For much of 2025, it looked like the right was winning its war on woke. President Donald Trump came into office on a tidal wave of… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI President and Co-Founder Bob Eitel Appointed to National Advisory Committee on Institutional Quality and Integrity
WASHINGTON—DFI President and Co-Founder Bob Eitel released the following statement after his appointment by U.S. Read More
PODCAST: | “Freedom to Learn:” Florida Families Can Benefit from the New Federal Scholarship Tax Credit
Lauren May on Expanding School Choice, Unbundling Education, & Empowering Parents in Florida Lauren May… Read More
PODCAST: | “Freedom to Learn:” Is AI yet another seductive and “innovative” edu-fad that will harm students?
Andy Smarick calls for a two-year moratorium on AI in K-12 and higher education Andy Smarick is the author or editor of four books and a… Read More
This fall, millions of students across the country began the school year under new “bell-to-bell” cellphone bans. Read More
PRESS RELEASE: New DFI Report Shows Despite Cratering Public Support, Teacher Unions Fight to Keep DEI and Gender Ideology Alive
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) today released The Fall of Woke?, a comprehensive report examining… Read More
PODCAST: | “Freedom to Learn:” What Happens When States and Districts Proudly Violate Federal Laws?
Defending Education’s Erika Sanzi explains why parental rights groups are calling for “legal housekeeping” Erika and I… Read More
PODCAST: | “Freedom to Learn:” Will Democrats Embrace an Abundance Education Agenda?
DFER’s Jorge Elorza joins Freedom to Learn to share Federal Scholarship Tax Credit polling & his plans to dislodge the status… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Maryland School District for Policy Requiring Boys and Girls to Share Locker Rooms in Violation of Title IX
Complaint details how boy who objected to sharing locker room with a girl was ‘laughed at’ and disciplined WASHINGTON—The Defense of… Read More
PODCAST: | “Freedom to Learn:” Voters—Especially Parents—Want More Educational Freedom
AFC National Press Secretary Brian Jodice joins Freedom to Learn to discuss recent school choice polling The findings of the American… Read More
PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” 15 DAYS: The Real Story of America’s Pandemic School Closures
Natalya Murakhver on the Truth About School Closures, Its Harm to Students, & Union Responsibility Natalya Murakhver… Read More
PODCAST: | “Freedom to Learn:” Indiana’s Quest for Federal Education Flexibility
Indiana Secretary of Education Katie Jenner on Federal Waivers, Investing in Literacy, & Rethinking High School. Read More
Matt Frendewey on Reducing Federal Bureaucracy, Freeing Families, & Funding Innovative Options On Freedom to Learn this… Read More
PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn”: What Does Returning Education to the States Mean?
Haley Sanon, Acting Assistant Secretary for OESE, joins Freedom to Learn to talk about the U.S. Department of Education’s first… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Report: Teacher Unions Fuel Anti-Semitism and Anti-Israel Indoctrination in America’s Schools
Washington, D.C. – The Defense of Freedom Institute (DFI) today released a powerful new report exposing how America’s teacher… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Fairfax County Public Schools for Authorizing a Boy to Repeatedly Use the Girls’ Locker Room
Complaint urges OCR to hold FCPS accountable for violating Title IX WASHINGTON – The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Files Supreme Court Amicus Brief Defending Women’s Sports
DFI urges Court to end lower courts’ gender confusion and restore clarity to Title IX WASHINGTON – The Defense of Freedom… Read More
PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn”: Dr. Marty West on NAEP Results, Smartphones, & the Future of National Assessments
The latest Nation’s Report Card scores are truly terrible: 12th-grade scores reached historic lows… Read More
Education Next | Op-Ed: Rulemaking Must Resolve Ambiguities in Federal School Choice Law—and Fast
Congress has given the U.S. Treasury Department responsibility for the success or failure of a mechanism that could generate scholarships… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Hires Holly Pitt Young as Director of Development
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) has named Holly Pitt Young as its new Director of Development,… Read More
Education Week | VIDEO: Two Former Trump and Biden Appointees Hash Out What’s Ahead in Ed. Policy
In May, when Education Week Opinion invited Jim Blew and Roberto Rodriguez to have a conversation on video… Read More
PODCAST: “Freedom to Learn” | Rabbi A.D. Motzen on the Coalition Efforts Behind the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit
Rabbi A.D. Motzen joined Freedom to Learn to explain how the new federal scholarship tax credit empowers parents and students… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Urges First Circuit to Strike Down Massachusetts’ Unconstitutional Regulation Discriminating Against Children with Special Needs
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) filed an amicus brief in Hellman v. Read More