Defending Education

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[Defending Education @DefendingEd]

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After 5 years of fighting for parents' and students' rights in education, we're leveling up. We've taken on rights violations through civil rights complaints and litigation. Now we're strengthening our work with a dedicated tool to fight back: the Center for Litigation and Legal Policy. 🏛️⚖️

[Nicki Neily @nickineily]

Unfortunately, Duke is far from the only school trying to intentionally evade the law - if you know of others engaging in similar behavior, let @defendinged know!
https://t.co/uNOz5dgpx9

[Nicki Neily @nickineily]

AI is changing education, but the ideas shaping these tools matter. See what @DefendingEd uncovered about teachers’ unions and the push to influence AI in classrooms.https://t.co/pdfgxz7qJL

[Nicki Neily @nickineily]

ICYMI: @DefendingEd found that union resources are promoting DEI frameworks that encourage educators to view AI through the lens of equity and inclusion.

[Defending Education @DefendingEd]

ICYMI: Read the latest from Defending Ed's @CaseyRyan93 on our newest report, "DEI in AI: Unions and Associations."

"For better or worse, artificial intelligence will revolutionize the way our schools educate children in approaches that we have not even considered yet. It will become one of the most influential educational tools ever created. Concerned parents and families must pay attention as their schools begin to adopt AI into their children's classrooms and school infrastructure." @realDailyWire https://t.co/wriQWl3hdK

[Paul Runko @PaulRunko]

Are K-12 schools focused on making good citizens today?

[Defending Education @DefendingEd]

ICYMI: The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has issued guidelines for teacher prep programs, defining an "effective educator" as "one who uses evidence-based practices, including anti-racist and culturally and linguistically sustaining practices."

Learn more about the state guidance for Massachusetts teacher prep programs: https://t.co/Gro2yVxekK

[Washington Times Opinion @WashTimesOpEd]

“The man who spent years telling America what to do should be willing to answer questions about the consequences,” @esanzi argues.

[Washington Times Opinion @WashTimesOpEd]

@esanzi Keep reading @DefendingEd: https://t.co/P66DEW34hg

[Washington Times Opinion @WashTimesOpEd]

“Reasonable people can disagree about decisions made during the frightening early months of a once-in-a-century pandemic. What should not be controversial is truth-telling and accountability,” @esanzi argues.

[Nicki Neily @nickineily]

The complaint, now under investigation, alleges Minnesota violated the PPRA and the 1st and 14th Amendments by excluding parents from decisions involving their children. Here’s what @DefendingEd found.👇
https://t.co/SeBuaMTik7

[Nicki Neily @nickineily]

ICYMI: Last week, @DefendingEd filed a federal complaint against Minnesota’s taxpayer-funded “MyGender Dolls” program, alleging violations of parents’ rights.

[Nicki Neily @nickineily]

Law schools should prepare future attorneys to uphold the law, not promote DEI ideology.

The ABA rejected a proposal to eliminate its DEI accreditation requirement, keeping policies that place identity-based standards ahead of merit, academics, and the law.

[Walker Wildmon @WalkerWildmon]

This week @CaseyRyan93 of @DefendingEd stops by my show to expose how DEI ideology is being quietly built into the AI tools showing up in classrooms — and the role major teachers' unions are playing in pushing it.

[Defending Education @DefendingEd]

Here's some helpful information parents need to know about the Education Freedom Tax Credit👇

https://t.co/FvdajDs2eL

[U.S. Department of Education @usedgov]

Thanks to @POTUS' Education Freedom Tax Credit, families in THIRTY states will soon have access to life-changing scholarships!

[Nicki Neily @nickineily]

🚨 Newly released Fauci diary entries are raising new questions about his role in COVID school closures.

Students are still paying the price of learning loss, and families deserve a full accounting of the decisions that kept classrooms closed.

[Nicki Neily @nickineily]

College isn't just about earning a diploma. It's about giving students the tools to build a meaningful career, solve real problems, and make a difference. Higher education should get back to that purpose and put students' futures first.

[Defending Education @DefendingEd]

Read the latest from Defending Ed's @esanzi👇

"No one disputes his [Dr. Fauci's] constitutional right to invoke the Fifth Amendment, but constitutional rights do not erase moral responsibility. During the pandemic crisis, the public paid his salary — the highest of any federal employee at the time, including the president’s. After years of telling Americans to trust his judgment while dismissing and censoring those who disagreed with him, Dr. Fauci owes the public — and especially the children who bore the greatest burden — an honest accounting." https://t.co/i3qiwkZrl0

[Nicki Neily @nickineily]

.@DefendingEd filed a federal complaint with the @usedgov asking officials to review whether Minnesota’s MyGender Doll program complies with federal student privacy protections.
https://t.co/SeBuaMTik7

[Nicki Neily @nickineily]

Schools should help students learn, not introduce controversial materials like the MyGender Dolls to young children. @DefendingEd filed a federal complaint to hold the state accountable and protect parents’ role in their child’s education.

[Nicki Neily @nickineily]

🚨 @DefendingEd investigated Massachusetts guidance that redefines what it means to be an “effective educator” by requiring teachers to use “anti-racist” and “culturally and linguistically sustaining” practices in the classroom.