Jeff Bryant on America’s Work Force Union Podcast: ‘The end game is to end the system of public education.”
Jeff Bryant, Writing Fellow and Chief Correspondent for Our Schools, joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast to discuss the attacks on public education in America, the rise of school vouchers and privatization and the ongoing battle for adequate school funding....
Book Review: Will Teachers Save Our Democracy?
With nearly every day presenting more evidence of America’s eroding democracy, it’s understandable to wonder whether a countervailing force will come forward to ensure—to paraphrase Lincoln—that the government of, by, and for the people will endure. Mass protests with...
Jeff Bryant on ‘This Is Hell’ Podcast: Putting the Community in Community Schools Can Save Public Education
Jeff Bryant was on the podcast "This Is Hell" hosted by Chuck Mertz to discuss his recent writing on the threats facing community public education and the ways schools and communities are resisting them. Listen here...
Jeff Bryant in The Progressive: A Tale of Two Federal Grants for Public Education
Two education-related grant programs operated by the U.S. Department of Education—both of which dole out millions in federal tax dollars for educating K-12 children every year—present two opposing truths about government spending on public education: that it can be...
Jeff Bryant on America’s Work Force Union Podcast: A Threat to Upend Public Education
Jeff recently joined radio veteran Ed “Flash” Ferenc on America's Work Force Union Podcast to talk about a recent report by the Network for Public Education, “A Sharp Turn Right: A New Breed of Charter Schools Delivers the Conservative Agenda,” that finds that charter...
Jeff Bryant on the Rick Smith Show: “Public Schools Are Foundational to Democracy”
At the the recent Netroots Nation Annual Conference in Chicago, Jeff joined Rick Smith to talk about how attacks on public schools are feeding the school privatization industry that is a danger to our democracy. Listen here at the 1:15:27 mark.
Jeff Bryant in The Progressive: How Community Schools Can Transform Parent Involvement for the Better
Both common sense and research seem to conclude that parent involvement matters a lot for student success and even for improving schools in general. According to the U.S. Department of Education’s analysis of parent involvement and education success in 2017, “Good...
Jeff Bryant in The Progressive: What’s Behind the State’s Takeover of Houston Schools
On March 15, Texas officials announced plans to take over Houston’s public schools—the largest school system in the Lone Star State and the eighth largest in the nation. The takeover will put Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath in charge of Houston...
WATCH: Jeff Bryant on the Impact of Private Equity Investment in Education
To private equity investors, the "education marketplace" is one that is ripe for investment, and a new report shows that in 2021 private equity firms completed a record number of deals in the education sector, following a trend that has seen increases each year since...
Jeff Bryant in The Progressive: How Progressives Can Win the War on Public Education
Netroots Nation is arguably the most important annual event in the progressive community and a telling barometer of what is on the minds of “the Democratic wing of the Democratic Party,” as Paul Wellstone, the late U.S. Senator from Minnesota, once put it. This year’s...
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