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
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute and Southeastern Legal Foundation File Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Kansas School District for Policies That Violate Title IX and Student Free Speech
WASHINGTON—Southeastern Legal Foundation (SLF) and the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) filed a federal civil… Read More
Julie Young on Getting Virtual Education, Performance-based Funding, & Education Leadership Right Julie Young… Read More
Washington Post | Op-Ed: A ‘Revolution’ is Coming for College Accreditation
Last month, the Education Department announced it was initiating the process to issue new regulations for approving college accreditors. Read More
PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” What is the Appropriate Role of the U.S. Department of Education?
Lindsay Fryer on Returning Education to States, Communities, & Families On her first day in office, one year ago… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Maryland State Department of Education and Several Maryland School Districts for Title IX and FERPA Violations
Complaint targets policies allowing boys in girls’ sports and spaces and directing schools to hide students’ gender transitions from… Read More
BLOG: DFI Senior Litigation Counsel Don Daugherty Testifies Before Congress on Mahmoud v. Taylor
On February 10, Don Daugherty, DFI’s Senior Litigation Counsel, testified before a House Education Workforce Subcommittee on the… Read More
By Ginny Gentles It was an honor to join Education Secretary Linda McMahon at a White House school choice roundtable during National… Read More
Florida Commissioner of Education Stasi Kamoutsas on Florida’s School Choice Victories, Myths, & Lessons Learned Education freedom… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Files Amicus Brief Supporting U.S. Department of Education’s Federal Funding Cuts to New York City Schools Violating Title IX
WASHINGTON — The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) filed an amicus brief urging a federal court to… Read More
PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” Melissa Batie Smoose and Vernadette Broyles on Courage, Consequences, & the Future of Title IX
“It is not a kindness to endorse and affirm a false reality.” In January, young female athletes, policymakers… Read More