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 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
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
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 Aug 18, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Hires Holly Pitt Young as Director of Development
DFI News
News Jul 16, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Urges First Circuit to Strike Down Massachusetts’ Unconstitutional Regulation Discriminating Against Children with Special Needs
Education Freedom, K-12 Education
News Jul 10, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: New DFI Legal Analysis Finds Transferring Student Loan Program to SBA Requires Congressional Action
Federal Oversight, Student Loans
News Jul 7, 2025
PODCAST: “Freedom to Learn” | Jason Bedrick on School Choice Whoppers, New Hampshire’s EFAs, & What Happens Next
News Jul 1, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Celebrates the Senate’s Passage of a Scholarship Tax Credit
Education Freedom, K-12 Education
News Jun 24, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Kansas Attorney General Calls on Department of Education to Investigate DFI’s Title IX Complaint Against Several School Districts in the State
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
News May 30, 2025
PODCAST: “Freedom to Learn” | A Colorado Mother’s Fight Against Gender Ideology in Schools
News May 29, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against NY School District as Male Student Switches Gender Identity Throughout the Day and Uses Girls’ Locker Room, Bathrooms
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News May 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: On Fifth Anniversary of DeVos Rule, DFI Releases Its Model Title IX Law, the ‘RESPECT Title IX Act’
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Post Secondary Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
News May 1, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Statement on Department of Education’s Action to Reform Broken Accreditation System
Federal Oversight, Post Secondary Education
News Apr 7, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Files Title IX Complaint Against Minnesota Education Department and Two Public School Districts for Forcing Girls to Share Intimate Facilities with Boys
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Mar 20, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Statement on President Trump’s Executive Order to Return Education to the States
Education Freedom, Restructuring the U.S. Department of Education
News Mar 18, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI, Liberty Justice Center File Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Illinois State Board of Education and Chicago Public Schools for Violating Title IX
Title IX and Equal Protection
News Mar 11, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Statement on Staff Reductions at U.S. Department of Education
Education Freedom, Federal Oversight, K-12 Education, Post Secondary Education, Restructuring the U.S. Department of Education
News Mar 4, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute, California Justice Center File Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against California Department of Education and Multiple School Districts for Title IX Violations
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Feb 25, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Calls for Bold Reforms to College Accreditation System
Accreditation, Higher Education

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