Jonathan Butcher writes for the Federalist about the value of one school choice innovation. [Kelly Pichitino] became fed up with the strike and applied for an education savings account. With…
The Center Square has details of the “The Research Institute for Scholars of Equity” or RISE program: In 2016 under the Obama administration, the federal government awarded its first five-year grant of…
Jonathan Butcher writes for the Martin Center about bad news at a major public university in Arizona. The hiring of a critical race theorist to teach music is yet another…
Sometimes public policy can seem abstract and theoretical. Sometimes it’s hard to connect the dots between the decisions state lawmakers make, and the impact those decisions have on average people…
Jonathan Butcher, the Will Skillman Fellow in Education at The Heritage Foundation, authored a new report about North Carolina’s education savings account (ESA) program for special needs children. In “A…
Jonathan Butcher writes for the Daily Signal about the secretive nature of a dangerous idea. The media gives us the impression that critical race theory is a harmless idea helping…
Chrissy Clark of the Washington Free Beacon highlights discord in the Windy City’s schools. The Chicago Teachers Union is responsible for the failure of staff to return to in-person work,…
Jonathan Butcher writes for the Martin Center about protecting free speech on college campuses. Who cares that 20 students at the University of Wisconsin staged a protest in October 2017?…
Stop the presses! I agree with the editors of the News & Observer that Wake school names should educate and inspire students. They write, “There have been civic leaders in…
Arizona just expanded its Education Savings Account program. Jonathan Butcher of the Goldwater Institute explains: I’m writing to share some great news with you—yesterday, Governor Brewer signed into law a…
The N.C. Revenue Department has generated some concern by sending out nearly 150,000 “Notices of Intent to Assess,” a document that looks like a tax bill. Barry Smith explains why…
North Carolina pundits and politicians have spent a lot of time in recent years debating the merits of charter schools and education tax credits. People attending today’s John Locke Foundation…