Author Archive: Jeff Bryant

Jeff Bryant is a writing fellow and chief correspondent for Our Schools, a project of the Independent Media Institute. He is a communications consultant, freelance writer, advocacy journalist, and director of the Education Opportunity Network, a strategy and messaging center for progressive education policy. His award-winning commentary and reporting routinely appear in prominent online news outlets, and he speaks frequently at national events about public education policy. Follow him on Twitter @jeffbcdm.
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Charter Schools Find Gold in Federal Government Aid to Small Businesses While Black-Owned Firms Get the Shaft

Released for Syndication: 09/03/2020

During the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic fallout, the charter industry added to systemic inequities that afflict Black communities.

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Why Black Lives Matter in These Milwaukee Schools

Released for Syndication: 08/25/2020

In a community of color failed by 30 years of school choice, teachers are pushing a positive education alternative.

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After Years of Underfunding, Now Public School Teachers Are Supposed to Save the Nation’s Economy?

Released for Syndication: 07/07/2020

It’s taken a pandemic to make people realize public schools are a key to prosperity, but so far they’re bringing too little, too late.

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Education 101: Don’t Open a New Charter School in the Middle of a Pandemic

Released for Syndication: 06/25/2020

The future of school choice with COVID-19 may be playing out in suburban communities like Wake County, North Carolina, and it isn’t pretty.

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How Education Secretary DeVos Is Using the Pandemic to Get What She Wants

Released for Syndication: 06/11/2020

Betsy DeVos is using a crisis to privatize emergency funds for public schools while her agenda trickles down to states.

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Here’s What More Public Schools Need to Look Like After the COVID-19 Pandemic

Released for Syndication: 05/18/2020

A state where schools experienced deep adversities before COVID-19 can show the nation a pathway forward when schools reopen.

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As Economic Tsunami Crashes into America’s Schools, Government Leaders Like DeVos Are Trying to Ram Through Their Agendas

Released for Syndication: 05/01/2020

Their proposals to privatize education and slash spending are the wrong way to respond to a pandemic.

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How Betsy DeVos and the Charter School Movement Are Brazenly Using Coronavirus Pandemic to Advance Their Agendas

Released for Syndication: 04/22/2020

The school privatization movement is not stopping as the country remains locked down.

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While the Public Experiences a Health Calamity, the Homeschooling Movement Sees a Big Opportunity

Released for Syndication: 03/30/2020

Advocates for homeschooling and other forms of public school privatization want you to believe the pandemic has a silver lining—they’re wrong.

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Why the Coronavirus Pandemic Could Weaken the School Privatization Agenda

Released for Syndication: 03/19/2020

As the COVID-19 epidemic closes public schools, standards, testing, and charters grow increasingly irrelevant.

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