by Jeff Bryant | Oct 1, 2015 | Blog, Education
In New York City, this school year opened with a historic event: Every child who wanted to start pre-kindergarten was given a seat. As the New York Daily News reports, "Some 65,504 four-year-olds are now enrolled in full day pre-K." A more recent article from the same...
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 24, 2015 | Blog, Conservatism, Education, This Is The GOP
If Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker thought running for President of the United States was a big challenge, he may be facing an even more imposing contest back in his home state. Last week, all across the community of greater Milwaukee, thousands of parents and public...
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 18, 2015 | Blog, Education
Teachers unions are routinely vilified by pundits and politicians on the right and left these days. So when schoolteachers in Seattle began the school year by going on strike, the editorial board of The Seattle Times was quick to accuse the teachers of “demanding too...
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 14, 2015 | Blog, Education
"We're making decisions just based on the money.” That’s Rosemarie Jensen talking, a tone of exasperation creeping into her voice as she describes the influence of money on education policy in South Florida. “Some things should be run like a business," she tells me in...
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 10, 2015 | Blog, Education
The recent ruling by the supreme court of Washington state that charter schools are unconstitutional because they aren’t really public schools has sent advocates for these schools into a fit. But their often over-the-top criticisms of the decision are reflective of...
