District’s (SDUSD) Equity & Belonging website lays out the policy position of the district on gender, race and immigration. The California school district provides…
OHIO NEWS: Ohio State Professor Defends the Critique of the University with ‘Positivity’
A professor from The Ohio State University recently published an article in which he sought to defend academia, arguing that colleges and universities in the United States benefit the country.
Defending Education President Nicole Neily Gives Remarks at the White House Education Compact Roundtable Series: Biased Professors, Woke Administrators, and the End of Free Inquiry on US Campuses
Our friend Charlie Kirk was murdered three months ago, an event that continues to haunt many in this room and across the country. Sadly, his death is the apotheosis of…