Defending Education

We are a national, grassroots nonprofit empowering parents to advocate for classrooms that educate – not indoctrinate. Join us:

[Defending Education @DefendingEd]

📢 Miss our big announcement?
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. 🏛️⚖️

[Defending Education @DefendingEd]

Read the full report 👇https://t.co/WfzULWf3Y6

[Defending Education @DefendingEd]

Defending Ed’s Rhyen Staley told @FoxNews: "It should be infuriating for parents and community members that while the union continues to spend tens of millions on pet projects and their own salaries, Oregon continues to rank poorly when it comes to educational outcomes. There needs to be accountability for these organizations that continue to benefit while children and families struggle." https://t.co/aRFG167tnZ

[Defending Education @DefendingEd]

ICYMI: Defending Ed Report reveals the Oregon teachers' union has plans to become the "largest PAC in Oregon by Fall of 2026" and to increase "BIPOC members in leadership."

The documents also reveal a fiscal deficit of up to $2M since 2021 — all while spending millions on officer salaries, staff compensation, ballot measures, and left-wing groups since 2016.

[Nicki Neily @nickineily]

Learn more about how San Francisco Unified School District is now facing a budget crisis from the @nypost:
https://t.co/lgud2XA49X

[Nicki Neily @nickineily]

Every dollar should be focused on improving student achievement, not DEI initiatives.

[Defending Education @DefendingEd]

🇺🇸From the Defending Ed Founders’ Almanac on Education: Why is knowledge so important to the preservation of freedom and happiness?

[Nicki Neily @nickineily]

Yesterday, @DefendingEd hosted a roundtable with elected officials including @RepFine, @chiproytx, and @RepWalberg, along with law students, to discuss ABA accreditation.

[Defending Education @DefendingEd]

Read the latest from Defending Ed's Casey Ryan.👇
https://t.co/IA0g6G1TfV

[Nicki Neily @nickineily]

Republican representatives called out the @LCPSOfficial superintendent after he said it was "appropriate" for boys to share girls' spaces, citing the Biden-era Title IX rule as justification.

[Nicki Neily @nickineily]

@DefendingEd .@DefendingEd’s Casey Ryan writes in his op-ed how CAIR gave San Juan Unified School District over $175K in FY2024. @dcexaminer:
https://t.co/W2RPszN21U

[Nicki Neily @nickineily]

Documents from @DefendingEd show district staff communicated with CAIR about school engagement activities, including parent nights, & youth leadership programming. Read the full report:
https://t.co/HXAW5LDn5F

[Nicki Neily @nickineily]

Why is an organization known for violence financially supporting San Juan USD while having access to American students?

[Defending Education @DefendingEd]

Read our latest report, AccreditED, which documents how the ABA has used its monopoly power to embed DEI mandates throughout legal education, shaping who is admitted, who is hired, and what future lawyers are taught to believe.

🔗https://t.co/kBAsrea6Ty

[Sarah Parshall Perry @SarahPPerry]

Yesterday, @DefendingEd convened Republican Congressmen, law students, & staffers on Capitol Hill to identify the path toward reforming higher education.

What we learned: the path runs directly through accreditation, & public enemy no. 1 is the American Bar Association.

[Defending Education @DefendingEd]

📺Watch Now—This is important: Defending Ed asks the Trump Administration to rescind a Biden-era Title IX rule, a Congressional hearing with top school districts on parental rights, and the latest NAEP scores— @esanzi covers it all in this week's education breakdown.👇

[Sarah Parshall Perry @SarahPPerry]

Yesterday House Education & Workforce Committee chaired by @RepWalberg held a hearing on the pernicious creep of liberal orthodoxy in public ed & questioned the Sups of Loudon, San Fran, & Chicago schools.

I wrote on it for @DefendingEd @realDailyWire
https://t.co/QC6HObw0w2

[Nicki Neily @nickineily]

Teachers, parents, and taxpayers deserve to know how union leadership is spending their money. Read @DefendingEd's OEA investigation:https://t.co/3cWrXbN7XH

[Nicki Neily @nickineily]

🚨 BREAKING: Documents obtained by @DefendingEd show how the Oregon Education Association is pushing progressive tax hikes on the wealthy, building political power, and funding left-wing activism while operating in the red.

[Nick Minock @NickMinock]

Rep. Foxx: Do you think it's appropriate for boys to sleep in the same room as girls on field trips?

Loudoun Superintendent Aaron Spence: It's appropriate and lawful for transgender students to be able to be treated as their consistently identified gender.

Rep. Onder: Dr. Spence, yes or no. Should biological men be allowed in locker rooms with biologic women or girls?

Spence: Transgender women should be allowed in women's spaces.

Rep. Fine: Dr. Spence, do you use the women's restroom?

Spence: Of course not.

Rep. Fine: Why not?

Spence: Because I would never use a woman's restroom. I'm a male.

[Defending Education @DefendingEd]

Glad to see this finally getting more exposure. https://t.co/4ghG7Rrz2r