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Inside the Chaotic Charter Schools Run by a For-Pr...
Posted by Jeff Bryant | Apr 7, 2022 | Charter Schools | 0
Jeff Bryant in The Progressive: What’s Behind the State’s Takeover of Houston Schools
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 17, 2023 | Charter Schools, In the News, School Vouchers, State Takeovers | 0
On March 15, Texas officials announced plans to take over Houston’s public schools—the largest...
Read MoreSandra Jones: Is the Right Wing ‘Whitewashing’ the History Curriculum Taught in Public Schools?
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 17, 2023 | Charter Schools, Education in Elections | 0
“People still want to hide the truth about Black history,” Dione Archer, a resident of Richmond,...
Read MoreSchool Choice Nightmare: Families Getting Government Funding to Switch From Public to Private School Put Their Rights at Risk
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 7, 2023 | Charter Schools, School Vouchers | 0
“I am the type of parent who always made sure my kids had the good teachers and always took the...
Read MorePeter Greene: School Vouchers Have Been a Disaster—Now Advocates Are Trying to Rename Them
by Jeff Bryant | Jan 9, 2023 | Charter Schools, School Vouchers | 0
Although a sizable number of Republican candidates in the 2022 midterm elections who were counting...
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 MoreWhy Did Oakland Decide to Shut Down Popular Community Schools?
by Jeff Bryant | May 5, 2022 | Charter Schools, Community Schools | 0
The Oakland, California, school district touts itself as the nation’s first full-service community...
Read MoreJeff Bryant on Salon: ‘The Far Right’s National Plan for Schools: Plant Charters, Defund Public Education’
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 7, 2022 | Charter Schools, In the News | 0
“In recent years, Hillsdale College, a small private Christian school in Michigan, has...
Read MoreInside the Chaotic Charter Schools Run by a For-Profit Company
by Jeff Bryant | Apr 7, 2022 | Charter Schools | 0
It didn’t take long for Tasha Stiles to realize there was something very wrong with the school...
Read MoreJeff Bryant and Velislava Hillman in The Progressive: How Big Businesses Are Colonizing the Classroom
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 28, 2022 | Charter Schools, CTE, Education in Elections | 0
“It’s going to be great,” Houston entrepreneur Jim McIngvale told a reporter about the charter...
Read MoreFor-Profit Charter Schools Provide an Entryway for Private Investors to Exploit Public Education
by Jeff Bryant | Oct 4, 2021 | Charter Schools | 0
Charter school industry lobbyists, who appear to have lost a fight in the U.S. House of...
Read MoreIndustry Lobbying Firm Rushes to Defend Charter Schools That Think of Children as a Business
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 30, 2021 | Charter Schools | 0
The top lobbying group for the charter school industry is rushing to preserve millions in funds...
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