by Jeff Bryant | Mar 31, 2016 | Blog, Education
T.S. Eliot told us that April is the cruelest month. In the world of K-12 education, that couldn't be more true as the month ushers in the beginning of testing season in public schools across the nation. "Spring testing season starts," notes Politico, referring to...
by Jeff Bryant | Mar 25, 2016 | Blog, Education
After years of electing people who declare that “government is the problem” and who avow to “drown it in a bathtub,” the results are apparent that, yeah, government might not work so well when you have people who hate it in charge. New reports reveal that years of...
by Jeff Bryant | Mar 17, 2016 | Blog, Education
When Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders fielded a question about charter schools at a Democratic Party presidential primary town hall recently, his answer left a lot of folks scratching their heads. Specifically, when an audience member asked, "Are charter schools a viable...
by Jeff Bryant | Mar 16, 2016 | Blog, Education
Walmart's recent decision to close 269 stores was a blip on the national media radar, but it was big news in small towns and suburban neighborhoods across America. “Now we have to figure out how to do our shopping," a Walmart customer in Baldwin Hills,...
by Jeff Bryant | Mar 15, 2016 | Blog, Education
Folks are disgusted with Donald Trump's "University" that lured students – "with tantalizing promises of riches," according to the New York Times – into taking on huge amounts of debt to earn real estate degrees that were "basically worthless," according to an...