Author Archive: Jeff Bryant

Jeff Bryant is a writing fellow and chief correspondent for Our Schools. 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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Betsy DeVos Is Gone, But Her Education Agenda Is Rolling Out Across the Country

Released for Syndication: 02/02/2021

New efforts in state legislatures seek to privatize public education.

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We Need a Democratic Approach to Reimagining Schools—Asking People, Not Billionaires and Ideologues, What They Want

Released for Syndication: 01/27/2021

In Durham, North Carolina, a fight for an elementary school became a catalyst for positive change.

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Joe Biden Has a Golden Opportunity to Strengthen Public Education

Released for Syndication: 01/14/2021

After years of federal policy malpractice, the nation is eager for a fresh agenda for public schools.

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Are Charter Schools Banking on the Suburbs?

Released for Syndication: 12/15/2020

A flood of new charters in Wake County, North Carolina, may show how the industry will try to thrive despite an economic downturn and a pandemic.

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Worse Than Betsy DeVos: Outside Money Swamps 2020 School Board Elections

Released for Syndication: 12/02/2020

A national campaign to privatize public schools continues regardless of who is president.

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How Online Learning Companies Are Using the Pandemic to Take Over Classroom Teaching

Released for Syndication: 10/07/2020

Experts warn the rush to outsource teaching to private companies is bad for students, teachers, and taxpayers.

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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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