Category: Betsy DeVos

How the Trump Administration Wields the Federal Government’s Power Over Public Education

by Jeff Bryant | Jul 31, 2025 | Betsy DeVos, Charter Schools, Education in Elections, Linda McMahon, School Vouchers | 0

The U.S. Supreme Court’s July 14 decision to allow President Donald Trump and his secretary of...

After Years of Failed Education Reforms, Chicago Embraces Community Schools

by Jeff Bryant | Jul 16, 2024 | Betsy DeVos, Charter Schools, Community Schools, Education in Elections, Teacher Uprisings | 0

“Until now, we haven’t even tried to make big-city school districts work, especially for children...

The Right’s Long Game to End Public Education

by Jeff Bryant | Mar 7, 2024 | Betsy DeVos, Charter Schools, Education in Elections, School Vouchers | 0

On February 13, President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, did something...

The Community Schools Movement Is Running Headlong Into Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’s Hard-Right Agenda

by Jeff Bryant | Dec 29, 2023 | Community Schools, COVID-19 Pandemic, Education in Elections | 0

“I do what I think is best for kids,” said Lauren Leto, a career public school educator at Brandon...

Maurice Cunningham: The Right-Wing Money and Influence Behind Moms for Liberty

by Jeff Bryant | Oct 10, 2022 | Betsy DeVos, Education in Elections, School Vouchers | 0

Moms for Liberty (M4L) claims the organization was started by moms. But it is hard to believe that...

Gail Sunderman: Parents Like Their Public Schools, No Matter How Much the Charter School Movement Tells Them Not To

by Jeff Bryant | Oct 10, 2022 | Betsy DeVos, Charter Schools, COVID-19 Pandemic, Education in Elections | 0

Who would have imagined that after the past two tumultuous years, when so much...

Sarah Lahm: Why Michigan Public School Parents Might Be Too Strong of a Match for Betsy DeVos and Her Privatization Agenda

by Jeff Bryant | May 31, 2022 | Betsy DeVos, Charter Schools, Education in Elections, School Vouchers | 0

Culture war issues dressed as serious K-12 classroom concerns, such as trumped-up battles over...

Anna L. Noble: How Big Tech Sees Big Profits in Social-Emotional Learning at School

by Jeff Bryant | Apr 7, 2022 | COVID-19 Pandemic, CTE, EdTech, Online Schooling | 0

In June 2021, as students and teachers were finishing up a difficult school year, Priscilla Chan,...

Corporations Are Turning Public Schools into Their Workforce Training ‘Pipelines’

by Jeff Bryant | Feb 28, 2022 | CTE, Online Schooling | 0

Nearly all public schools in the United States (98 percent) offer some form of career and...

The Right Wing Is Pumping Out Critical Race Theory Attacks to Boost its Propaganda War on Public Education

by Jeff Bryant | Jul 15, 2021 | Betsy DeVos, Charter Schools, Education in Elections, School Vouchers | 0

“No one deserves the school I went to,” says Celia Gottlieb. Gottlieb is currently enrolled...

Here’s the Truth Behind the Right-Wing Attacks on Critical Race Theory

by Jeff Bryant | Jun 1, 2021 | Betsy DeVos, Charter Schools, Education in Elections, School Vouchers | 0

When North Carolina public school teacher Justin Parmenter penned an opinion piece for the...

Jeff Bryant on The Attitude: “Betsy Devos Is the Tip of the Iceberg in the School Privatization Agenda”

by Jeff Bryant | Feb 18, 2021 | Betsy DeVos, In the News | 0

Jeff Bryant on the New Hampshire-based radio show The Attitude hosted by Arnie Arnesen explains...