by Jeff Bryant | Jul 2, 2014 | Blog, Education
This act is wearing thin. As implementations of Common Core State Standards falter around the country, supporters of the new academic benchmarks continue a sort of dog-and-pony show to reinforce the message to "stay the course." The latest such example came from the...
by Jeff Bryant | Jun 26, 2014 | Blog, Education
When politicians and pundits take to the barricades to defend "wonderful charter schools," is this what they're thinking of? A recent article in a Minnesota newspaper reported about a change in state law that could imperil the existence of a charter school that serves...
by Jeff Bryant | Jun 20, 2014 | Blog, Education
An interesting twist in the ever-fascinating narrative of Republican politics unfolded in Mississippi this month when political operatives in the campaign to reelect U.S. Senator Thad Cochran to another term attacked their primary challenger for wanting to "deeply cut...
by Jeff Bryant | Jun 12, 2014 | Blog, Education
Anyone who remembers the spectacle of the Obama administration's maneuvering on the Grand Bargain for solving the nation's financial problems should feel in familiar territory watching how the current controversy over the Common Core State Standards is playing out....
by Jeff Bryant | Jun 4, 2014 | Blog, Education
In the education policy arena, the whole idea of "reform" has tended to be a pursuit from the top down – imposing standards and "accountability" from Washington, D.C. and state capitals and ramping up competitive providers with big money from private foundations and...
