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Defending Student Rights, Empowering Families
At the Liberty Justice Center, we believe that every child deserves access to an education that aligns with their unique needs, values, and aspirations. Our commitment to educational freedom ensures that families, not bureaucracies, make critical decisions about their children’s learning paths.
Championing Parental Choice
Parents are best positioned to determine the educational environment that suits their children. Whether it’s public, private, charter, homeschool, or innovative models like microschooling, we advocate for policies that expand educational options. Our legal team defends school choice programs nationwide, ensuring that families have the freedom to select the best educational setting for their children.
Protecting Rights Within Public Schools
Educational freedom means more than choosing schools—it’s also about protecting rights within them. We defend students’ free speech and shield them from discrimination, while ensuring parents stay informed and engaged. Our work promotes transparency and accountability in public education.
6 Educational Rights Parents Should Know
Robert Cowburn, Senior Counsel for Educational Freedom
Robert Cowburn is the Liberty Justice Center’s Senior Counsel for Educational Freedom. He brings a decade of courtroom experience across civil, criminal, and constitutional litigation to his role fighting for the educational rights of students. Learn More >
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Interview: College Admission Discrimination Still Exists
(Washington Times) In this interview, Reilly Stephens, Senior Counsel at the Liberty Justice Center, sits down with Washington Times Commentary Editor Kelly Sadler on Politically Unstable to discuss the case, Jakiche v. Board of Regents of the University of New Mexico and College Admissions Discrimination. Video by Washington Times Learn...
On Fifth Anniversary of DeVos Rule, DFI Releases Its Model Title IX Law, the ‘RESPECT Title IX Act’
(Defense of Freedom Institute)—On the fifth anniversary of the DeVos Title IX regulations, the Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies (DFI) today released a comprehensive model Title IX law, the Respect Equality in Sports, Privacy, and Education and Campus Transparency Act (RESPECT Title IX Act), that would codify core...
Opinion: Fight For School Choice in Texas Isn’t Over. The Next Front Will Be the Courts
(Fort Worth Star Telegram)—Gov. Greg Abbott recently signed a historical school choice bill into law, making Texas the latest — and largest — state to embrace school choice. The new education savings accounts, or ESAs, will empower the parents of some of the state’s six million school-aged children to choose...
States Support Parents in Legal Case Over School’s Secret Gender Transition of Child
Author: Alexandra Koch (FOX News)—Nearly two dozen states have banded together, filing an amicus brief to defend the constitutional rights of a Florida family, whose public middle school is accused of secretly “socially transitioning” their 13-year-old daughter without their consent. The brief, filed on April 30, involves January and Jeffrey...
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