Transparency. Responsibility. Accountability. In Education.

Investigating and exposing radical influence and ideological capture in K–12 education

TRACE is a watchdog organization that investigates radical influence and misconduct across the education system—from classrooms and school boards to the organizations shaping education policy

Through deep research, intelligence mapping, and public accountability reports, we expose what others overlook and defend every child’s right to an education free from indoctrination

Read the Latest TRACE Initiative Reports Here

Read the Latest TRACE Initiative Reports Here

Foreign Money, Public Classrooms: How Charter Schools Became a Backdoor for Global Investors by TRACE Initiative

How foreign investors and for-profit operators turned public education into a private revenue stream

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NYC’s Education Crossroads: What Parents Must Watch Now by TRACE Initiative

Part 2: The Parent’s Early Warning Guide Even if Jamaal Bowman never steps into the Chancellor’s chair, the system is already shifting. NYC parents can’t afford to sit back and hope for the best.

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This Is What They are Teaching Your Kids by TRACE Initiative

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Part II — The Western High School Files: What Fairfax County Knew, and When by TRACE Initiative

Months before King Abdullah Academy announced it would close, FCPS had already funded a “Western High School site acquisition.” The paper trail stretches back to 2024, and the story has no ending

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Fairfax County Public Schools' Blind Spot: Muslim Student Association's Activity Inside Public Schools by TRACE Initiative

New TRACE report reveals how “student clubs” blurred the line between faith, politics, and public education

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Education as a Battlefield: The 1988 Hamas Manifesto the West Ignored by TRACE Initiative

When an organization names teachers, curricula, and youth as central to its strategy, schools stop being neutral spaces. That’s not metaphor -- it’s in the document.

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Below the Radar: How Fairfax County Quietly Bought a Saudi-Linked School by TRACE Initiative

What happens when county land becomes part of a foreign-affiliated private school campus—and is later repurchased, largely out of public view, with taxpayer dollars?

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YDSA Series--Blueprint for Indoctrination: by TRACE Initiative

Inside YDSA’s Manual for Turning High Schools Into Political Hubs

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The Intellectual Supply Chain: How Campus Theory Becomes Your Kid’s Homework by TRACE Initiative

Big ideas don’t jump straight from a professor’s book into a 10th-grade classroom. They move through an intellectual

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Brace Yourself, New York: Jamaal Bowman May Soon Run Your Schools by TRACE Initiative

The incoming mayor holds the power, the press already floated the name — and Bowman’s record is as combustible as his politics.

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“Organizing for Life”: The DSA’s Quiet Expansion Into America’s High Schools by TRACE Initiative

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Teachers’ Unions or Political Machines? by TRACE Initiative

How Radical Ideology Is Hijacking America’s Classrooms

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