PRESS RELEASE: DFI Urges Supreme Court to Stop Biden’s Latest Student Loan Cancellation Scheme
The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) today called on the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the Biden administration’s… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: New DFI Study Finds Learning Loss Persisted Despite Massive COVID-19 Recovery Funding
Calls into question whether throwing more money at a broken K-12 system can fix it WASHINGTON—As appropriations season in Congress hits… Read More
If sunlight is the best disinfectant, the Department of Education is desperately trying to avoid a deep cleaning. Read More
STATEMENT: Judge Rules Biden Title IX Regulation Cannot Go into Effect in Four States Represented by DFI in First-in-the-Nation Federal Lawsuit
The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) President and Co-Founder Bob Eitel released the following statement after the… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: New Report Shows Biden Administration’s Scheme to Cancel Student Loan Debt Through New Income-Driven Repayment Plan Is Illegal, Flies in the Face of Congressional Intent
WASHINGTON—A new report published by the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) reveals that the Biden… Read More
If sunlight is the best disinfectant, the Department of Education is desperately trying to avoid a deep cleaning. Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Hauls the Biden Administration into Court for the Fourth Time After Public Document Requests Go Unanswered for Years
The latest lawsuit seeks records demonstrating the influence of the teacher unions on the U.S. Department of Education’s management of… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Joins Court Battle for Education Freedom for Michigan Families
Today, the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) joined the legal battle to overturn Michigan’s (purportedly)… Read More
The Federalist | Op-Ed: ‘$50 Billion’ Chicago Teachers Union Contract Demands Higher Pay And Lower Expectations
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has kicked off a season of contract negotiations by issuing a $50 billion list of demands that will… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: The Defense of Freedom Institute and the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, and Idaho First to File Lawsuit Against Biden Administration Over New Title IX Rules
Today, the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies and four states filed the first in the nation lawsuit challenging the Biden… Read More
The new FAFSA formula undermines the longtime goal of creating a better, fairer federal student aid process… Read More
STATEMENT: DFI Releases Statement on Biden Administration’s Final Title IX Rule
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
STATEMENT: DFI Statement on President Biden’s Latest Student Loan Cancellation Plan
President Biden does not have the legal authority he claims to carry out mass loan… Read More
Real Clear Education | Op-Ed: Biden Administration’s Rule Change Threatens Funding for the Most Disadvantaged Students
Growing up in a Latino household meant that Saturdays were reserved for household chores. Every week, my mother would wake me up from my… Read More
Real Clear Education | Op-Ed: Biden Administration’s Rule Change Threatens Funding for the Most Disadvantaged Students
Despite its stated goal of expanding access to higher education for “students from the most disadvantaged backgrounds… Read More
To label the administration’s proposed changes as highly controversial would be an… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Statement on ‘Respecting the First Amendment on Campus Act’
This bill pushes back against the harsh illiberalism that has swept across too many of our colleges and universities in recent… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Sues Biden Administration for Refusing to Produce Records Related to Potential Ethics Issues Arising Out of Student Loan Litigation
DFI filed a lawsuit today for access to records that probe the relationship between the U.S. Department of Education and a public interest… Read More
Public discussion of student loan forgiveness has waned since the Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration’s $430 billion mass… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: New DFI Report Exposes How the Nation’s Largest Teacher Union Has Abused its Congressional Charter
New DFI Report Exposes How the Nation’s Largest Teacher Union Has Abused its Congressional… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Joins Fight for Education Freedom, Parents’ Rights in South Carolina Supreme Court Case
DFI joined with two former South Carolina State Superintendents of Education—Mick Zais and Barbara Nielsen—to fight for education… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Supports State of Idaho in its Fight to Protect Public Schools’ Legal Right to Maintain Sex Segregated Locker Rooms, Bathrooms
DFI supports the state of Idaho in its fight to protect public schools' legal right to maintain sex segregated locker rooms and… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Demands Civil Rights Investigation into an Illinois Public School Segregating Students, Classes by Race
DFI filed a civil rights complaint today with the U.S. Department of Education demanding it investigate Evanston Township High… Read More