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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Author: Jeff Bryant
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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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...
Read More 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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