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
Student loan cancellation is a stop on the path to “free” community… Read More
WASHINGTON—As America’s students head back to school, the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) is shedding light on… Read More
DFI Releases Statement on President Biden’s Illegal Loan Forgiveness Plan
Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) President Robert S. Eitel released the following statement on President… Read More
DFI Warns of the False Promise of President Biden’s ‘Free College’ Proposal
WASHINGTON—On the heels of President Joe Biden signing the “Inflation Reduction Act”, a bill which codifies many of the… Read More
Registration is now open for the inaugural Education Law & Policy Conference hosted by the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy… Read More
Biden and the progressives are using the Title IX regulatory process as a vehicle for radical cultural and social change in American… Read More
Biden and the progressives are using the Title IX regulatory process as a vehicle for radical cultural and social change in American… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Joins 2025 Presidential Transition Project Advisory Board
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) announced today that it has joined the Heritage Foundation’s 2025… Read More
A recent Harvard study has added to a tidal wave of evidence that school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic slowed the academic growth… Read More
President and Cofounder of the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI), Robert S. Eitel, released the following statement on… Read More
WASHINGTON—Today, the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) released the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme… Read More
Press Release: DFI Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Chicago-area School District Over Race-Based Grading System
WASHINGTON—Today, the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of… Read More
DFI Argues in SCOTUS Brief that Harvard’s Dirty Admissions Practices—Including its Personality Penalty for Asian-American Applicants—Discredit Its Stated Desire to Promote Diversity
WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) has joined the fight to end discriminatory… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Joins Coalition of Ed & Tech Groups Urging Congress to Investigate NewsGaurd & American Federation of Teachers Partnership
WASHINGTON – Today, DFI joined leaders in education and tech policy from 19 organizations and sent a letter to the Chairs and Ranking… Read More
This piece was originally published in Education Next on April 11, 2022 President Biden recently unveiled his 2023 budget request for the… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Challenges Department of Education’s Proposed Rule for Charter School Program
Says proposed rule demonstrates gross Federal overreach, would chill charter school expansion WASHINGTON—The Defense of Freedom… Read More
PRESS RELEASE: Diverse Coalition Urges Biden Administration to Protect Women’s Sports, Due Process, and Survivors’ Rights in Title IX
WASHINGTON—In an open letter to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Education (ED)… Read More