Minnesota eighth-graders shown videos of ICE arrests and alleged harassment of U.S. citizens; principal says it’s part of state geography standards
According to materials shared with us by a parent, an 8th grade geography class at Hermantown Middle School, part of Hermantown Community Schools in Minnesota, exposed students to slides in…
FOX NEWS: Illinois district where faculty celebrated Charlie Kirk’s death exposed over racial ‘segregation’ plan
Oswego District 308 divided middle school students by racial background without parental notification as part of equity training sessions…
NEA Training has participants take a “Privilege Walk” and learn about the “daily effects of white privilege,” while also discussing the ways “white people” silence dialogue
Summary Documents obtained by Defending Education show that the National Education Association’s Leaders for Just Schools (LJS) Year One Training instructs participants on concepts of “white privilege,” “systemic oppression,” and…
United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) planning documents and materials appear to advocate for use of school resources as ‘form of resistance’ against ICE; promote ‘engaging students in community self-defense’ by offering ‘service learning hours’
SUMMARY Unearthed United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) planning documents and materials appear to advocate for the use of school and district resources as a “form of resistance” against…
A Sunrise Movement training guidebook calls for students to ‘take action monthly’ to ‘disrupt business as usual’ to bring about a ‘political revolution’
SUMMARY Sunrise Movement training guidebook obtained by Defending Education urges college and K-12 students to “take action monthly” and “disrupt business as usual” in pursuit of a “political revolution.” The…
Defending Ed Files a Civil Rights Complaint Against Hawaii Department of Education for Violations of Title IX and Students’ Free Speech
On February 12, 2026, Defending Ed filed a civil rights complaint against Hawaii Department of Education for violations of both Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (Title IX),…
Defending Ed Vice President Sarah Parshall Perry Gives Remarks at House Committee on Mahmoud v. Taylor, Parental Rights, and the Free Exercise Clause
On February 10, 2026, Defending Ed Vice President and Legal Fellow gave remarks at the House Committee on Education and Workforce Subcommittee on “Protecting the Primacy of Parental Religious Liberty…
NY middle school assigned pro-transgender article discussing chest binding and testosterone to eighth graders
A teacher at Ardsley Middle School in the Ardsley Union Free School District in Westchester County taught an eighth grade health lesson that included a pro-transgender article addressing chest…
Montgomery County Public Schools PTA meeting briefed families on “ICE Response & Organizing Tools”
A parent in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) sent photos to the parent advocacy group, United Against Racism in Education (UARE), showing content shared at a PTA meeting about how…