Senior Director of Strategic Initiatives @DefendingEd Shares, likes, or reposts do not imply endorsement.
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The DSA's effort to gain influence over public education goes far beyond elections. School boards, curriculum, and classroom materials are all part of the picture.
🎙️ @LisaMarieBoothe
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.@kayleighmcenany calls out the NEA teachers union for spending nearly $8 MILLION opposing school choice, parental rights, and protections for girls’ sports:
“That sounds like a lot of policy activism and politics, while no talk of reading, writing, arithmetic.
The most confusing one to me is why the nation's largest teachers' union put $250,000 into the fight to defend.... Alaska's ranked choice voting system. 😵💫
🚨NEW REPORT: Teachers union spent $8M on political battles…
Has the teachers union lost sight of its mission to improve schools and outcomes for kids?
@kayleighmcenany
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Paul Runko retweeted
The group Defending Education accuses the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in a new lawsuit of refusing to release reading lists and other course materials as required by state law.
#ncga #ncpol
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From ballot measure spending to political opposition and litigation, internal @NEAToday documents obtained by @DefendingEd lay out an extensive strategy to challenge anti-union laws and monitor education reform groups.
Loved chatting with @GinnyGentles (@DFIPolicy) about @DefendingEd's RISE Rankings.
Be sure to add this to your weekend podcast queue! 👇
Watch this episode on YouTube: loom.ly/_8pRFlI
Apple Podcasts: loom.ly/TX4YhP0
Learn more: dfipolicy.org/freedomtolearn
Full RISE Rankings here:
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The best school board members I know are just regular parents that want what's best for their children.
No Education Background? Some Say That Helps School Boards edweek.org/leadership/no-edu…
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MUST WATCH: @DefendingEd’s @esanzi breaks down what internal @NEAToday documents reveal about plans for political spending, automatic dues deductions, and tracking education reform groups.
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New RISE rankings from @DefendingEd show where your state ranks when it comes to DEI, gender ideology, teacher union power, and foreign influence in the classroom. On Freedom to Learn, @PaulRunko tells @GinnyGentles how poorly ranked states are also denying families access to the Education Freedom Tax Credit.
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These people train K-12 students to perform school walkouts
Nothing grinds my gears like schools taking awesome, joyful holidays like Thanksgiving and Columbus Day and turning them into guilt trips for students.
Francesca Hong may have come up short in her Wisconsin gubernatorial campaign, but her spirit lives on in Loudoun County, Virginia, where the public school district is recommending a holiday lesson plan that declares Thanksgiving a “Day of Mourning,” @CAndersonMO reports.
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LAUSD found room for $100 million a year to preserve a program under federal investigation, even as its budget plan slashes $500 million from high-need schools. @DefendingEd’s @SarahPPerry calls out the glaring disparity.
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⚖️New: Defending Ed filed a lawsuit against UNC-Chapel Hill for refusing to produce requested reading lists and course materials.
North Carolinians pay taxes that benefit UNC, and they have a right to see what UNC teaches. defendinged.org/lawsuits/def…
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What is UNC-Chapel Hill trying to hide? @DefendingEd has filed a lawsuit after the university refused to release reading lists and course materials for 29 courses, as required by North Carolina law.
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Parents are not powerless in the face of what's happening in schools. Stay close to the classroom, ask tough questions, build relationships with teachers, and find strength in other families willing to speak up.
🎥 @FoxFriendsFirst
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More than 2 years of litigation & Bow School District (NH) finally agreed it violated plaintiffs' rights by barring them from wearing "XX" wristbands @ the game to support women's sports. The 1st A is not a suggestion. They'll pay $275,000 in fees
Congrats to @InstFreeSpeech!
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Tennessee’s charter school program can no longer exclude Wilberforce Academy for its religious beliefs.
This federal district court ruling marks a major victory for religious freedom in education.
We can have good-faith disagreements on gender identity, but keeping parents in the dark about their own children is deplorable.
"The Trump Administration has made upholding parental rights and transparency in the classroom a key part of our education agenda - and we will continue to do so," Education Secretary Linda McMahon told the Daily Wire.
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