by Jeff Bryant | May 19, 2016 | Blog, Education
You've probably heard about the fierce battle over school bathrooms raging across the country. It's an important story for sure because transgender students should not be blocked from entering facilities of their gender identity. But the current fight over gender...
by Jeff Bryant | May 12, 2016 | Blog, Education
Last week was Teacher Appreciation Week. So some folks thought it might be a swell idea to ask teachers how "appreciated" they feel. The short answer? Not so much. Results of a wide-ranging new survey of 3,328 K-12 classroom teachers finds the nation's front-line...
by Jeff Bryant | May 6, 2016 | Blog, Education
Conservative lawmakers are well known for wanting to cut funding to public education. But just remember, every time they take a swing at public school budgets, they hit poor kids. The newest blow aimed at public schools will hit low-income students in the stomach –...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 29, 2016 | Blog
Protests in North Carolina against HB2, the state's infamous “bathroom law,” limiting protections for LGBT people, have made national headlines recently. But there's another wave of protest actions going on in the Tarheel State you should know about. This movement is...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 28, 2016 | Blog, Education
The recent debate about Harriet Tubman replacing Andrew Jackson on the front of a $20 bill revealed broad disagreements in the country about the value of lifting up the contributions to the nation made by women and people of color. It also revealed the importance of...
