STATEMENT: PDE Action Supports PROTECT Kids Act

September 10, 2024 It is an established fact that parental involvement is crucial to a child’s academic success. Studies prove that there is a direct correlation with increased parent interaction and higher student academic performance. Despite these widely accepted truths, there is a toxic trend of parental exclusion policies that are being implemented in school districts across […]

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Dear Governors: Protect Children & American Curriculums from Foreign Influence

Our partner organization, Parents Defending Education, released an investigation on July 26 into Chinese government ties to American K-12 schools. Through records requests and publicly available information, it was discovered that 143 school districts across the United States have engaged in contracts to establish Confucius Institutes and Classrooms, including in three of the nation’s top science […]

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