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CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION: New Model Legislation Aims to Curb ‘Unserious’ Research in Non-STEM Fields
Three right-leaning organizations this month released model state legislation intended to reduce “taxpayer funding for intellectually unserious ‘research’ projects of activist academics” at public institutions. One of them,…
AccreditED: Social Work Programs Steeped in Anti-Racism, DEI, Critical Race Theory, Privilege and Anti-Oppressive Practices
IN THE REPORT: Number of states: 50 plus District of Columbia Number of colleges and universities: 350 Number of social work degree programs: 500 Number of bachelor’s programs: 284…
NYC principal blocks Holocaust survivor from speaking at Brooklyn school over pro-Israel views
A middle school principal at a Brooklyn high school, MS 447, denied a parent’s request to have a Holocaust survivor speak to students about antisemitism, the New York Post…
Massachusetts school district violates its own transparency policy in effort to roll out new “comprehensive sex education” curriculum, prompting parents to push back; district promises to provide online access to all lesson materials
Parents pushed back at Plymouth Public Schools’ (PPS) Dec. 1 school board meeting, arguing that the district’s plan to roll out a new 8th-grade comprehensive sex education curriculum would…
ZERO HEDGE: National Teachers Union Training Members to Promote LGBT Ideology, Parents Group Says
The nation’s largest teachers union is planning a workshop on “Advancing LGBTQ+ Justice,” prompting criticism from a conservative national parent group that obtained the training handouts and released them to the…
WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Nation’s Largest Teachers Union Rolls Out ‘Race Class Narrative’ Playbook on Transgender Issues
The nation’s largest teachers union, one notable for its progressive partisanship, is again showing its ideological cards. Defending Education has obtained…
Where Are the Good School Boards?
At a recent conference, an attendee asked a simple but important question: “What school boards are doing a good job?”It’s easy for those of us who care about parental rights…
Defending Ed Supports Proposed Legislation to Restore Academic Excellence, Ideological Diversity, and Excellence in Teaching at America’s Colleges and Universities
On December 2, 2025, Defending Education, along with the Goldwater Institute and the James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal, proposed the American Higher Education Restoration Act. The goal…