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
Danyela Souza Egorov on NYC’s Soaring Spending, Plummeting Enrollment, & Chronic Absenteeism. New York City spends $42,000 per… Read More
Bill Jacobson on Intersectionality, Anti-American Ideology, & How to Stop It. Intersectionality has quietly become the unseen driver… Read More
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
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
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
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
Arkansas Education Secretary Jacob Oliva on Education Freedom, Flexibility, & Funding. Arkansas is streamlining the K-12 education… Read More
Michael Torres on Disrupting the SAT/ACT Duopoly, Policy Barriers, & the Fight for Assessment Choice. The Classic Learning… Read More
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
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
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
Christy Wolfe on Federal Education Silos, Bipartisanship, & State Constraints. Is a bipartisan approach to addressing federal… Read More
Department of Education Finds Title IX and FERPA Violations Following DFI Complaints
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Education found four Kansas school districts violated Title IX and the Family Educational Rights and… Read More
During the Obama and Biden administrations, federal officials investigated several school districts for violating Title IX… Read More
PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” Are West Virginia School Districts Canaries in a Coal Mine?
Tiffany Hoben on Financial, Academic, & Discipline Chaos in West Virginia Public Schools. Tiffany Hoben… Read More
PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” “Get In, Loser. We’re Unionizing the Researchers.”
Jay Greene on Radical Graduate Student Unions, Teachers Unions, & Foreign Influence on Higher Education. Read More
PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” How Much Would States Have to Spend to Match the Competitive Effects of School Choice?
Patrick Graff on School Spending, School Choice, & the Benefits of Competition “How should states invest limited education dollars… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: New DFI Report Finds Teacher Union–Affiliated Graduate Student Unions Promote Radical Activism, Antisemitism
WASHINGTON—A new report from the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) finds that graduate student unions… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Urges Ninth Circuit to Reject School Policies That Hide Gender Transitions from Parents
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Read More
Debra Tisler on IDEA at 50, Due Process Costs, & the Fight for Services for Students with Disabilities Last November marked the 50th… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Urges Supreme Court to Protect Public Employees’ Free Speech Rights
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI), together with the Manhattan Institute… Read More
PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” Concerned Parents and Students in New Richmond, Wisconsin Receive National Attention
Cory Brewer on Girls’ Privacy, School Board Accountability, & The Future of Title IX Enforcement When parents in a small Wisconsin… Read More
PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” What Caused the “Lost Decade” in K-12 Education?
A frank discussion with Steven Wilson on social justice ideology, colleges of education, and unions I’m fortunate that part of my job… Read More