by Jeff Bryant | Feb 26, 2013 | Education
This post is republished from the Education Opportunity Network, a new online publication edited by Jeff Bryant. It's a conventional wisdom among Democrats to write off the state of Texas as a land of gun wielding troglodytes who genuflect to Rush Limbaugh and swill...
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 21, 2013 | Education
This post is republished from the Education Opportunity Network, a new online publication edited by Jeff Bryant. After the horrendous slaughter of 20 school children at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, a heartbroken President Obama implored the...
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 19, 2013 | Education
Raising the alarm that "America has lost its place as a global leader in educational attainment," a report issued today by an independent commission chartered by Congress to advise the U.S. Department of Education concludes that the "federal government must take more...
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 12, 2013 | Education
Is it over yet? Michelle Rhee's barnstorming of America this week, to hawk her new memoir, taxed the stamina of even the most ardent education wonk. It was a relentless PR campaign that would truly be the envy of any tobacco executive or gun manufacturer. In interview...
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 2, 2013 | Education
Events in the past week showed how market-driven education policies, deceivingly labeled as "reform," are revealing their truly destructive effects on the streets and in the corridors of government. From the streets, we heard from civil rights and social justice...
