Jonathan Butcher is the Will Skillman Fellow in Education at The Heritage Foundation.
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The U.S. Department of Education looked into critical race theory’s abyss and blinked. In April, the agency proposed prioritizing the theory’s racially discriminatory ideas in… Read More
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In the nation’s capital, critical race theorists are rewriting public school lesson plans to make them what they call “culturally responsive.” But that benign-sounding project… Read More
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A parent of two living in Texas, Rebekah Randall was furious when her son’s teacher implied that the only place her child could learn the… Read More
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President Joe Biden wants educators to teach students that racism is endemic in America. He and his “woke” allies think students should learn that our… Read More
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Officials at an Idaho middle school tried pressuring teachers to judge students by the color of their skin. But state lawmakers rejected this application of… Read More
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How would you feel if your child came home from school and said her teacher had told her that everything that happens in the world… Read More
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President Joe Biden’s administration wants you to know your children are biased, and Washington has a plan to fix them. This week, the U.S. Department… Read More
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Thousands of children across West Virginia have new hope for the future. State legislators have approved a proposal that would allow students to use education… Read More
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What happens when we confuse social power with social justice? A trampling of any reasonable definition of fairness, as the fallout from an incident at… Read More
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President Joe Biden’s administration pledged that at least half of K-12 schools in the U.S. will offer in-person learning at least one day per week… Read More
