Government-sponsored surveys in school districts across the country show children being asked if they are transgender and whether they've made suicide plans.
consistently manipulate the results, so they can claim that requests for more funding for social emotional learning, equity directors and diversity training are ‘data driven,’" said Parents Defending Education Director of Outreach Erika Sanzi.
According to the Protection of Pupil’s Rights amendment, schools cannot require students answer questions about political beliefs or affiliations, mental problems, sexual behavior or religious beliefs, among other categories, without parental consent. Parents Defending Education recently reported on two additional school districts – the Charleston County School District and Wilson Country Schools – both of which have contracts use Panorama services in their schools. Sanzi noted that parents often have no insight into how data from these surveys, which are collected by private companies, is being stored.
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