by Jeff Bryant | Sep 4, 2014 | Blog, Education
What will $12 million get you? How about a "conversation about education?" That's what a new organization ,Education Post, aims to get for its "initial grants," courtesy of, according to education reporter Lindsay Layton of The Washington Post, " the Broad Foundation,...
by Jeff Bryant | Aug 28, 2014 | Blog, Education
This time of year, while classroom teachers and administrators in public schools are busy welcoming students back to a new school year and figuring out how they're going to cope with devastating financial constraints, advocates in the charter schools industry are...
by Jeff Bryant | Aug 21, 2014 | Blog, Education
As the season for new school openings rolls out, there are reasons for a new consciousness-raising about those schools – the kind of consciousness-raising that can be brought about when there's a shock to the system like Ferguson, Mo. Of the many heartfelt, well...
by Jeff Bryant | Aug 15, 2014 | Blog, Education
If you've ever spent much time watching soap operas, you're familiar with this scenario: Two characters with furrowed brows, arms akimbo square off: "That's not true," says one. "Oh yes it is," says the other. "If only Brock were here …" as the camera pans right....
by Jeff Bryant | Aug 8, 2014 | Blog, Education, Winning Issues for 2014
A common admonition progressives have gotten used to hearing over the years is to support more conservative Democratic candidates because "Republicans are worse." This admonition makes some sense in electoral politics, when, in most cases, progressives face a ballot...
