by Jeff Bryant | May 12, 2012 | Blog, Education
It was Teacher Appreciation Week this week. Unfortunately, someone forgot the appreciation part. President Obama, for one, kicked off the week by proclaiming that from now on the week would also (instead?) be forever known as National Charter Schools Week. Declaring...
by Jeff Bryant | May 6, 2012 | Blog, Education
Republicans in the US House of Representatives have scheduled a vote on Friday to stop interest rates on college student loans from doubling beginning July 1. Up until now, Republicans on the Hill had been staunchly opposed to any bipartisan action to stop the...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 26, 2012 | Blog, Education
So the "general election has begun" proclaims The Hill, and the exhortations from the punditry are for candidates to either, shore up their base or move to the center. One interesting bit of advice, coming from more than one source, is for the candidates to "talk...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 26, 2012 | Blog, Education
This week President Obama derided the draconian budget conceived by Rep. Paul Ryan and endorsed by the clear frontrunner in the Republican presidential primary, Mitt Romney, as “laughable,” a “radical vision,” and "nothing but thinly veiled Social Darwinism.” But...
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 26, 2012 | Blog, Education
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, notorious for his flip-flops on a broad array of issues, seems to maintain this tendency when he's addressing policies governing education and public schools. But it would be a big mistake to conclude that there is not at...
