Back to School Checklist 2026
The 2026-27 school year is here! Students across the country are headed back to school this August (and early September in some places.) In addition to purchasing new school…
NATIONAL DEFENDING EDUCATION POLL RESULTS
Success! Your Answer Has Been Submitted Thank you for completing your Defending Education Poll! Live Poll Results Should local schools be allowed to…
NATIONAL DEFENDING EDUCATION POLL
1,216 school districts across the country already have secret “gender transition” policies on the books. It affects over 12 MILLION students. Defending Education has exposed them. But exposing…
Defending Ed Submits Public Comment Supporting Renewal of Foreign Gifts and Contracts Disclosures
On July 29, 2026, Defending Education (DE) submitted a comment to Federal Student Aid, U.S. Department of Education, supporting renewal of the Foreign Gifts and Contracts Disclosures information collection…
UNDER INVESTIGATION: Defending Ed Files Complaint Against the State of Minnesota for Violations of PPRA
On July 29, 2026, the U.S. Department of Education’s Student Privacy Policy Office opened an investigation into this complaint. View the Department’s full press release here.
Disparate Impact in School Discipline
What Is “Disparate Impact” and Why Did the Department of Education Rescind It? The Department of Education recently rescinded guidance that relied on a legal theory known…
FOX NEWS: New Report Uncovers Education Groups’ DEI Push to Shape How Artificial Intelligence is Used in Classrooms
The nation’s top teacher unions and education groups are allegedly embedding diversity, equity and inclusion principles into AI guidance for classrooms as schools increasingly adopt the technology,…
DEI in AI: Unions and Associations
Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming a part of every industry, every field, and a majority of jobs. Within the next few years, most K-12 schools and colleges…
WASHINGTON EXAMINER: College Needs a Reckoning: Here’s Who Paid for COVID and DEI Failure
With the announcement in June by Columbia University that it would once again require SAT or ACT scores as part of the undergraduate application process, the failed experiment of…