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PRESS RELEASE: DFI Statement on President Trump’s Executive Order to Return Education to the States

WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) released the following statement after President Trump signed an Read More

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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

WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) and the Liberty Justice Center (LJC) filed a federal civil rights Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Statement on Staff Reductions at U.S. Department of Education

The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) released the following statement on the recently announced reduction in force at Read More

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CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY: Education Freedom and Parental Rights Director Ginny Gentles Testifies Before House Appropriations Subcommittee on ‘Federal Investments in Elementary Education’

On February 26, Ginny Gentles, DFI’s Director of Education Freedom and Parental Rights, testified before the House Labor, HHS, and Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Calls for Bold Reforms to College Accreditation System

The new report highlights the urgent need for change, recommends outcome-based standards, greater transparency Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Urges Department of Education to Rescind Politically Motivated Biden-Era Accreditation Guidance

WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) is urging the new leadership at the U.S. Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: DFI Celebrates President Trump’s Executive Order on Education Freedom

WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute’s (DFI) Co-Founder Jim Blew released the following statement in support of President Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Releases Statement on ‘Dismal’ Nation’s Report Card Results

WASHINGTON—Defense of Freedom Institute Co-Founder Jim Blew released the following statement on the National Assessment of Educational Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Urges Appellate Court to Protect Students’ First Amendment Rights, Reject Coerced Speech

WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) filed an amicus brief today in Parents Defending Education v. Read More

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STATEMENT: DFI Releases Statement on Nomination of Linda McMahon as U.S. Secretary of Education

President Biden’s new Title IX rule is a textbook example of how extremists in the administration have hijacked the law to force radical Read More

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BLOG | Chicago Teachers Union Bulldozes Path to $50B Contract

by Angela Morabito When the entire Chicago school board resigned last week, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) had reason to celebrate. The Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: DFI Joins Four Additional States in their Legal Battle to Block the Biden-Harris Administration’s Radical Title IX Rule

WASHINGTON—While the Defense of Freedom Institute’s legal battle against the Biden-Harris administration’s radical Title IX rule Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: New Defense of Freedom Institute Report Exposes Teacher Unions’ Radical Work to Undermine Democracy, Push Political Ideology into the Classroom

WASHINGTON—Today, the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) released its latest report exposing how the Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: DFI Fights Biden-Harris Administration’s Radical Title IX Rule in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit 

WASHINGTON—Despite preliminary injunctions covering 26 states, including four states represented by the Defense of Freedom Institute for Read More