Category: Education in Elections
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...
Read MoreVoters Across the Political Spectrum Gave Public Education Important Wins in the 2024 Election
by Jeff Bryant | Dec 2, 2024 | Education in Elections, School Vouchers, State Takeovers, Uncategorized | 0
In a general election that was by-and-large disastrous for the Democratic Party, voters across the...
Read MoreHow a Struggling Boston School Found Success in the Roots of its Haitian American Community
by Jeff Bryant | Dec 2, 2024 | Community Schools, Education in Elections | 0
In 2016, Boston’s Mattahunt Elementary was a school on the brink. A letter from the Massachusetts...
Read MoreChicago Teachers Want to Transform Their City into a ‘System of Care’—Will Dems Go Along?
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 25, 2024 | Charter Schools, Community Schools, Education in Elections | 0
There was an ironic moment in former President Barack Obama’s speech at the 2024 Democratic...
Read MoreAfter 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...
Read MoreThe 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 MoreMaurice Cunningham: Who Are the ‘Moms’ for Liberty?
by Jeff Bryant | Feb 20, 2024 | Education in Elections, School Vouchers | 0
The Moms for Liberty (M4L) webpage states, “Our founders are Tiffany and Tina, moms on a mission...
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 MoreWhat the NY Times Got Wrong About a Key Party Switch in North Carolina
by Jeff Bryant | Aug 7, 2023 | Charter Schools, Education in Elections, School Vouchers, State Takeovers | 0
A July 30, 2023, headline in the New York Times promised to give readers an “inside” story about...
Read MoreDid a North Carolina Democratic Lawmaker Throw the Party Under the Bus for the Charter School Industry?
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 7, 2023 | Charter Schools, Education in Elections, School Vouchers, State Takeovers | 0
So far, little has been disclosed about exactly why North Carolina state Representative Tricia...
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 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...
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