by Jeff Bryant | Aug 13, 2013 | Education
I have this recurring nightmare – one that, I fear, is about to become reality for most of America's school children. In my dream, I'm back in elementary school. It's testing day and I'm struggling to remember my locker combination and get to class on time. My...
by Jeff Bryant | Aug 6, 2013 | Education
Last week's midair disintegration of a high-flying apparatchik in the movement known as education "reform" is still making headlines in local press and the national media. Tony Bennett was a hero of the national movement bent on reshaping public education along the...
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 30, 2013 | Education
[The following is from a talk given at a meeting of the Young Elected Officials last week in Washington, D.C.] Thanks for having me here today. I'm feeling a little out of context at a meeting for the Young Elected Officials. And it's not because I'm not an elected...
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 23, 2013 | Education
A mantra recited by those who pride themselves as adherents to a movement known as "education reform" is that for too long policies governing public schools have favored "the adults" in the system at the expense of children. This rhetoric has framed any objections...
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 19, 2013 | Education
After years of inaction on rewriting the nation's centerpiece legislation governing public schools, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives on Friday passed "The Student Success Act" by a mostly partisan vote of 221-207 – despite a veto threat from the...
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 12, 2013 | Education
"No excuse" has been a mantra from people who present themselves as advocates for "reforming" America's public schools. And the term is a "pillar" of more than one popular charter school franchise. The term originated from the belief that "the schoolteacher’s age-old...
