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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Author: Jeff Bryant
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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Jeff Bryant on the Rick Smith Show: “Public Schools Are Foundational to Democracy”
At the the recent Netroots Nation Annual Conference in Chicago, Jeff joined Rick Smith to talk...
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Jeff Bryant in The Progressive: How Community Schools Can Transform Parent Involvement for the Better
Both common sense and research seem to conclude that parent involvement matters a lot for student...
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Charter Schools Push Right-Wing Indoctrination at Taxpayer Expense
Charges that public schools are subjecting children to leftwing indoctrination are proving to be...
Read More Did a North Carolina Democratic Lawmaker Throw the Party Under the Bus for the Charter School Industry?
So far, little has been disclosed about exactly why North Carolina state Representative Tricia...
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How Community Schools Can Fix a Growing Student Absentee Rate
School absentee rates that increased dramatically during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic have...
Read More Jeff Bryant in The Progressive: What’s Behind the State’s Takeover of Houston Schools
On March 15, Texas officials announced plans to take over Houston’s public schools—the largest...
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Sandra Jones: The Defeat of a School Voucher Program Reveals the Truth Within the ‘School Choice’ Debate
When Republicans in the Virginia State Legislature renewed their proposal to enact legislation to...
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How LA’s Teachers Are Making Good on Their Promise to Support Community Schools
“We should have been miserable,” said Emily Grijalva, recalling the first days of the 2019 strike...
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Sandra Jones: Is the Right Wing ‘Whitewashing’ the History Curriculum Taught in Public Schools?
“People still want to hide the truth about Black history,” Dione Archer, a resident of Richmond,...
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School Choice Nightmare: Families Getting Government Funding to Switch From Public to Private School Put Their Rights at Risk
“I am the type of parent who always made sure my kids had the good teachers and always took the...
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Peter Greene: School Vouchers Have Been a Disaster—Now Advocates Are Trying to Rename Them
Although a sizable number of Republican candidates in the 2022 midterm elections who were counting...
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