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...
New Peer-Reviewed Study by Our Schools’ Jeff Bryant and Velislava Hillman: “Families’ Perceptions of Corporate Influence in Career and Technical Education Through Data Extraction”
Families’ perceptions of corporate influence in career and technical education through data extraction Velislava Hillman & Jeff Bryant ABSTRACT This paper addresses families’ perceptions of corporate influence in career and technical education (CTE) through...
Jeff Bryant on The Progressive: ‘Community Schools Could Fix a Major Problem in Education’
Leslie Hu remembers the very day, a Thursday in March 2020, when her school, Dr. Martin Luther King Academic Middle School in San Francisco, received word from the district office that Friday would be the last day the school would be physically open until further...
Jeff Bryant on Salon: ‘The Far Right’s National Plan for Schools: Plant Charters, Defund Public Education’
"In recent years, Hillsdale College, a small private Christian school in Michigan, has quietly become a driving force in America's ongoing fights around education. A "feeder school" for the Trump administration, Hillsdale led President Trump's controversial 1776...
Jeff Bryant Quoted in Virginia NPR: Expanding Charter Schools Is ‘a Red Flag to Virginians’
"Gov.-elect Glenn Youngkin has repeatedly stated that he wants to open 20 charter schools in Virginia. But the nitty-gritty details of how he plans to achieve that are uncertain ... Jeff Bryant, chief correspondent for the independent news organization Our Schools,...
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