by Jeff Bryant | Feb 8, 2018 | Blog
The warnings came right after the storm: Hurricane Maria's devastation of Puerto Rico would be used as an opportunity to transfer management of the island's schools to private operators of charter schools, and introduce voucher programs that would redirect public...
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 6, 2018 | Blog
Seattle classroom teacher Jesse Hagopian wants to transform the school-to-prison pipeline into a school-to-justice pipeline for millions of Black and Brown students in American schools. He and thousands of his educator colleagues are taking strides toward that goal...
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 2, 2018 | Blog
Despite his campaign promises to transform American education, President Donald Trump had almost nothing to say about the subject in his first State of the Union speech, and his controversial education secretary Betsy DeVos has not made national headlines for some...
by Jeff Bryant | Jan 25, 2018 | Blog
There was a serious bump on the road to what were billed as "record-breaking celebrations" of charter schools and other forms of "school choice" this week. News outlets in Ohio reported the largest charter school closure ever in that state, and perhaps the nation....
by Jeff Bryant | Jan 19, 2018 | Blog
President Trump ran on promises to "drain the swamp" of special interests and corporate lobbyists in Washington, DC, but higher education policy in his administration is a quagmire of Okefenokee proportions. Just to review the latest developments to emerge from the...
