Category: COVID-19 Pandemic
Joe 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....
Read MoreEmily James: Teachers Are on a Tightrope with No Safety Net
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 18, 2020 | COVID-19 Pandemic, Online Schooling | 0
After more than a month into New York City’s experiment with reopening schools in a hybrid...
Read MoreHow Online Learning Companies Are Using the Pandemic to Take Over Classroom Teaching
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 12, 2020 | Betsy DeVos, COVID-19 Pandemic, Online Schooling, Teacher Uprisings | 0
Opening schools during a pandemic in an underfunded urban district like Providence, Rhode Island,...
Read MoreFlorina Rodov: Online Charter Schools Are Not a Solution to Education in a Pandemic
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 22, 2020 | Betsy DeVos, Charter Schools, COVID-19 Pandemic, Online Schooling | 0
“Instead of going to school every morning, what if school could come to you?” an...
Read MoreCharter Schools Find Gold in Federal Government Aid to Small Businesses While Black-Owned Firms Get the Shaft
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 8, 2020 | Charter Schools, COVID-19 Pandemic | 0
The charter school industry has done much during the COVID-19 pandemic to add to systemic...
Read MoreAfter Years of Underfunding, Now Public School Teachers Are Supposed to Save the Nation’s Economy?
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 13, 2020 | Betsy DeVos, Charter Schools, COVID-19 Pandemic, School Vouchers | 0
“After 9/11, New York City police and firefighters were hailed as heroes,” said Mary Parr-Sanchez,...
Read MoreEducation 101: Don’t Open a New Charter School in the Middle of a Pandemic
by Jeff Bryant | Jun 26, 2020 | Betsy DeVos, Charter Schools, COVID-19 Pandemic | 0
While sheltering with her family during the pandemic, dealing with the challenges of remote...
Read MoreHow Betsy DeVos Is Using the Pandemic to Get What She Wants
by Jeff Bryant | Jun 15, 2020 | Betsy DeVos, Charter Schools, COVID-19 Pandemic, School Vouchers | 0
As American deaths from COVID-19 crested 100,000, the New York Times reported U.S. Secretary of...
Read MoreThe Future of K-12 Schools Isn’t Online; It’s in New Mexico
by Jeff Bryant | May 19, 2020 | Betsy DeVos, Charter Schools, Community Schools, COVID-19 Pandemic, Education in Elections, Online Schooling | 0
“I think we’re all going to be different after this,” Mary Parr-Sanchez told me in a phone call,...
Read MoreSarah Lahm: Communities Forced to Fight Planned School Closures, Privatization Amid COVID-19
by Jeff Bryant | May 11, 2020 | Betsy DeVos, Charter Schools, COVID-19 Pandemic | 0
Since mid-March, public school students in Minnesota have had to stay home because of the COVID-19...
Read MoreGovernment Leaders Including Betsy DeVos Push Their Personal Agendas as Economic Tsunami Crashes into America’s Schools
by Jeff Bryant | May 6, 2020 | Betsy DeVos, Charter Schools, COVID-19 Pandemic, Online Schooling, School Vouchers | 0
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, nearly all states have ordered or recommended school buildings...
Read MoreWhile the Public Experiences a Health Calamity, the Homeschooling Movement Sees a Big Opportunity
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 7, 2020 | Charter Schools, COVID-19 Pandemic, Online Schooling | 0
In the early days of the spread of the coronavirus in the U.S., when the number of known cases was...
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