Jonathan Butcher is a senior policy analyst in The Heritage Foundation's Center for Education Policy and a senior fellow for the Goldwater Institute and the Beacon Center of Tennessee.
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Three thousand and one hundred feet. That’s the distance between Hilltop Christian School in New Mexico and the Arizona border—but for students in the Navajo… Read More
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Three Arizona students may soon learn a valuable lesson: There’s a difference between exercising your free speech on campus and blocking someone else’s attempt to… Read More
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The National School Lunch Program has changed dramatically since it began in 1946. What started as a grant program to help poor students and those… Read More
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Teacher unions are now using strikes as a form of extortion. For the second time this year, a state’s teachers union and its members have… Read More
EducationCommentary
Cindie Smith is not one to shy away from a challenge. Having already raised two biological children, she adopted four children with special needs and… Read More
EducationCommentary
This year started with a reminder that we cannot take the safety of our children for granted, and Washington has ended the year by taking… Read More
EducationCommentary
Leading up to Tuesday’s election, Arizona’s teachers union and its allies were more bombastic than strategic. But despite the campaign against families’ ability to choose… Read More
EducationCommentary
Teacher unions and progressive special-interest groups cried foul earlier this year when the White House suggested that federal directives on school safety could be rescinded…. Read More
EducationCommentary
Houston schools will offer free meals to all students this year, but there’s no guarantee that will help more families who are still recovering from… Read More
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Sometimes in a compromise, both sides walk away unhappy. That’s exactly what would happen if the Trump administration accepts a compromise measure on school discipline… Read More
