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Jonathan Butcher

Arizona Republic

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Teachers’ unions bent the Education Dept. to their will — shut it down to throttle their power

Closing the department will help cut off the avenues unions use to lobby for exponential growth in education spending — spending that has done...

12.03.2025 30

New York Post

Jonathan Butcher

Higher Ed Needs to Show Its Work on Ending DEI

Students are not the only ones who have homework due this semester. Teachers, college professors, and school administrators have a civil rights...

28.02.2025 8

The Daily Signal

Jonathan Butcher

Who’s Afraid of School Choice—and Food Trucks—in Wyoming?

Teacher unions are racing to stop greater education choice from spreading to Wyoming. But parents there already know that more education options would...

12.02.2025 40

The Daily Signal

Jonathan Butcher

Trump Directive Gives Military Families New Reason to Celebrate National School Choice Week

Two welcome changes from the new White House in its first weeks are the turn away from diversity, equity, and inclusion in education and a... Read...

30.01.2025 7

The Daily Signal

Jonathan Butcher

Unlikely Bedfellows, DeSantis and Teachers Union Agree on Smartphones

What do the nation’s largest teacher union and the country’s most conservative governor agree on? Smartphones—specifically, keeping them out of...

25.01.2025 5

The Daily Signal

Jonathan Butcher

Three Crucial Ways to Avoid Poverty Should Be Taught in Schools

Americans have forgotten how to form families. The Congressional Budget Office predicts that the U.S. population will begin to shrink in eight years,...

15.01.2025 8

The Daily Signal

Jonathan Butcher

More Corporations Following Walmart’s ‘Rollback’ of DEI Policies

Walmart executives scuttled the company’s diversity, equity, and inclusion programs recently, becoming the latest corporate giant to drop extreme...

14.12.2024 50

The Daily Signal

Jonathan Butcher

Major Textbook Publisher Caught Spreading LGBTQ and DEI Ideology in Schools

“Pretty disgusting” and “grotesque.” That’s how a Florida parent described an online session for students on “gender” provided by two K-12 virtual...

06.12.2024 3

The Daily Signal

Jonathan Butcher

On Victims of Communism Memorial Day, Here’s What Parents, Teachers Need to Know

Today, Nov. 7, is Victims of Communism Day, and this day of remembrance should be a regular part of K-12 school calendars. Legislators in a growing...

07.11.2024 5

The Daily Signal

Jonathan Butcher

The Myth of Underfunded Public Schools

Do you know how much you spend per student in your local public school? Surveys find that most Americans cannot answer this question. And public...

26.10.2024 10

The Daily Signal

Jonathan Butcher

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

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

04.10.2024 6

The Daily Signal

Jonathan Butcher

Taxpayer Trap: Lawmakers Push Another Student Loan ‘Forgiveness’ Scheme

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

30.09.2024 2

The Daily Signal

Jonathan Butcher

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

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

28.08.2024 1

The Daily Signal

Jonathan Butcher

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

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...

23.07.2024 1

The Daily Signal

Jonathan Butcher