STATEMENT: PDE Action Supports STUDENT Act
Parents Defending Education Action is proud to support the 2025 Stopping Teachers Unions from Damaging Education Needs Today (STUDENT) Act. Congress chartered the National Education Association (NEA) in the early Twentieth Century with the expectation that it would engage in the noble and civic minded mission of promoting the interests of the teaching profession and […]
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STATEMENT: PDE Action Supports Sen. Ted Cruz’s TRACE Act
July 31, 2025 Senator Cruz’s TRACE Act is extremely necessary. Parents should know if a foreign government or entity is providing funding to their children’s schools, trying to influence what is taught to them or seeking to access important data and intellectual property. A 2023 investigation from our partner organization Defending Education uncovered Chinese Communist […]

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