Jonathan Butcher is the Acting Director of the Center for Education Policy and Will Skillman Senior Research Fellow in Education Policy 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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The school year is over, and the results should leave parents and educators with more anxiety than relief. Achievement scores are near historical lows and… Read More
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Two giants among publishers of children’s books and textbooks are selling the idea of “gender” to small children. But are Americans buying? Scholastic, one of… Read More
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Louisiana lawmakers have said it once, twice, and now a third time: Sex is a physical reality, not a feeling. President Joe Biden’s administration wants… Read More
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Colleges are considering suspensions and expulsions for students who vandalized campuses and committed violence over the past month. These consequences are entirely appropriate—and overdue. School officials in North Carolina… Read More
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Parents asking why their college student’s graduation is canceled this year need only remember when their child was in high school. K-12 schools have been… Read More
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The Biden administration now says that “sex” means “gender identity.” So, what does this mean for K-12 teachers? In a new regulation released last week, the Biden… Read More
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Kansas university officials have spent millions of dollars on diversity, equity, and inclusion, in what appears to be just a jobs program for DEI staff…. Read More
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Neuroscientists interested in teaching at Tulane University in Louisiana must be board-certified or eligible to apply for a medical license as well as skilled in… Read More
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Some school officials in Mississippi seem determined to keep parents out of their child’s education. But state lawmakers have a chance to join about two… Read More
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Learning to read is trending. The most fundamental of K-12 subjects is fueling YouTube videos and feature stories in People magazine and is now the… Read More
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New research estimates that some students’ grades will never catch back up after falling during the pandemic. Recently, some in the mainstream media worried that… Read More
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State lawmakers continue to unravel the thread of discrimination leading to university bureaucracies committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. This spring, prepare for more legislators… Read More
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Criticism continues to mount against so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion offices on college campuses. And the list of state policymakers calling for defunding the offices and eliminating… Read More
EducationCommentary
Just in time for Christmas, new data finds good news on education: Average graduation rates nationwide are up two percentage points. Before celebrating, though, research… Read More
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In a nationally televised face-off, Govs. Ron DeSantis, R-Fla., and Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., on Thursday night debated, among other things, whether school libraries should carry… Read More
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Barely six months after South Carolina lawmakers approved legislation allowing K-12 students to customize their education, the state affiliate of the National Education Association is… Read More
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Yes, Virginia, radicals are promoting racial discrimination and drag queens in the Old Dominion’s public schools. Gov. Glenn Youngkin, however, has tried to protect children… Read More
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Jennifer Wolverton has a plan for her child’s education: A great laptop, software programs for practicing writing and designing artwork, piano lessons, and art classes…. Read More
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Will the last diversity, equity, and inclusion bureaucrat to leave their office on campus please turn out the lights? On college grounds today, so-called DEI… Read More
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School is not even back in session yet, but some state education officials are still trying to restrict parents’ influence over their children. At a… Read More
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The U.S. Supreme Court is finished for the term, but questions about accuracy should follow some justices into the next session in October. For example:… Read More
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On May 17, 1954, The New York Times reported that the U.S. Supreme Court “set aside” the “separate but equal” doctrine in education in its… Read More
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The school year is over, but a new race-based missive from Washington will loom over teachers and students all summer. Just before Memorial Day, federal… Read More
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The White House wants every K-12 student to be part of the welfare system. And in its zeal to achieve that goal, pesky things like… Read More
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Arkansas lawmakers delivered a clear message to parents of K-12 students this week: You have the right to know how your child is being treated… Read More
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America’s schoolchildren suffered grievously from prolonged school closures during the COVID-19 pandemic. That was a rare point of consensus at the March 28 hearing of… Read More
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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
