Voters Across the Political Spectrum Gave Public Education Important Wins in the 2024 Election
In a general election that was by-and-large disastrous for the Democratic Party, voters across the...
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Author: Jeff Bryant
How a Struggling Boston School Found Success in the Roots of its Haitian American Community
In 2016, Boston’s Mattahunt Elementary was a school on the brink. A letter from the Massachusetts...
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Chicago Teachers Want to Transform Their City into a ‘System of Care’—Will Dems Go Along?
There was an ironic moment in former President Barack Obama’s speech at the 2024 Democratic...
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Community Schools Are A ‘Game Changer’ For Students In This Big-City School District
Dawn Sydnor Cole, principal at Morrill Math and Science Elementary School in Chicago, has been...
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After Years of Failed Education Reforms, Chicago Embraces Community Schools
“Until now, we haven’t even tried to make big-city school districts work, especially for children...
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Rising Talk of School Closures Fuels Expansion of the Community Schools Movement
Judging by a rash of news reports beginning in late 2023, communities across the country may be...
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The Right’s Long Game to End Public Education
On February 13, President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, did something...
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Maurice Cunningham: Who Are the ‘Moms’ for Liberty?
The Moms for Liberty (M4L) webpage states, “Our founders are Tiffany and Tina, moms on a mission...
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Jeff Bryant in The Progressive: A Tale of Two Federal Grants for Public Education
Two education-related grant programs operated by the U.S. Department of Education—both of which...
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The Community Schools Movement Is Running Headlong Into Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s Hard-Right Agenda
“I do what I think is best for kids,” said Lauren Leto, a career public school educator at Brandon...
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How Right-Wing Brainchild ‘Universal School Vouchers’ Are Blowing Through State Budgets
In 2023, Republican state governors went to unprecedented lengths to enact universal school...
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Why Some Schools Are a Step Ahead in Addressing Student Mental Health Needs
It seems that no community may be immune to what many are calling a national mental health crisis...
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Why Society Is Increasingly Turning to Community Schools to Address the Youth Mental Health Crisis
Kaci Rodriguez knew her son was struggling mentally. His behavior was increasingly impulsive. He...
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What the NY Times Got Wrong About a Key Party Switch in North Carolina
A July 30, 2023, headline in the New York Times promised to give readers an “inside” story about...
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Jeff Bryant on America’s Work Force Union Podcast: A Threat to Upend Public Education
Jeff recently joined radio veteran Ed “Flash” Ferenc on America’s Work Force Union Podcast...
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