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Public Education
Feds reopen probe into LAUSD race-based program

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has reopened an investigation into the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Black Student Achievement Plan following a… Read More

April 24, 2026
Public Education
California school sends children on segregated field trip for ‘social justice’

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A California school district recently organized a field trip that excluded white students and maintains several other race-based policies, documents reveal. Albany Unified School District… Read More

April 21, 2026
Public Education
California K-12 lesson plans rooted in critical theory, compare Jan. 6 to KKK

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Lesson plans for California K-12 schools are riddled with anti-racism language, and even compare the January 6, 2021 protest at the Capitol to Ku Klux… Read More

April 6, 2026
Public Education
School district hit with federal probe after allegedly editing policies to exclude protection for girls

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The Trump administration opened an investigation into a New Hampshire school district on Tuesday following a complaint alleging the district maintains policies that discriminate against… Read More

April 1, 2026
Public Education
Poll: Most Americans back limits on school activism

(The Center Square) – A majority of American voters favor guardrails on K-12 political activism during school hours and say students should remain focused on academics, according to a new… Read More

March 23, 2026
Government
Biden admin conspired with teachers union-tied groups to shape far-left parents council, docs reveal

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – Newly released emails reveal how the Biden administration’s Department of Education (ED) in 2022 attempted to form a secret parent advisory council to give teachers… Read More

March 18, 2026
Public Education
Schools still secretly transitioning students without parents’ knowledge, probe reveals

An investigation by grassroots nonprofit Defending Education shows over 12 million students in the U.S. attend schools with policies that encourage and sometimes require teachers to keep parents in… Read More

March 13, 2026
Culture
As student achievement declines, report shows NEA funnels millions to social justice causes, supports anti-ICE protest

(The Sentinel) – An investigation by a nonpartisan watchdog group has uncovered millions of dollars in union funds spent by the National Education Association (NEA) on… Read More

January 23, 2026
Opinion
Accreditation mandates bring CRT into colleges and K-12 schools

(The Daily Signal) – A recent report from Defending Education has found that more than half of collegiate social work programs appear to embed anti-racism and diversity, equity, and inclusion standards into… Read More

December 26, 2025
Public Education
California school district promotes 29 youth sexual orientations, 9 gender identities

(The Center Square) – An education group has uncovered that the second largest school district in California promotes 29 different youth sexual orientations and nine gender identities in its “Equity… Read More

December 18, 2025
Public Education
Massachusetts school district looking for LGBT, ‘anti-racist’ advocate for math teacher position

The third-largest city in Massachusetts is seeking a middle school special education math teacher, and the job posting lists ideological activism as a preferred qualification. The Springfield Public Schools listing, published last… Read More

December 17, 2025
Public Education
Leaked NEA training coaches teachers to fight conservative parents, paint Republicans as racist threat

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – The National Education Association (NEA) is training teachers to advance gender and racial ideology in classrooms, and to fight Republicans and parent groups who ‘harm… Read More

November 21, 2025
Public Education
School cannot force students to use preferred pronouns, federal appeals court rules

(Daily Caller News Foundation) – A federal appeals court in Ohio ruled Thursday that students cannot be forced to use preferred pronouns in school. Defending Education (DE) filed the suit against… Read More

November 10, 2025