by Jeff Bryant | Sep 11, 2012 | Blog, Education
[My guest writer today is Cynthia Liu, PhD. Cynthia launched member-supported K12NewsNetwork.com to amplify grassroots education news and provide a national platform for people to use sophisticated online organizing tools to better improve and strengthen public...
by Jeff Bryant | Aug 30, 2012 | Blog, Education
[My guest blogger today is Rob Levine. Rob is a Minneapolis-based researcher whose writing focuses on the media, conservative philanthropy and education. His writing can be found at the Cucking Stool blog.] “Odds-beating charter school.” Those words are like an...
by Jeff Bryant | Aug 20, 2012 | Blog, Education
Just like you can count on "Back to School" season cranking up retail sales this time of year, you can also count on it bringing on a new volley of criticism aimed at school teachers and their unions. Leading off the charge this year was an op-ed written by ex-NBC...
by Jeff Bryant | Aug 13, 2012 | Blog, Education
Even if you don't have school-aged children, you can tell schools are about to open in many places because the airwaves, mailboxes, and newspaper inserts are stuffed with "Back to School" advertising. It's also the time of year when we hear most about research studies...
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 31, 2012 | Blog, Education
If you've noticed lately the tendency in car commercials to show the vehicle against a background of an empty city street, you can assume it's likely due to the abundance of empty city streets available in the place famous for being home to the major automotive...
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 23, 2012 | Blog, Education
When a leading conservative pundit compliments a labor union leader for getting something right, it's usually worth noticing. That's exactly what happened recently when The Washington Post's conservative op-ed columnist George Will praised Karen Lewis, the head of the...
