How Corporations Are Forcing Their Way into America’s Public Schools
In the expanding effort to privatize the nation’s public education system, an ominous,...
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Author: Jeff Bryant
Has the Democratic Party Reversed its Attitude on Charters?
Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bennet wants you to know how much he cares—really...
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Jeff Bryant in The Progressive: A New Report Finds Massive Waste and Abuse in Federally Funded Charter Schools
In Iowa, between 2006 and 2014, the federal government gave the state millions of dollars in...
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The U.S. Government’s Billion-Dollar Charter School Boondoggle Is an Even Bigger Disaster Than We Knew
Earlier this year when members of Congress repeatedly confronted U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy...
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Why Striking Teachers Across America Are Fighting for Much More Than Their Paychecks
While national news outlets hail the conclusion of a historic teacher strike in Chicago, another...
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Jesse Hagopian: The Chicago Teachers Strike: ‘Until We Get What Our Students Deserve’
After Mayor Lori Lightfoot rejected the demands of the Chicago Teachers Union, 25,000 teachers and...
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How Billionaire Charter School Funders Corrupted the School Leadership Pipeline
It’s rare when goings-on in Kansas City schools make national headlines, but in 2011 the New York...
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School Leadership Disaster: Private Companies Work an Insider Game to Reap Lucrative Contracts
In July 2013, the education world was rocked when a breaking story by Chicago independent...
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Sarah Lahm: Why 2020 Dems Should Target the Nonprofit Charter School Industry
Charter schools, once the darling of politicians on the right and left, have become a hot potato...
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A National Public School ‘Leadership’ Disaster: Private Firms Vetting Candidates for Superintendent
Flint, Michigan, became a national poster child for incompetence and corruption when a small group...
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The Teacher Movement Against Charter Schools Helped Send Puerto Rico’s Governor Packing
Puerto Rico’s teachers fought off charter school corruption and helped oust a governor
Read MoreJeff Bryant Leads Panel at Netroots Nation on “What Philly Taught Us: How Philadelphia Activists Beat Back School Privatization to Restore Local Control
Thu 2:30pm: What Philly Taught Us: How Philadelphia Activists Beat School Privatization to Restore...
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