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CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY: DFI’s Ginny Gentles Testifies Before the Senate HELP Subcommittee on Education and the American Family
Education Freedom, K-12 Education, Teacher Unions
News Jul 16, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Urges First Circuit to Strike Down Massachusetts’ Unconstitutional Regulation Discriminating Against Children with Special Needs
Education Freedom, K-12 Education
News Jul 10, 2025
PODCAST: “Freedom to Learn” | John Schilling on the New Federal School Choice Tax Credit, Rulemaking Realities, & the Future of School Choice
Education Freedom, K-12 Education
News Jul 1, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Celebrates the Senate’s Passage of a Scholarship Tax Credit
Education Freedom, K-12 Education
News Jun 24, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Kansas Attorney General Calls on Department of Education to Investigate DFI’s Title IX Complaint Against Several School Districts in the State
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
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CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT: “Gender Identity” Policies and Practices of Shawnee Mission Public Schools USD 512; Olathe Public Schools USD 233; Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools USD 500; and Topeka Public Schools USD 501 in Violation of Title IX and FERPA
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Jun 23, 2025
PODCAST: “The Education Exchange” | One Big Beautiful Tax Credit Scholarship?
Education Freedom, K-12 Education
News Jun 19, 2025
PODCAST: “Freedom to Learn” | How ESAs Finally Passed in Texas
Education Freedom, K-12 Education
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WEBINAR: Federalist Society’s A Conversation on the Right. Should the Federal Government Shape School Curriculum?
Education Freedom, K-12 Education
News May 26, 2025
PODCAST: “Freedom to Learn” | Tony de Nicola on School Choice in the “Big, Beautiful” Reconciliation Bill
Education Freedom, K-12 Education
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RESPECT Title IX Act Summary
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Post Secondary Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
News May 19, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: On Fifth Anniversary of DeVos Rule, DFI Releases Its Model Title IX Law, the ‘RESPECT Title IX Act’
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Post Secondary Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
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MODEL LAW: RESPECT Title IX Act (Annotated Version)
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Post Secondary Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
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MODEL LAW: RESPECT Title IX Act
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Post Secondary Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Apr 7, 2025
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
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
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CIVIL RIGHTS COMPLAINT: Minnesota Department of Education, Minneapolis Public Schools, and St. Paul Public Schools “Gender Identity” Policies and Practices in Violation of Title IX
K-12 Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Mar 11, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Statement on Staff Reductions at U.S. Department of Education
Education Freedom, Federal Oversight, K-12 Education, Post Secondary Education, Restructuring the U.S. Department of Education
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AMICUS BRIEF: Mahmoud v. Taylor
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Parents' Rights
News Feb 28, 2025
CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY: Education Freedom and Parental Rights Director Ginny Gentles Testifies Before House Appropriations Subcommittee on ‘Federal Investments in Elementary Education’
Education Freedom, K-12 Education
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CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY: DFI’s Education Freedom and Parental Rights Director Ginny Gentles Testifies at House Appropriations Subcommittee Hearing on Federal Investments in K-12 Education
Education Freedom, K-12 Education
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LETTER: To Senate HELP Committee in Support of Education Secretary Nominee Linda McMahon
Civil and Constitutional Rights, Education Freedom, K-12 Education, Title IX and Equal Protection
News Jan 30, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: DFI Celebrates President Trump’s Executive Order on Education Freedom
Education Freedom, K-12 Education, Teacher Unions
News Jan 29, 2025
PRESS RELEASE: Defense of Freedom Institute Releases Statement on ‘Dismal’ Nation’s Report Card Results
Education Freedom, K-12 Education
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PUBLIC COMMENT: U.S. Department of Education’s Proposed Mandatory Civil Rights Data Collection
Civil and Constitutional Rights, K-12 Education, Title IX and Equal Protection

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