Inside the Chaotic Charter Schools Run by a For-Profit Company
It didn’t take long for Tasha Stiles to realize there was something very wrong with the school...
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Author: Jeff Bryant
Corporations Are Turning Public Schools into Their Workforce Training ‘Pipelines’
Nearly all public schools in the United States (98 percent) offer some form of career and...
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Jeff Bryant and Velislava Hillman in The Progressive: How Big Businesses Are Colonizing the Classroom
“It’s going to be great,” Houston entrepreneur Jim McIngvale told a reporter about the charter...
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Jeff Bryant Quoted in Virginia NPR: Expanding Charter Schools Is ‘a Red Flag to Virginians’
“Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin has repeatedly stated that he wants to open 20 charter schools in...
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Jeff Bryant on America’s Workforce Union Podcast: Ohio’s voucher program is hurting public schools, but community schools are a better idea.
The first featured guest on today’s edition of the AWF Union Podcast was Independent Media...
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How Community Schools Are Helping a Hard-Hit City Dig Out of Tough Times
Days after the GE Transportation plant in Erie, Pennsylvania, announced a round of crippling...
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Jeff Bryant on Busted Pencils-Devil Radio: The Proud Boys Are Coming for Public Schools
On the Busted Pencils radio show, Jeff Bryant reports why right-wing radical groups like the Proud...
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Sarah Lahm: Why a State Known for Charter Schools Is Now Joining a Nationwide Trend for Community Schools
Minnesota is widely known as the land of 10,000 lakes—actually, there are more than 10,000. But...
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Jeff Bryant in Have You Heard: Schooling the Workforce
In the popular education podcast Have You Heard, hosted by journalist Jennifer Berkshire and...
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Jeff Bryant at Netroots Nation 2021: The Truth about the Attacks on Teaching Critical Race Theory in Public Schools
At Netroots Nation 2021, the largest annual gathering of progressive activists in the nation, Jeff...
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Jeff Bryant in The Progressive: The Proud Boys Are Coming for Public Schools
When violent insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6 to attempt to overturn the...
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For-Profit Charter Schools Provide an Entryway for Private Investors to Exploit Public Education
Charter school industry lobbyists, who appear to have lost a fight in the U.S. House of...
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William Paul: Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Day ‘Is All About Education’
Symbolism is powerful. It can be misused horrifically as a tool of dominance and loathing. But...
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Sarah Lahm: How Increasingly Popular Community Schools Boost Rural America
The often hidden reality of rural schools in America is that a higher percentage of students in...
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Sarah Lahm: In Minnesota’s ‘Most Diverse City,’ Schools Are Addressing the Community’s Deep Trauma
Sizi Goyah, a high school math teacher in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, is overflowing with...
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