Jonathan Butcher is the Will Skillman fellow in education at The Heritage Foundation and the author of “Splintered: Critical Race Theory and the Progressive War on Truth” (Post Hill Press/Bombardier Books, 2022).
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No one can say “parents’ rights” aren’t popular in North Carolina, with state lawmakers introducing more than one proposal this year to advance them. But… Read More
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College admissions officers who use racial preferences when approving applications are “minimizing the very nature of what we send our children to postsecondary education for,”… Read More
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Teachers unions have long opposed efforts to give parents more choices in education. But parents today should quote something from Samuel Gompers, who founded the… Read More
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School districts across the country have established diversity, equity, and inclusion, or DEI, offices to reduce discrimination, and the federal Department of Education regularly touts… Read More
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Parents are spreading “disinformation and hysteria around critical race theory,” a former teacher recently told NPR. “Teachers can barely afford the resources for their own… Read More
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Despite the evidence, back to school means back to masks again for some children this year, and parents and educators still don’t have evidence that… Read More
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Lia Thomas was recently nominated as the NCAA “Woman of the Year.” Just one problem: Thomas is male. Yet neither the “progressive media” nor the… Read More
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For a brief moment last week, President Joe Biden’s administration appeared to be interested in what parents think about K-12 schools. Low student achievement coming… Read More
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“The state will take your money, but won’t allow you to use it as you know best,” Amy Carson said, in a stinging rebuke of… Read More
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It’s final exam season, so middle school and high school students are feverishly preparing. In case students needed one more thing to worry about, some… Read More
