Education Working Paper Archive

Jonathan Butcher
	Research Associate 201 Graduate Education Building College of Education and Health Professions Fayetteville, AR 72701 Phone: (479) 575-7024 jbutcher@uark.edu

Jonathan Butcher is a Research Associate and Chief of Staff for the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas. Prior to coming to the University he spent nearly three years researching education and family policy at The Heritage Foundation, a public policy research institute in Washington, DC. He authored and co-authored papers on vouchers, charter schools, and other forms of school choice. In 2003 he assisted in the production of School Choice 2003: What’s Happening in the States, a book published regularly by Heritage on school choice in the United States. After the book’s release, he managed Heritage’s Choices in Education web site, their web portal on education reform. His articles have appeared in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, The Washington Times, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Kansas City Star, and on FoxNews.com and National Review Online. He has appeared on FoxNews, several radio programs, and been intereviewed by numerous major newspapers. He received his B.A. in English from Furman University and is working on an MA in economics from the University of Arkansas.

Media
FoxNews Saturday with Catherine Herridge, July 14, 2007 (National TV) The Danny Fontana Show, interview regarding the naming of schools, July 9, 2007 (Radio) The Dave Elswick Show (hosted by John Thomas), interview regarding the naming of schools, KARN, Little Rock, AR, July 4, 2007 (Radio) The Ron Smith Show, interview regarding the naming of schools, WBAL Radio, MD, Wednesday, July 6, 2007 (Radio) The Steve Malzberg Show, interview regarding the naming of schools, WOR Radio, NY, Tuesday, July 3, 2007 (Radio) Interview with “Marketplace,” a syndicated radio program, on state NCLB lawsuits, August 22, 2005 (Radio) Quoted by Focus on the Family’s Family News in Focus: Kim Trobee, “High School Education Reform Mulled,” Family News in Focus, May 20, 2005 (Radio) The Troy Neff Show, WCWA /Toledo, Ohio on education funding, March 1, 2004 (Radio)
Books
Patrick F. Fagan, Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D., and Jonathan Butcher, The Map of the Family, Heritage Foundation Chart Book, March 1, 2005
Peer-Reviewed Papers
Jay P. Greene, Jonathan Butcher, Laura Jensen, and Catherine Shock, “You Can’t Choose if You Don’t Know: The Failure to Properly Inform Parents of Educational Options Under NCLB," Georgetown Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol. 6, No. 1, March 1, 2008 Jay P. Greene, Ph.D., Jonathan Butcher, Laura Jensen, and Catherine Shock, “You Can’t Choose if You Don’t Know: The Failure to Properly Inform Parents of Educational Options Under NCLB," Education Working Paper Archive, June 5, 2007
White Papers
Jay P. Greene, Ph.D., Brian Kisida, and Jonathan Butcher, “What’s in a Name? The Decline in the Civic Mission of School Names," Education Working Paper Archive, June 5, 2007 Jay P. Greene, Ph.D., Brian Kisida, and Jonathan Butcher, “What’s in a Name? The Decline in the Civic Mission of School Names," Manhattan Institute Civic Report #51, July 1, 2007 Grace Smith and Jonathan Butcher, “Congress Should Protect Faith-Based Organizations When Reauthorizing Head Start,” Heritage Foundation WebMemo #856, September 22, 2005 Kirk A. Johnson, Ph.D. and Jonathan Butcher, “What to Make of the New NAEP Scores?” Heritage Foundation WebMemo No. 797, July 18, 2005 Krista Kafer and Jonathan Butcher, "Small Steps Toward Smarter Education Spending," Heritage Foundation WebMemo #679, March 9, 2005 Krista Kafer and Jonathan Butcher, “Congress Establishes First Federal Voucher Program for D.C. Students,” Heritage Foundation WebMemo #404, January 26, 2004 Krista Kafer and Jonathan Butcher, “How Members of Congress Practice School Choice,” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder #1684, September 3, 2003
Articles/Opeds
Jay P. Greene and Jonathan Butcher, "Proximity and Power," The American, May 8, 2007 Jay P. Greene, Brian Kisida, and Jonathan Butcher, "Four Score and Seven Manatees Ago," The City Journal, July 2, 2007 Jay P. Greene, Ph.D., and Jonathan Butcher, "The 65-Cent Delusion," National Review Online, March 2, 2006 Jonathan Butcher, “Don’t Change the Subject on School Choice,” run on the Knight-Ridder Tribune Wire and picked up by the Kansas City Star (April 10) Charleston Post and Courier (April 11), Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (April 12), The Bossier Press-Tribune (Louisiana, April 12), The Norton-Lakeshore Examiner (Muskegon, MI, April 13), The Island Packet (Hilton Head, SC, April 10), The Columbian (Vancouver, WA, April 11), The News Herald (Panama City, FL, April 9), The Advocate (April 12, Stamford, CT), The Scottsdale Tribune (Scottsdale, AZ, April 9), and published by The Heritage Foundation, April 8, 2005 Krista Kafer and Jonathan Butcher, “An Education Budget that Makes the Cut,” FoxNews.com, March 15, 2005 Jonathan Butcher, “Up-to-Date School Choice News,” The Heartland Institute, School Reform News, December 1, 2004 Krista Kafer and Jonathan Butcher, “Spurning School Choice,” TownHall.com, August 19, 2004 Jonathan Butcher, “Give Vouchers a Chance,” The Washington Times, May 1, 2004 Jonathan Butcher, “Inside and Outside: School Choice from Two Perspectives,” The Heartland Institute, School Reform News, May 1, 2004 Jonathan Butcher, "Schools No Longer Teach American Values," The Heartland Institute, School Reform News, March 1, 2004 Jonathan Butcher and Krista Kafer, “Identify the Traits that Define a ‘No Excuses’ School,” The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, September 15, 2003 Krista Kafer and Jonathan Butcher, “Head Start Needs Reform, Not More Money,” FoxNews.com, July 14, 2003
Book Reviews
Jonathan Butcher, “The War Against Excellence,” Capitalism Magazine, August 20, 2005 Jonathan Butcher, “Book Review: Gulag, a History,” OrthdoxyToday.org, July 1, 2003