WASHINGTON EXAMINER: University of Minnesota Website Alerts ‘Whiteness Pandemic’
The University of Minnesota used a federal grant from the National Institutes of Health to research and address what it called a “Whiteness pandemic.”…
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Help us defend America’s classrooms from kindergarten to graduate school. As 2025 comes to a close, your support is more important than ever. Defending Ed is on the front lines…
The University of Minnesota – Twin Cities’ ‘Culture and Family Life Lab’ features pages on ‘Whiteness Pandemic’; National Institute of Mental Health is one of funding sources
The University of Minnesota – Twin Cities’ Culture and Family Lab, which is part of the university’s Institute of Child Development, features a page titled “Whiteness Pandemic”…
University of Washington Student Group Stripped of Status Promotes Violence, Hamas Content at Campus Table
A de-certified student organization at the University of Washington, Super UW, which stands for Students United for Palestinian Equality and Return, was tabling and selling merchandise on campus in…
National Education Association’s “Bargaining for the Common Good” Racial Justice Guide Asks For Prioritizing Hiring and Promoting Educators of Color, Less Testing and More Ethnic Studies, All While Calling Out “Far-Right Politicians” for “actively working” to “dismantle” democracy
The National Education Association–the largest labor union in the United States, comprising 3,000,000 educators, staff, administrators, and other stakeholders–published a “Bargaining for the Common Good Racial Justice Guide” teaching its…
NY POST: Largest US Teachers Union to Host Training that Attacks Republicans as ‘Racist and Transphobic’
America’s largest teachers’ union accused Republicans of promoting “racist and transphobic troupes” in teaching materials for an upcoming training program, according to documents obtained by a conservative activist…
NATIONAL REVIEW: National Educators Association Training Teachers to ‘Dismantle Systems of Privilege’ Around Sex, Gender
The National Education Association (NEA) will host an “Advancing LGBTQ+ Justice and Transgender Advocacy” session that highlights race, class, and gender at its upcoming December training academy.
WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Top Teachers Union Warns Educators About Republicans’ ‘Arsenal of Racist Dog Whistles’ and ‘Transphobic Tropes’
Newly released internal documents from an upcoming National Education Association training uncovered ideologically driven and openly partisan materials used to disparage Republicans, advance transgender advocacy, and…
Chicago Public Schools tells staff to excuse student absences over fear of ICE and other federal agents
Through a public records request, Defending Education obtained a Chicago Public Schools (CPS) directive that bars cooperation with ICE and other federal agents, allows schools to excuse unlimited absences,…