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Jeff Bryant on ‘This Is Hell’ Podcast: Putting the Community in Community Schools Can Save Public Education

Posted by Jeff Bryant | Apr 11, 2025 | In the News

Jeff Bryant was on the podcast “This Is Hell” hosted by Chuck Mertz to discuss his...

Why Education “Reformers” Will Find a Home in the Trump Administration

Posted by Jeff Bryant | Mar 6, 2025 | Charter Schools, Linda McMahon, School Vouchers

During Donald Trump’s first presidential term and the Joe Biden presidential administration,...

Voters Across the Political Spectrum Gave Public Education Important Wins in the 2024 Election

Posted by Jeff Bryant | Dec 2, 2024 | Education in Elections, School Vouchers, State Takeovers, Uncategorized

In a general election that was by-and-large disastrous for the Democratic Party, voters across the...

How a Struggling Boston School Found Success in the Roots of its Haitian American Community

Posted by Jeff Bryant | Dec 2, 2024 | Community Schools, Education in Elections

In 2016, Boston’s Mattahunt Elementary was a school on the brink. A letter from the Massachusetts...

Chicago Teachers Want to Transform Their City into a ‘System of Care’—Will Dems Go Along?

Posted by Jeff Bryant | Sep 25, 2024 | Charter Schools, Community Schools, Education in Elections

There was an ironic moment in former President Barack Obama’s speech at the 2024 Democratic...

Community Schools Are A ‘Game Changer’ For Students In This Big-City School District

Posted by Jeff Bryant | Jul 16, 2024 | Community Schools, Teacher Uprisings

Dawn Sydnor Cole, principal at Morrill Math and Science Elementary School in Chicago, has been...

After Years of Failed Education Reforms, Chicago Embraces Community Schools

Posted by Jeff Bryant | Jul 16, 2024 | Betsy DeVos, Charter Schools, Community Schools, Education in Elections, Teacher Uprisings

“Until now, we haven’t even tried to make big-city school districts work, especially for children...

Rising Talk of School Closures Fuels Expansion of the Community Schools Movement

Posted by Jeff Bryant | Apr 9, 2024 | Charter Schools, Community Schools

Judging by a rash of news reports beginning in late 2023, communities across the country may be...

The Right’s Long Game to End Public Education

Posted by Jeff Bryant | Mar 7, 2024 | Betsy DeVos, Charter Schools, Education in Elections, School Vouchers

On February 13, President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, did something...

Maurice Cunningham: Who Are the ‘Moms’ for Liberty?

Posted by Jeff Bryant | Feb 20, 2024 | Education in Elections, School Vouchers

The Moms for Liberty (M4L) webpage states, “Our founders are Tiffany and Tina, moms on a mission...

Jeff Bryant in The Progressive: A Tale of Two Federal Grants for Public Education

Posted by Jeff Bryant | Feb 12, 2024 | In the News

Two education-related grant programs operated by the U.S. Department of Education—both of which...

The Community Schools Movement Is Running Headlong Into Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s Hard-Right Agenda

Posted by Jeff Bryant | Dec 29, 2023 | Community Schools, COVID-19 Pandemic, Education in Elections

“I do what I think is best for kids,” said Lauren Leto, a career public school educator at Brandon...

How Right-Wing Brainchild ‘Universal School Vouchers’ Are Blowing Through State Budgets

Posted by Jeff Bryant | Dec 5, 2023 | School Vouchers

In 2023, Republican state governors went to unprecedented lengths to enact universal school...

Why Some Schools Are a Step Ahead in Addressing Student Mental Health Needs

Posted by Jeff Bryant | Sep 27, 2023 | Community Schools

It seems that no community may be immune to what many are calling a national mental health crisis...

Why Society Is Increasingly Turning to Community Schools to Address the Youth Mental Health Crisis