About The Author

Jonathan Butcher

Jonathan Butcher is senior policy analyst in the Center for Education Policy's Institute for Family, Community and Opportunity at The Heritage Foundation.
09/20/21
Jonathan Butcher
Like a school, but better. That’s how Ali Kaufman, founder and CEO of Space of Mind, describes a revolutionary program...
Read More >
02/05/21
Jonathan Butcher
If 2021 is to be different from 2020 for families of school-aged children, policymakers, parents and educators must have a...
Read More >
11/10/20
Jonathan Butcher
Sarrin Warfield received a “flurry” of information from her local district school over the summer on whether her child’s classes...
Read More >
10/22/20
Jonathan Butcher
Editor’s note: This commentary from redefinED guest blogger Jonathan Butcher first appeared Oct. 21 on The Daily Signal. At what...
Read More >
09/22/20
Jonathan Butcher
Policymakers have a knack for finding private endeavors they presume still need fixing. The latest example? Learning pods. With many...
Read More >
08/27/20
Jonathan Butcher
“A sharp distinction must always be made between the physical survival of particular schools and the survival of the educational...
Read More >
08/13/20
Jonathan Butcher
Susan Agel wants her students to gain experience. Silicon Valley internships and trips abroad would be nice, but for the...
Read More >
07/31/20
Jonathan Butcher
If summer 2020 was the season parents, students, and educators considered the cost of the pandemic, fall will be the...
Read More >
07/21/20
Jonathan Butcher
The COVID-19 pandemic has ushered in months of uncertainty for families with children in K-12 schools, but South Carolina officials...
Read More >
07/14/20
Jonathan Butcher
Editor’s note: redefinED guest blogger Jonathan Butcher wrote this commentary for Fox News Network and offered it to redefinED for...
Read More >
magnifiercross linkedin facebook pinterest youtube rss twitter instagram facebook-blank rss-blank linkedin-blank pinterest youtube twitter instagram