Category: Betsy DeVos
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...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreMaurice 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...
Read MoreGail 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...
Read MoreSarah 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...
Read MoreAnna 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,...
Read MoreCorporations 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...
Read MoreThe 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...
Read MoreHere’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...
Read MoreJeff 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...
Read MoreBetsy DeVos Is Out — But Her Right-Wing Agenda Lives On
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 5, 2021 | Betsy DeVos, Charter Schools, School Vouchers | 0
Supporters of public education and school teachers were relieved to see Betsy DeVos leave her job...
Read MoreJoe Biden Has a Golden Opportunity to Strengthen Public Education
by Jeff Bryant | Jan 19, 2021 | Charter Schools, Community Schools, COVID-19 Pandemic, Education in Elections | 0
In picking Connecticut Commissioner of Education Miguel Cardona to be his nominee for U.S....
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