Category: Teacher Uprisings
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...
Read MoreWhy Some Schools Are a Step Ahead in Addressing Student Mental Health Needs
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 27, 2023 | Community Schools | 0
It seems that no community may be immune to what many are calling a national mental health crisis...
Read MoreWhy Society Is Increasingly Turning to Community Schools to Address the Youth Mental Health Crisis
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 27, 2023 | Community Schools | 0
Kaci Rodriguez knew her son was struggling mentally. His behavior was increasingly impulsive. He...
Read MoreHow Community Schools Can Fix a Growing Student Absentee Rate
by Jeff Bryant | May 17, 2023 | Community Schools | 0
School absentee rates that increased dramatically during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic have...
Read MoreHow LA’s Teachers Are Making Good on Their Promise to Support Community Schools
by Jeff Bryant | Mar 29, 2023 | Community Schools, Teacher Uprisings | 0
“We should have been miserable,” said Emily Grijalva, recalling the first days of the 2019 strike...
Read MoreAn Unlikely City in the South Could Be Home to a Public Education Renaissance
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 23, 2022 | Community Schools | 0
Before it got national headlines about its severe water crisis, Jackson, Mississippi, was much...
Read MoreCommunity Schools Can Revitalize the Neighborhoods Around Them
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 6, 2022 | Community Schools | 0
When Darlene Kamine tells the story about Oyler School in Cincinnati, Ohio, she also likes to tell...
Read MoreAre Community Schools the Last, Best Shot at Addressing Education Inequity?
by Jeff Bryant | Aug 23, 2022 | Community Schools | 0
When Tiffany Allen and her husband first moved to a house in Montgomery County, Maryland, their...
Read MoreCan Community Schools Rescue a ‘Troubled’ District?
by Jeff Bryant | Jul 18, 2022 | Community Schools, State Takeovers | 0
“Why are we still fighting for basic needs?” asked Karen Guzman, a parent and community organizer...
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 MoreHow Community Schools Are Helping a Hard-Hit City Dig Out of Tough Times
by Jeff Bryant | Dec 6, 2021 | Community Schools | 0
Days after the GE Transportation plant in Erie, Pennsylvania, announced a round of crippling...
Read MoreSarah Lahm: Why a State Known for Charter Schools Is Now Joining a Nationwide Trend for Community Schools
by Jeff Bryant | Nov 19, 2021 | Community Schools | 0
Minnesota is widely known as the land of 10,000 lakes—actually, there are more than 10,000. But...
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