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… Read More

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… Read More

“For too long, American families have been forced to send their children through an opaque union-focused education system that has failed to provide students with the skills and knowledge they… Read More

In recent years, we’ve seen story after story of individuals and companies having their access to online services suddenly restricted for political reasons. When access to… Read More

May 30, 2025 Chairman Bill Cassidy, M.D.Ranking Member Bernie SandersSenate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions428 Senate Dirksen Office BuildingWashington, DC 20510 Dear Chairman Cassidy and Ranking Member Sanders,… Read More

Accreditation is the process by which independent agencies assess universities on whether they provide a quality education for students. Universities must be accredited to be eligible for federal money—such as… Read More

The Honorable John ThuneMajority LeaderUnited States SenateWashington, DC 20510 May 2, 2025 Dear Majority Leader Thune, As the executive director of PDE Action – a nonprofit social welfare organization created… Read More

Parents and teachers should be partners in a child’s education, but it is increasingly the case that parents are intentionally left out of key decisions about their child’s life at… Read More

Parents expect that when they drop their child off at school, they’ll learn lessons about reading, writing, and math. Instead, Parents Defending Education has found lesson after lesson… Read More

Chairman Tim ScottRanking Member Elizabeth WarrenU.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs534 Dirksen Senate Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20510 March 27, 2025 Dear Chairman Scott and Ranking Member Warren,… Read More

Chairman John BoozmanRanking Member Amy KlobucharU.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry328A Russell Senate Office BuildingWashington, D.C. 20510March 26, 2025Dear Chairman Boozman and Ranking Member Klobuchar,As the executive director… Read More

Congresswoman Hageman’s and Senator Jim Banks’ GUARD Act amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to preclude states from receiving federal funding if they discriminate against parents for not… Read More

Congresswoman Hageman’s and Congresswoman Miller’s Parental Oversight and Transparency Act puts much-needed teeth on the Pupil Protection Rights Amendment (PPRA). Schools too often forget to give parents proper notification about… Read More

Congressman Burlison’s and Senator Lee’s Achieving Choice in Education (ACE) Act expands school choice for families by increasing the limit on 529 Education Savings Plans to $20,000 and by providing… Read More

The Kids Off Social Media Act is a bipartisan bill that prevents social media platforms from hosting children and from personally curating media feeds for teenagers. The bill also includes… Read More

The Senate Commerce Committee has passed a CRA to overturn the FCC’s rule which allows the E-rate program to fund wi-fi hotspots for school buses. Parents Defending Education Action supports… Read More

Fair play for girls in athletics has been threatened by policies that allow transgender-identifying biological males to compete against biological females. Polling by our partner organization,… Read More

The NCAA has prioritized the feelings of transgender-identifying biological males over the safety and opportunity of hardworking female athletes. By following a policy that lacks grounding in basic biology, the… Read More

Parents Defending Education Action is proud to support Senator Marsha Blackburn’s resolution establishing October 10, denoted in Roman numerals as “XX,” as “American Girls in Sports Day” to celebrate female… Read More

January 8, 2025 Chairman James Risch Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen Senate Foreign Relations Committee 423 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC, 20510 Dear Chairman Risch and Ranking Member Shaheen, I… Read More

January 7, 2025 Chairman John Boozman Ranking Member Amy Klobuchar U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 328A Russell Senate Office Building Washington, D.C. 20510 Dear Chairman Boozman and… Read More

January 7, 2025 Chairman Roger Wicker Ranking Member Jack Reed U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services Russell Senate Building – Room 228 Washington, D.C., 20510 Dear Chairman Wicker and Ranking… Read More

January 7, 2025 Chairman Bill Cassidy, M.D.Ranking Member Bernie Sanders Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions 428 Senate Dirksen Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Chairman Cassidy and… Read More

November 6, 2024 College debt has long been a concern for American families. Over the past two decades, tuition at these higher education institutions have ballooned by more than 150 percent,… Read More

Updated July 29, 2024 It is no secret that part of China’s strategy is to gain a foothold in America’s education system and potentially manipulate the material children are being… Read More

May 13, 2024 The online safety of America’s children is a vital and pressing issue. Our partner organization, Parents Defending Education, has conducted polling showing that this issue is… Read More

May 2, 2024 The Biden administration has launched a full on assault on girls and women’s rights in America. With his Title IX rewrite, he has destroyed decades of progress… Read More

April 24, 2024 PDE Action applauds the Senate’s approval of a bipartisan effort to force the sale of TikTok from its parent company, ByteDance—a company based in China—within the next… Read More

December 14, 2023 America is suffering through an education crisis. Students’ math and reading scores are the lowest they have been in decades. It is estimated children need nearly five… Read More

December 12, 2023 The Chinese Communist Party should have no role in the education of American students. Unfortunately, PDE Action’s partner organization, Parents Defending Education, recently discovered millions of… Read More

December 8, 2023 American families deserve full transparency regarding foreign funding in their children’s schools. PDE Action’s partner organization, Parents Defending Education, recently published a report exposing millions of… Read More

November 30, 2023 Children’s online safety, whether they are using digital devices at home or in the classroom, has become a huge concern for parents. Polling conducted by our partner… Read More

November 7, 2023 It is fundamentally the right and responsibility of parents to direct their child’s upbringing—including their education. PDE Action is therefore proud to endorse Texas House Bill 1,… Read More

January 20, 2023 Over the past three years, Florida has emerged a leader in the fight for parental rights, educational transparency, and depoliticized classrooms. While other states forced students to… Read More

October 14, 2022 Last night, Virginia Delegate Elizabeth Guzman (D.) made alarming remarks during an interview with ABC 7 news. The delegate, who last year filed one bill aimed… Read More

September 20, 2022 Across the country, school districts are adopting gender policies that demonize parents and exclude them from vital information about their child’s mental health and wellbeing. Often, these… Read More

September 15, 2022 Yesterday, the Virginia Board of Education postponed a vote to approve an updated K-12 history curriculum that PDE Action has criticized as politically biased and lacking in… Read More

August 8, 2022 Virtual learning took an immeasurable toll on the well-being and academic performance of American students during the coronavirus pandemic. Despite receiving billions of dollars in federal aid… Read More