Rhyen Staley

Rhyen Staley is the director of Research for Defending Education. He holds a master's degree in elementary education and has over a decade of classroom experience in both public and private schools. He has over 25 years of coaching experience from junior high to Division I.

SPLC pushed its way into K-12 schools and is more of a threat than you realize

May 25, 2026

SPLC pushed its way into K-12 schools and is more of a threat than you realize

A House Judiciary Committee hearing examines the SPLC's role in distorting civil rights policy and influencing K-12 education with left-wing ideology.

I coach volleyball and see how Biden's Title IX changes are brutally unfair to women athletes

May 25, 2023

I coach volleyball and see how Biden's Title IX changes are brutally unfair to women athletes

As both a men’s and women’s volleyball coach for over 25 years, I have seen firsthand the ways in which allowing men to compete against women would upend the game as we know it.