Articles by Jonathan Butcher

  EducationSecurityCommentary

Let’s Not Stop at Charging 5 Students From China With Conspiracy

Jonathan Butcher | October 04, 2024

The Chinese Communist Party has taken an interest in Michigan—particularly Camp Grayling, a military training facility about 200 miles north of Detroit. The FBI has… Read More

 EducationCommentary

Lawmakers Push New Student Loan ‘Forgiveness’ Proposal, Burdening Taxpayers With Billions

Jonathan Butcher | September 30, 2024

After a pause in student loan repayments during the COVID-19 pandemic, borrowers have started paying again. But if history is any guide, some student loan… Read More

EducationCommentary

Critical Race Theory Is Still Plaguing Some K-12 Schools. Here’s How Parents, Lawmakers Can Fight Back.

Jonathan Butcher | August 27, 2024

Critical race theory gripped the nation’s attention after the summer of 2020 and the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. According to Google Trends, the… Read More

EducationCommentary

Back to School, and Time to Foster Creativity

Jonathan Butcher | August 05, 2024

Back-to-school season is here, and with the recent examples of race-based classroom activities and sexually charged curriculum in schools nationwide, parents are right to wonder… Read More

EducationCommentary

Can US Department of Education Really Be Closed? Yes, Starting Here.

Jonathan Butcher | July 23, 2024

A congressional committee’s recent vote should be a message to taxpayers: Yes, it is possible to close the U.S. Department of Education. The House Appropriations… Read More

EducationCommentary

Bans on Smartphones in the Classroom Gain Favor Across Political Spectrum

Jonathan Butcher | June 27, 2024

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

EducationCommentary

2 School Textbook Giants Replace ‘Sex’ With ‘Gender.’ Parents, Teachers Aren’t Buying.

Jonathan Butcher | June 05, 2024

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

SocietyCommentary

Louisiana Set to Become 8th State to Adopt a ‘Given Name Act.’ Here’s What That Means for Parents, Children.

Jonathan Butcher | May 30, 2024

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

EducationCommentary

Let’s Put Suspension or Expulsion Back on Table for Violent College Students

Jonathan Butcher | May 21, 2024

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

EducationCommentary

K-12 ‘Action Civics’ Trained Students Encamped on College Campuses. Here’s What Parents Need to Know.

Jonathan Butcher | April 29, 2024

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

SocietyCommentary

The Biden Administration Has Redefined ‘Sex.’ What Does That Mean for Schools?

Jonathan Butcher | April 27, 2024

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

EducationCommentary

Kansas Universities Spent $45 Million on DEI. Lawmakers Want to Know What They Paid For.

Jonathan Butcher | April 23, 2024

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

EducationCommentary

Lawmakers Must Protect Civil Rights as Louisiana Universities Hold Fast to Discrimination via DEI

Jonathan Butcher | April 12, 2024

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

EducationCommentary

Mississippi Schools Push Radical Ideology, Often in Secret. A Parental Bill of Rights Would Remedy That.

Jonathan Butcher | March 28, 2024

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

EducationCommentary

Solving the Literacy Crisis

Jonathan Butcher | February 21, 2024

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

EducationCommentary

‘Micro’ K-12 Schools Offer Big Solutions for Students

Jonathan Butcher | February 02, 2024

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

EducationCommentary

State Lawmakers Are Freeing Colleges From DEI’s Racial Bias

Jonathan Butcher | January 17, 2024

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

EducationNews

Oklahoma Becomes Latest State to Condemn DEI on Campus

Jonathan Butcher | December 27, 2023

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

New Education Model Charts Course for ‘Success Sequence’ in New Year

Jonathan Butcher | December 13, 2023

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

EducationCommentary

Lawmakers Are Checking on School Libraries. Here’s What Parents Need to Know.

Jonathan Butcher | December 04, 2023

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

EducationCommentary

South Carolina Teachers Union Out to Deprive Students of Learning Options

Jonathan Butcher | October 27, 2023

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

EducationCommentary

Evidence Reveals Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin Was Right on DEI. Here’s What Parents and Students Need to Know. 

Jonathan Butcher | September 26, 2023

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

EducationCommentary

Education Around the Country Looks Different This School Year. Here’s What Parents Need to Know.

Jonathan Butcher | September 11, 2023

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

EducationCommentary

On-Campus DEI Bureaucrats Already Ditching New Loyalty Oaths

Jonathan Butcher | August 09, 2023

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

EducationCommentary

Pushing LGBTQ Agenda, Top California Educrat Disrupts School Board Meeting. Board Rules Against Him Anyway.

Jonathan Butcher | July 25, 2023

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

LawCommentary

Some Supreme Court Justices Have a Slippery Handle on Facts

Jonathan Butcher | July 17, 2023

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

EducationCommentary

BREAKING: Supreme Court Bans Racial Preferences in College Admissions

Jonathan Butcher | June 29, 2023

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

EducationCommentary

Biden’s Education Department Tells Nation’s Schools to Go Back to Race-Based Discipline

Jonathan Butcher | June 01, 2023

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

EducationCommentary

It’s a Problem When the Goal of School Meals Is No Longer Just to Serve Students in Need

Jonathan Butcher | May 04, 2023

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

EducationCommentary

Arkansas Enacts Given Name Act. Here’s What Parents of Schoolchildren There—and Elsewhere—Need to Know.

Jonathan Butcher | April 18, 2023

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