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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

Podcast
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

Podcast
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

Press Release
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
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

Podcast
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

Podcast
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

Podcast
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
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
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

Podcast
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

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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

In the News
National Review | Op-Ed: The Bonfire of the Title IX Agreements

During the Obama and Biden administrations, federal officials investigated several school districts for violating Title IX Read More

Podcast
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
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
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
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

Podcast
PODCAST | “Freedom to Learn:” It’s Time to be Honest about IDEA

Debra Tisler on IDEA at 50, Due Process Costs, & the Fight for Services for Students with Disabilities Last November marked the 50th Read More

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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
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
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