FREOPP
The Foundation for Research on Equal Opportunity (FREOPP) is a non-profit think tank focused on expanding economic opportunity to those who least have it.
09/21/2026
For over a decade, the government has collected data on how family structure shapes student achievement and kept it off the Nation's Report Card. FREOPP's Renu Mukherjee on the one factor education policy refuses to measure.
First comes marriage, then comes student success - FREOPP Family structure remains foundational to student well-being, directly shaping their educational, financial, and life prospects
09/19/2026
FREOPP President Akash Chougule talks about presidential authority over federal agencies and what Trump v. Slaughter means for labor policy on the Capital Research Center's Who Funds That? podcast.
Watch & listen here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bT4BBcMCT9M
09/18/2026
Governors don’t have to wait for Washington to expand opportunity.
There are policies they can implement right now to help Americans:
– Find and keep work
– Afford a home
– Protect vulnerable children
– Build a stronger safety net
We worked with the Alliance for Opportunity to identify 10 research-backed executive actions that governors can put into practice today.
Read the Opportunity Agenda: https://freopp.org/oppblog/the-opportunity-agenda-a-governors-roadmap/
09/17/2026
Today, we are reminded of the freedoms and ideals enshrined within our Constitution.
At FREOPP, we are proud to advocate for every American to have the opportunity to pursue those ideals.
Happy Constitution Day!
09/17/2026
When unions spend members' money on politics those members don't support, representation has failed at its core. During his testimony before Congress, FREOPP President Akash Chougule made the case for the Employee Rights Act, requiring unions to receive opt-in permission from members before using his or her dues and fees on political or policy advocacy.
Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/live/sgo_cy79uts
09/16/2026
FREOPP President Akash Chougule testified before the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions on how union leadership has put politics ahead of the workers it's meant to represent.
Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/live/sgo_cy79uts
09/16/2026
America’s governors have a powerful opportunity to expand opportunity for the people who need it most.
FREOPP worked with the Alliance for Opportunity to develop a roadmap of 10 research-backed, ready-to-implement executive actions governors can take to:
- Expand pathways to work
- Make housing more affordable
- Improve child safety and permanence
- Strengthen the social safety net
The policies are ready. Now it’s time to put them to work.
Read the full roadmap: https://freopp.org/oppblog/the-opportunity-agenda-a-governors-roadmap/
09/15/2026
FREOPP President Akash Chougule is before the House Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions today on how workers get left behind when union politics come first.
Watch it live here: https://youtube.com/live/sgo_cy79uts
FREOPP's Luca Gattoni-Celli on CEI's Free the Economy podcast: why the neighborhoods people love most are the ones we've made illegal to build.
Watch & listen here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pGFw-nC3CA
09/12/2026
FREOPP's Michael Tanner on why restoring trust is the foundation for a healthy civil society.
https://freopp.org/whitepapers/civil-society-under-threat/
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