News Apr 21, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: New Report Warns of Rising Dangerous and Violent “Intersectional” Ideology
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title VI and Equal Protection
News Apr 20, 2026
Department of Education Finds Title IX and FERPA Violations Following DFI Complaints
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Apr 19, 2026
National Review | Op-Ed: The Bonfire of the Title IX Agreements
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Mar 17, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: New DFI Report Finds Teacher Union–Affiliated Graduate Student Unions Promote Radical Activism, Antisemitism
Antisemitism, Civil and Constitutional Rights, Teacher Unions, Title VI and Equal Protection
News Mar 16, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Urges Ninth Circuit to Reject School Policies That Hide Gender Transitions from Parents
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Parents' Rights
News Mar 11, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Urges Supreme Court to Protect Public Employees’ Free Speech Rights
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Free Speech
News Feb 23, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute and Southeastern Legal Foundation File Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Kansas School District for Policies That Violate Title IX and Student Free Speech
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Free Speech, Title VI and Equal Protection
News Feb 17, 2026
Washington Post | Op-Ed: A ‘Revolution’ is Coming for College Accreditation
Accreditation, Post Secondary Education
News Feb 11, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Maryland State Department of Education and Several Maryland School Districts for Title IX and FERPA Violations
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Parents' Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Feb 10, 2026
BLOG: DFI Senior Litigation Counsel Don Daugherty Testifies Before Congress on Mahmoud v. Taylor
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Religious Liberty
News Feb 2, 2026
BLOG: DFI Participates in the White House School Choice Roundtable
Education Freedom
News Jan 22, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Files Amicus Brief Supporting U.S. Department of Education’s Federal Funding Cuts to New York City Schools Violating Title IX
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Jan 12, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Names Bill Hansen to Board of Directors
News Jan 12, 2026
PRESS RELEASE: Leading Education Scholar Jay P. Greene to Join DFI as Senior Fellow
Foreign Influence in Higher Education, Teacher Unions, Title VI and Equal Protection
News Dec 1, 2025
Fox News | Op-Ed: Want wokeness out of schools? End woke teacher training
Education Freedom, Teacher Unions, Title IX and Equal Protection, Title VI and Equal Protection
News Nov 25, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI President and Co-Founder Bob Eitel Appointed to National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity
Accreditation, Post Secondary Education
News Nov 19, 2025
Real Clear Education | Op-Ed: Parents Should Support Cellphone Bans
K-12 Education
News Nov 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: New DFI Report Shows Despite Cratering Public Support, Teacher Unions Fight to Keep DEI and Gender Ideology Alive
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Teacher Unions, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Oct 31, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Maryland School District for Policy Requiring Boys and Girls to Share Locker Rooms in Violation of Title IX
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Sep 25, 2025
PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn”: What Does Returning Education to the States Mean?
Federal Oversight, K-12 Education
News Sep 25, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Report: Teacher Unions Fuel Anti-Semitism and Anti-Israel Indoctrination in America’s Schools
K-12 Education, Teacher Unions, Title VI and Equal Protection
News Sep 24, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Fairfax County Public Schools for Authorizing a Boy to Repeatedly Use the Girls’ Locker Room
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Sep 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief Defending Women’s Sports
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Sep 18, 2025
PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn”: Dr. Marty West on NAEP Results, Smartphones, & the Future of National Assessments
K-12 Education