Returning to the Classical Mind in the 21st Century
The Redeemer Classical Speaker Series continues with our distinguished guest, Mr. Jonathan Butcher. Join us on the campus of Redemption Arcadia & Redeemer Classical for lunch and our speaker - and bring a friend!
Jonathan Butcher is the Acting Director of the Center for Education Policy and Will Skillman Senior Research Fellow in Education Policy at The Heritage Foundation.
Jonathan holds a bachelor's degree in English from Furman University and a master's degree in economics from the University of Arkansas. He also holds an M.A. in Theological Studies from Erskine Seminary, where he was awarded the Zondervan Theology Award, which is given to the student who demonstrated the most outstanding achievement in Biblical Studies.
Jonathan also co-edited and wrote chapters in the book The Not-So-Great Society, which provides conservative solutions to the problems created by the ever-expanding federal footprint in preschool, K-12, and higher education.
In 2018 the Federal Commission on School Safety cited comments from his testimony in the commission’s final report. He has appeared on local and national TV outlets, including C-SPAN, Fox News, and HBO’s Vice News Tonight, and he has been a guest on many radio programs. His commentary has appeared nationally in places such as the Wall Street Journal, Education Week, National Review Online, Newsweek.com, and Forbes.com, along with newspapers around the country.
In 2017 he was a co-recipient of the State Policy Network’s Bob Williams Award for Most Influential Research for a proposal to protect free speech on campus.
Jonathan previously served as the Education Director at the Goldwater Institute, where he remains a Senior Fellow. He is also a Senior Fellow with the Beacon Center of Tennessee, a nonpartisan research organization.
Prior to joining Goldwater, Jonathan was the Director of Accountability for the South Carolina Public Charter School District. Jonathan previously studied education policy at the Department of Education Reform at the University of Arkansas and worked with the School Choice Demonstration Project, the research team that evaluated voucher programs in Washington, D.C. and Milwaukee.