DAILY SIGNAL: Just 8 House Democrats Voted for Parental Consent Pronouns Bill
On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 217–198 to require federally funded elementary and middle schools to obtain parental consent before changing a student’s gender on forms or…
Students for Justice in Palestine club at William and Mary posts “Board of Butchers” content, featuring dripping, blood-like font and personal attacks on Board of Visitors
On April 16th, the club posted a “Meet William and Mary’s Board of Butchers” series on Instagram with the caption, “We’re back! Learn even more about how our Board…
WASHINGTON EXAMINER: Wisconsin School District Signs Six-Figure Contract with DEI Educational Counselor
A major public school district in Wisconsin has partnered with a nonprofit organization to implement diversity, equity, and inclusion programming that would give minority male…
Defending Education Urges Supreme Court to Grant Review in Case Pitting Labor Board Against Parents and School Districts
On May 18, 2026, Defending Education, together with Advancing American Freedom and other organizations, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Rocklin Unified School District v. Public…
COLLEGE FIX: After ABA Votes to Repeal DEI rule for Law Schools, Skepticism and Concern Remain
The American Bar Association is one step closer to permanently repealing a curriculum standard that requires law schools to embed diversity, equity and inclusion into their courses — but…
A K-12 school walkout toolkit encourages rule-breaking and class interruptions to achieve social justice demands
SUMMARY Defending Education uncovers Alliance for Education Justice’s “Direct Action Training” toolkit for K-12 “Student Walkouts.” The thirty-six page toolkit promotes direct action tactics and instructs children…
SPLC Curriculum in K-12: Learning for Justice/Teaching Tolerance tracker
Total number of states: 43 plus District of Columbia Total number of state government entities: 30 Total number of school districts: 225 SUMMARY For years,…
FEDERALIST: Virginia School District Injects DEI into AI Tools
A school district in Virginia is using a diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) filter on its use of generative AI (GenAI) in schools to inject a race-focused lens into…
University of California Berkeley Ethnic Studies “Scholar Series” for High School Teachers Highlights Fidel Castro, Che Guevara, and the Venceremos Brigade; Panelist Says “If You’re Not Talking About Palestine, You’re Not Doing Ethnic Studies”
SUMMARY A 2024 University of California Berkeley’s High School Ethnic Studies Initiative (HSESI) “Scholar Series” event titled “Teaching Histories of Anti-Imperialist Solidarity” geared towards high school teachers…