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PRESS RELEASE: DFI Urges Supreme Court to Protect Parental Rights and Teachers’ Free Speech in Montgomery County Public Schools Case

WASHINGTON — The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Polk v. Read More

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PODCAST | “Conservative Crossroads”: Foreign Students and Staff at American Universities

DFI’s Jay Greene says there should be more limits on the number of foreign students and staff that are permitted at U.S. Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: DFI Report Sheds New Light on Foreign Influence in Higher Ed, Recommends Limiting Foreign Student and H-1B Worker Visas

Report finds higher concentrations of foreign workers in higher education are associated with more anti-American, anti-Israel, and Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: DFI Statement on Supreme Court Rulings on Women’s Sports

WASHINGTON — Upon the Supreme Court rulings in West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Little v. Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Atlanta-Area School District

Complaint follows DFI report exposing City Schools of Decatur’s illegal race- and sex-based policies and practices WASHINGTON — The Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: New DFI Report Exposes Georgia School District’s Hidden DEI Agenda

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) today released a new report exposing how City Schools of Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: DFI Urges Treasury Department to Prioritize Education Freedom in Federal K-12 Scholarship Tax Credit Rulemaking

WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) submitted a recommendation urging the U.S. Read More

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PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” New York City’s $42,000 Per-Pupil Dilemma

Danyela Souza Egorov on NYC’s Soaring Spending, Plummeting Enrollment, & Chronic Absenteeism. New York City spends $42,000 per Read More

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PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” Closing the Intersectionality Loophole

Bill Jacobson on Intersectionality, Anti-American Ideology, & How to Stop It. Intersectionality has quietly become the unseen driver Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: DFI Urges Education Department to Protect Religious Higher Education in STATS Rule

WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) submitted a public comment today urging the U.S. Department of Read More

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PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” Challenging the American Bar Association’s Accreditation Monopoly

Sarah Parshall Perry on ABA Accreditation, Teachers Unions, & Gender Ideology. Sarah Parshall Perry, vice president and senior legal Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: DFI-Led Coalition Commends Secretary McMahon’s RISE Rule for Lowering College Costs and Reining in Student Debt

WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies today led a coalition of 16 organizations and individuals in supporting Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Names Mick Zais to Board of Directors

WASHINGTON — The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) announced today that Dr. Mitchell “Mick” Zais Read More

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PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” Prioritizing People Over Paperwork

Arkansas Education Secretary Jacob Oliva on Education Freedom, Flexibility, & Funding. Arkansas is streamlining the K-12 education Read More

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PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” Classic Learning Test vs. College Board

Michael Torres on Disrupting the SAT/ACT Duopoly, Policy Barriers, & the Fight for Assessment Choice. The Classic Learning Read More

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PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” The U.S. Department of Education is Shrinking – and Moving!

Keri Ingraham on Scaling Back Federal Dominance, Union Control, & Bloated Bureaucracy in K-12 Education. Read More

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PRESS RELEASE: New Report Warns of Rising Dangerous and Violent “Intersectional” Ideology

WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) and the Legal Insurrection Foundation (LIF) today released Read More

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PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” “In classical schools, students learn how to use their minds well.”

Kathleen O’Toole on Classical Education, AI, & Rescuing a Lost Generation. What if the real education crisis isn’t falling test Read More

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PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” Federal Education at a Crossroads (Again)

Christy Wolfe on Federal Education Silos, Bipartisanship, & State Constraints. Is a bipartisan approach to addressing federal Read More