WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) announced today that Donald A. Daugherty, Jr. Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Calls on Biden Administration to Drop Proposed Rule That Strips Campus Religious Student Organizations of First Amendment Rights
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) is calling on the Biden administration to end its assault on… Read More
BLOG: The Nation’s Largest Teacher Union to Show True Colors at Radical Leadership Summit
The nation’s largest teacher union, the National Education Association (NEA), is about to spend the weekend training activists to… Read More
DFI Releases New Report Calling the Higher Education Accreditation Process Broken, Proposes Changes to Better Protect Students, Taxpayers
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) released a new report today proposing major changes to federal… Read More
NEW REPORT: More than 3 Million Students Permitted to Change Name, Pronouns Without Parental Consent While Access to OTC Medication Requires Parental Permission
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) released a new report today that finds eight of the nation’s 20… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: Diverse Coalition Calls on Department of Education to End Its Plan to Rewrite Title IX Rules Governing Women’s Sports
WASHINGTON—A diverse coalition of more than 28 organizations representing parents, athletes, public interest lawyers, policy experts,… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Leads Coalition to Challenge Biden Administration’s Plan to Rush Changes to Income-Driven Repayment
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) today issued a coalition letter to Education Secretary Miguel… Read More
New York Post | Op-Ed: Chinese money is flooding into American higher education — with little transparency
China, like many of our global adversaries, is attempting nothing short of espionage via America’s colleges and universities — buying… Read More
Real Clear Education | Op-Ed: Higher Ed Should Disclose China Ties Or Lose Federal Funding
China, like many of our global adversaries, is attempting nothing short of espionage via America’s colleges and universities — buying… Read More
Wall Street Journal | Op-Ed: Biden Doesn’t Have the Power to Cancel Student Debt
Five former education secretaries tell the Supreme Court that his debt cancellation program would fundamentally alter the separation of… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: Five Former U.S. Secretaries of Education Join DFI’s Fight to Protect Taxpayers, Stop Biden’s Illegal Student Loan Cancellation Scheme
WASHINGTON—Five former U.S. secretaries of education—Betsy DeVos, Margaret Spellings, Rod Paige, Lamar Alexander… Read More
This week marks Celebrate Catholic Schools Week, and there’s a lot to celebrate. From the fact that they were among the first to reopen… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Combats the Biden Administration’s Abuse of Power, Fights for Women’s Rights and the Rule of Law in Title IX Case Before the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) filed a friend of the court brief today in The State of Tennessee… Read More
If someone were to read the public statements from the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)… Read More
Fox News | Op-Ed: Ron DeSantis’s Blueprint to Dominate Teachers’ Union Bosses
Governor DeSantis announced to Florida school board members and future candidates in December an ambitious "Freedom Blueprint" that would… Read More
NEW REPORT: DFI Exposes How Unions Use Collective Bargaining Agreements to Force Woke Ideology on Teachers and Students
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) released a new report today revealing how teacher union bosses use… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI-Led Coalition of Former Education Department Officials Calls on the Biden Administration to End Its “Politically Motivated Harassment” of Florida’s Governor, Legislature
WASHINGTON—Led by the Defense of Freedom Institute (DFI), a group of former U.S. Department of Education (ED) policy experts is calling… Read More
Donald Trump’s announcement that he will seek the White House in 2024 serves as a timely reminder that, while many of the high-profile… Read More
Press Release: DFI Awarded Prestigious Heritage Foundation Innovation Prize for Work on Combating Communist China’s Influence in American Education
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute announced today it has been awarded The Heritage Foundation’s Innovation Prize for its… Read More
The fall season finds the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) in a flurry of activity—no pre-holiday slump here. From… Read More
DFI Releases Statement on Dismal Nation’s Report Card Results
WASHINGTON–The Defense of Freedom Institute (DFI) released the following statement from DFI Co-Founder Jim Blew after the latest… Read More
DFI Calls on Department of Education IG to Request an Immediate Pause on Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation, Protect Taxpayers from Waste, Fraud and Abuse
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute (DFI) is calling on the U.S. Department of Education (ED) Office of the Inspector General to… Read More
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… Any kid growing up the mid-1970s will never forget the summer when the… Read More
Biden’s Controversial Title IX Rule Receives Record Breaking 163,000 Comments with Four Days Left in Public Comment Period
WASHINGTON—As the Biden Administration pushes forward with its radical re-write of Title IX, the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy… Read More