by Jeff Bryant | Oct 12, 2016 | Blog, Education
In an election year calling attention to multiple policy priorities, parents, educators, community organizers and progressive activists are increasingly frustrated that education seems to be a priority that is nowhere near the top, at least in the minds of current...
by Mary Green Swig | Steven L. Swig | Richard Eskow | Oct 12, 2016 | Blog, Education, Student Debt Relief
Mary Green Swig Steven L. Swig Richard Eskow Once upon a time this country thought big. We survived the Great Depression, fought the Second World War, rebuilt Europe on the Marshall Plan … and provided tuition-free education for college students. Ask anybody from that...
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 6, 2016 | Blog, Education
Politicians always promise they will rid government of "waste, fraud, and abuse," so let's hope at least one political leader or policymaker will denounce our federal government's new gift of nearly a quarter-billion dollars to charter schools. The cash dump to...
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 30, 2016 | Blog, Education
Are charter schools a "progressive" idea for education? Some progressive sources would have you think so, but other progressives have challenged that framing. This week, Massachusetts news outlets reported that the state's most prominent politician and one of the...
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 26, 2016 | Blog, Education
During tonight's much anticipated debate between presidential candidates Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump, education may not get much attention, but outside the debate hall, throngs of public education advocates will urge the contestants to address what they see as a...
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 22, 2016 | Blog, Education
A new report is making big headlines for showing that public schools across the nation are experiencing severe problems with teacher shortages that are apt to develop into a “crisis” if left unaddressed. The report from an education think tank called the Learning...
