Middle School English Honor Society Chooses Internment, a Novel About Fictional Muslim-American Internment, as 2025-26 Big Read
The ELA Honor Society Chapter Advisors voted for this book, citing that “‘Internment focuses a lot on the world as it is today; It offers a non-white perspective of how…
FCPS Spends Nearly $1M on Ongoing Centreville High Investigation
Throughout August and September 2025, Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) spent $980,515.14 on its ongoing investigation into a Centreville High School teacher’s allegations that staff at the…
CAMPUS REFORM: Taxpayer-Funded Minnesota Program Pushes ‘critical Indigenous theory,’ protest art, ‘Black Marxism’
The University of Minnesota–Twin Cities is offering and developing courses steeped in radical left-wing ideology, including content promoting Marxism, “decolonizing Palestine,” Queer theory, and the Black Lives Matter movement—much of…
NATIONAL NEWS DESK: Minneapolis Schools’ Ethnic Studies Curriculum Sparks Debate Over Anti-Capitalism Content
There’s a disturbing report on Minneapolis Public Schools, where high school students are required to take ethnic studies courses that label capitalism and western culture as tools of colonialism and…
Defending Ed Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Minneapolis Public Schools for Courses Segregated by Race
On October 17, 2025, Defending Ed filed a complaint with the Department of Education against Minneapolis Public Schools because of their segregation of classes by race in clear violation of…
INSIDE HIGHER ED: Colleges Push Back Against Trump’s Effort to Collect More Admissions Data
Institutions of higher education and their advocates are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s plan to require colleges to submit new data about their admissions decisions.
RED STATE: Got Racism? Minneapolis Public School Bar White, Asian Students, From Classes on ‘Black Culture’
The classes, which count toward the district’s elective graduation requirement, leave white and Asian students with fewer options to fulfill those credits — and that’s a problem.
INSIDE HIGHER ED: Colleges Push Back Against Trump’s Effort to Collect More Admissions Data
Institutions of higher education and their advocates are sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s plan to require colleges to submit new data about their admissions decisions.
Legal Department
As part of its work to restore schools at all levels from activists imposing harmful agendas on American classrooms, Defending Education engages in a variety of legal efforts designed to…