The Conservative ‘Plan’ to Dismantle Public Schools Is Entering the Home Stretch
In what is being touted as the “Golden Age of School Choice,” the option that is most popular with...
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Community Schools Are at the Forefront of a ‘Neighborism’ Movement
“I don’t see how kids can focus on learning if they are hungry or their clothing smells because...
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Jeff Bryant on Arne Arnesen Attitude Podcast: How Trump’s New Federal Voucher Program Provides a Workaround to State Regulations on Vouchers
Jeff Bryant discusses the use of school vouchers, which is increasing in many states, how vouchers...
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Chinese Private Equity Circling Trump’s School Voucher Gold Rush
In September 2023, Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis stunned school choice advocates when...
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$380 Million in Funding Cuts to One of the Most Successful US Public Education Programs
Chicago schoolteacher Claudia Morales may have been reflecting the feelings of most Americans...
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How the Charter School Industry’s Newest Scheme Could Be ‘the Death of Public Schools’
The letters started coming in October 2025. In the first wave, according to the Florida Policy...
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A Quiet Revolution Is Improving Schools
Recently, opinion pieces in mainstream media outlets have begun speculating that education policy...
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Jeff Bryant on America’s Work Force Union Podcast: ‘The end game is to end the system of public education.”
Jeff Bryant, Writing Fellow and Chief Correspondent for Our Schools, joined the America’s Work...
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Book Review: Will Teachers Save Our Democracy?
With nearly every day presenting more evidence of America’s eroding democracy, it’s understandable...
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Ashana Bigard – Elizabeth K. Jeffers: Twenty Years After Katrina, the City’s All-Charter Schools System Is Failing Many Families
To mark the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of New Orleans, numerous articles...
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How the Trump Administration Wields the Federal Government’s Power Over Public Education
The U.S. Supreme Court’s July 14 decision to allow President Donald Trump and his secretary of...
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Rural Communities Need the Community Schools Approach More Than Ever
“It’s just gotten worse,” Catherine Gilmore said when I asked her how her community was faring...
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Are Community Schools the Positive Disruptor Public Education Needs?
“It’s important for people to know they can trust schools,” Jenna Fernholz told The Progressive...
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Jeff Bryant on ‘This Is Hell’ Podcast: Putting the Community in Community Schools Can Save Public Education
Jeff Bryant was on the podcast “This Is Hell” hosted by Chuck Mertz to discuss his...
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Why Education “Reformers” Will Find a Home in the Trump Administration
During Donald Trump’s first presidential term and the Joe Biden presidential administration,...
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