Albany Unified School District (CA) maintains affinity programming for ‘Young Men of Color and Young Women of Color’ which includes a district funded overnight trip to Virginia; district has goals and strategies to hire staff based on race and offers a ‘mentorship and retention program for teachers of color’
SUMMARY Albany Unified School District (CA) maintains affinity programming for “Young Men of Color and Young Women of Color” which includes a district funded overnight trip to Virginia for…
University of California Santa Cruz’s ‘The History & Civics Project’ includes lessons and resources on January 6, 2021, comparing it to Ku Klux Klan demonstrations and acts of murder and violence perpetrated in the late 1800s
SUMMARY University of California Santa Cruz’s “The History & Civics Project” includes lessons and resources on January 6, 2021, comparing it to Ku Klux Klan demonstrations and acts of…
New Mexico education documents for high school history and ethnic studies include climate change, intersectionality, and “January 6 insurrection” content
SUMMARY The New Mexico Public Education Department’s (NMPED) Instructional Scope (NMIS) documents for High School History and Ethnic studies feature content such as climate change, gender identity, intersectionality, power…
If universities have stopped racial discrimination, why sue to block oversight?
In 2023, the Supreme Court issued one of the clearest and most important civil rights rulings in decades in the case, Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard. The court held…
Defending Education Submits Comment on Upcoming NAEP Civics Assessment Framework Update
March 25, 2026 Lesley Muldoon, Executive DirectorNational Assessment Governing BoardU.S. Department of Education400 Maryland Ave. SWWashington, DC 20202Mailstop: 1A112D Dear Executive Director Muldoon, Thank you for the opportunity to comment…
FOX26 NEWS FRESNO, CA: Merced School District defends $900K program amid criticism over DEI, rap-based curriculum
Merced City School District is getting called out from a national advocacy group over how it has spent nearly $1 million on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, including a…
THE WESTERN JOURNAL: Despite Trump Policies, Stanford Still Has This Woke DEI Program
President Donald Trump has signed a number of executive orders barring the use of federal dollars for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs.
“It’s not just the Trump Administration…it’s Red State governments as well” – NEA training for educators on advocacy
On February 23, 2026 the National Education Association (NEA) hosted an “Advocacy and Free Speech Rights for K-12 Educators” training. The NEA describes itself as “the nation’s largest professional…
Inside the Biden Administration’s Illegal “Parent Engagement” Council
SUMMARY Emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) reveal planning and coordinating communications between Biden Administration officials and handpicked…