PODCAST: “Freedom to Learn” | John Schilling on the New Federal School Choice Tax Credit, Rulemaking Realities, & the Future of School Choice
On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, embedding a 100% non-refundable federal scholarship tax… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: New DFI Legal Analysis Finds Transferring Student Loan Program to SBA Requires Congressional Action
WASHINGTON—A new legal analysis released today from the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) finds that the Executive… Read More
PODCAST: “Freedom to Learn” | Jason Bedrick on School Choice Whoppers, New Hampshire’s EFAs, & What Happens Next
School choice trailblazer Jason Bedrick joined the Freedom to Learn podcast this week to explore the evolution of education… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Celebrates the Senate’s Passage of a Scholarship Tax Credit
WASHINGTON—Upon the Senate’s passage of a scholarship tax credit, the Defense of Freedom Institute’s Co-Founders Bob Eitel… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: Kansas Attorney General Calls on Department of Education to Investigate DFI’s Title IX Complaint Against Several School Districts in the State
WASHINGTON—Today, Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education urging its Office for Civil… Read More
PODCAST: “The Education Exchange” | One Big Beautiful Tax Credit Scholarship?
Jim Blew, co-founder of the Defense of Freedom Institute, joins Paul E. Peterson to discuss a school choice provision in H.R. 1, the U.S. Read More
Madison Yandell, Gov. Greg Abbott’s education advisor, and Vanessa Tanner, chief of staff to the House education committee chairman,… Read More
PODCAST: “Freedom to Learn” | A Colorado Mother’s Fight Against Gender Ideology in Schools
Erin Lee, a Colorado mother and founder of Protect Kids Colorado, joins Freedom to Learn this week to share her transformation… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against NY School District as Male Student Switches Gender Identity Throughout the Day and Uses Girls’ Locker Room, Bathrooms
WASHINGTON – The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of… Read More
PODCAST: “Freedom to Learn” | Tony de Nicola on School Choice in the “Big, Beautiful” Reconciliation Bill
The House budget reconciliation bill includes a $5 billion annual federal tax credit modeled after the Educational Choice for… Read More
The Federalist | Op-Ed: New Title IX Proposal Could End Gender Theory ‘Whiplash’ Forever
One of the issues with Title IX, the law that protects the civil rights and equality of men and women at school from K-12 through college,… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: On Fifth Anniversary of DeVos Rule, DFI Releases Its Model Title IX Law, the ‘RESPECT Title IX Act’
WASHINGTON—On the fifth anniversary of the DeVos Title IX regulations, the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) today… Read More
Federalist Society Blog | The Supreme Court’s 2023 Term: Return to Original Meaning or a Dangerous “Paradigm Shift”?
Each Supreme Court term over the past several years seems to produce more momentous decisions than the last. Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Statement on Department of Education’s Action to Reform Broken Accreditation System
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) released the following statement from President and Co-Founder Bob… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Files Title IX Complaint Against Minnesota Education Department and Two Public School Districts for Forcing Girls to Share Intimate Facilities with Boys
WASHINGTON—Today, the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) filed a civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Statement on President Trump’s Executive Order to Return Education to the States
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) released the following statement after President Trump signed an… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI, Liberty Justice Center File Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Illinois State Board of Education and Chicago Public Schools for Violating Title IX
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) and the Liberty Justice Center (LJC) filed a federal civil rights… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Statement on Staff Reductions at U.S. Department of Education
The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) released the following statement on the recently announced reduction in force at… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Fights for Parental Rights and Religious Freedom in Brief Filed with U.S. Supreme Court in Mahmoud v. Taylor
WASHINGTON—Today, the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Read More
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute, California Justice Center File Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against California Department of Education and Multiple School Districts for Title IX Violations
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) and the California Justice Center (CJC) have jointly filed… Read More
CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY: Education Freedom and Parental Rights Director Ginny Gentles Testifies Before House Appropriations Subcommittee on ‘Federal Investments in Elementary Education’
On February 26, Ginny Gentles, DFI’s Director of Education Freedom and Parental Rights, testified before the House Labor, HHS, and… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Calls for Bold Reforms to College Accreditation System
The new report highlights the urgent need for change, recommends outcome-based standards, greater transparency… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Urges Department of Education to Rescind Politically Motivated Biden-Era Accreditation Guidance
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) is urging the new leadership at the U.S. Read More