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
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
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
News Feb 10, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Urges Department of Education to Rescind Politically Motivated Biden-Era Accreditation Guidance
Accreditation, Post Secondary Education
News Feb 5, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Arlington Public Schools for Failing to Protect Women and Girls from Sexual Harassment in School-Operated Locker Rooms
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Jan 30, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Applauds President Trump’s Executive Order on Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schooling
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection, Title VI and Equal Protection
News Jan 30, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Celebrates President Trump’s Executive Order on Education Freedom
Education Freedom, K-12 Education, Teacher Unions
News Jan 29, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Releases Statement on ‘Dismal’ Nation’s Report Card Results
Education Freedom, K-12 Education
News Jan 22, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Applauds President Trump’s Executive Order on Gender Ideology, Releases Model Title IX Regulatory Code to Aid in Implementing Crucial Reforms
Title IX and Equal Protection
News Dec 19, 2024
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Urges Appellate Court to Protect Students’ First Amendment Rights, Reject Coerced Speech
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Free Speech, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Nov 25, 2024
Washington Examiner | Op-Ed: Give the DOGE a bone: Musk and Ramaswamy can fix Biden’s broken FAFSA
Federal Oversight, Post Secondary Education, Student Loans
News Nov 20, 2024
STATEMENT: DFI Releases Statement on Nomination of Linda McMahon as U.S. Secretary of Education
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Education Freedom, Federal Oversight
News Nov 12, 2024
PRESS RELEASE: Leading Public Interest Law Firms Release Title IX Resource Guide and Host National Webinar as School Districts Face Complex and Hostile Regulatory Landscape
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Oct 16, 2024
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Joins Four Additional States in their Legal Battle to Block the Biden-Harris Administration’s Radical Title IX Rule
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Oct 15, 2024
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Calls on the Supreme Court to Protect Children and Uphold Tennessee’s Ban on Irreversible Gender Transition Treatments for Minors
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Oct 8, 2024
PRESS RELEASE: New Defense of Freedom Institute Report Exposes Teacher Unions’ Radical Work to Undermine Democracy, Push Political Ideology into the Classroom
K-12 Education, Teacher Unions
News Sep 20, 2024
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Fights Biden-Harris Administration’s Radical Title IX Rule in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit 
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Sep 4, 2024
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Releases Nationwide Map of Teacher Union Strikes
K-12 Education, Teacher Unions

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