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...
by Jeff Bryant | Jan 23, 2013 | Education
It was hard for a progressive not to get a chocolate high from President Obama's inauguration speech. Indeed it was full of treats: a "dramatic and sweeping argument for equality" . . . "a commitment to community and the common good" . . . "the most liberal speech of...
by Jeff Bryant | Jan 17, 2013 | Education
Last week, celebrated statistics guru Nate Silver laid a bugger on advocates for test-driven education, the current policy fad that enamors Republicans and Democrats alike who fancy themselves as "education reformers." In an online conversation at the aggregator site...
by Jeff Bryant | Jan 10, 2013 | Education
It's altogether fitting that this week's marking of the 11th anniversary of the No Child Left Behind legislation coincided with yet another groundbreaking, revolutionary, radical advocacy piece for "fixing" America's "broken" public school system. NCLB is now a policy...
