K-12 Student Walkout and Protest Tracker
Number of states: 48 plus District of Columbia Number of school districts: 276 Number of total school walkouts: 594* Number of middle schools: 44 Number of walkouts/protests organized or…
Minnesota K-12 school districts’ ‘Staff Development and Mentoring’ policy allows for funds to be used for race-based programming
Number of school districts with the policy: 50 Number of school districts without the policy: 57 SUMMARY Over 50 Minnesota K-12 school districts have adopted “Policy 425 –…
Defending Education sends letter to FOIA Officer at VCU Health Systems
On November 25, 2025, Defending Education submitted a Virginia Freedom of Information Act request to the Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) Health System regarding documentation of its performance of “gender-affirming care.”…
Defending Ed sends letter to general counsel at NYC Department of Education
In 2024, Defending Ed filed a Freedom of Information Law request with the New York City Department of Education regarding immigration and migrant student education within the City. Despite…
A Minnesota ‘Melt the ICE Week of Action’ includes a scheduled ‘student walkout and sit-in,’ ‘school patrols,’ and a training session on sanctuary schools facilitated by ‘Rank-and-File members of the Minneapolis Federation of Educators’
SUMMARY A Minnesota ‘Melt the ICE Week of Action’ (February 25-March 1st) includes a scheduled ‘student walkout and sit-in,’ ‘school patrols,’ and a training session on sanctuary schools facilitated…
Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Writing Center promotes the idea of ‘Linguistic White Supremacy’; claims Standard American English ‘privileges white communities and maintains social and racial hierarchies’
SUMMARY Metropolitan State University of Denver’s (CO) Writing Center promotes the idea of “Linguistic White Supremacy” and claims that Standard American English “privileges white communities and maintains social…
Internal Montgomery County Public Schools curriculum guidance calls for an “intentional shifting of content” to examine “resistance to and liberation from white supremacy”
Photos of internal documents on a Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) computer show curriculum promoting anti-racist and anti-bias ideological content for students. The photos were provided to Defending Education…
THE FEDERALIST: Report: Woke School ‘Segregated’ Middle Schoolers By Race Without Parents’ Knowledge
FOIA results exposed a middle school allegedly hosting ‘student equity assemblies’ in which students were ‘segregated’ according to race, according to Defending Education.
UNDER INVESTIGATION: Defending Ed Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Portland Public Schools for Billion-Dollar Center for Black Student Excellence
On February 17, 2026 the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights opened an investigation into this complaint. See the letter here. On December…