White Bear Lake Area superintendent apologizes for using the word ‘hoax’ to describe an actual hoax; 6th graders required to label their various identities during lesson on privilege and oppression (during choir class!)

White Bear Lake Area School District in Minnesota can’t seem to get out of its own way with its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts. During a recent chorus class,…

South Middleton School District officials dive into critical race theory with ‘JEDI’ program and new ‘diversity, equity, inclusion’ consultant and program, ignoring parent concerns

In August 2020, outside the Pennsylvania state capital of Harrisburg, two Boiling Springs High School alumni, Jacob Robb and Slater Ward-Diorio, lobbied school board officials to…

2nd Graders required to have “explicit conversations about race,” will learn to identify “white culture”

According to the 2020-2021 school improvement plan, all students at Cherry Crest Elementary School in the Bellevue School District will “have explicit conversations about race, equity, and access.” They will…

Affinity Groups, Equity Ambassadors, Gender Identity and #BLM in Henrico County Public Schools

Henrico County Public Schools prioritizes Diversity, Equity and Opportunity. Racial affinity groups of staff met three times over the summer — the groups included one for Black staff, one…

Virginia Inspector General Report: State Department of Education Director of Equity and Community Engagement improperly used ‘state resource to establish a consulting business’

On Sept. 10, 2019, the Office of the Virginia Inspector General received a hotline complaint. The complaint alleged that the Virginia Department of Education’s director of equity and community engagement,…

Evanston Schools’ Concept of Equity and “White Supremacy” Raises Questions, Draws Backlash

The superintendent of the Evanston, Illinois schools, laid out a plan for school reopening in the wake of COVID-19 that garnered national attention. The gist was that students from historically…

Parents raise questions about the book “Not My Idea: A Book about Whiteness”

Minneapolis Schools adopts ‘Equity, Representation, and Anti-Racism’ framework

By March 2021, Minneapolis Public Schools was still in Phase 1 of a process to implement a proposed “Climate Framework,” with “The Four Climate Values,” including “Equity, Representation, and…

Montgomery County Schools ‘Equity Team’ divides educators by race

The Montgomery County Public Schools Equity Team frequently conducts divisive trainings.