Jeff Bryant

2 months ago | independentmediainstitute.org | Jeff Bryant

The following is an excerpt of an article that was originally published on the Progressive. Click to read the full article online. Trust in public schools has eroded, but community schools in La Crosse, Wisconsin, may show how it can be restored. It’s important for people to know they can trust schools,” Jenna Fernholz told The Progressive during a call over Zoom in early March. “That’s a hard thing in this time and in this administration.

Sep 30, 2024 | independentmediainstitute.org | Jeff Bryant |Brittani Banks

Click here to read the article on LA Progressive. Headbutting and friction continue in the battle of big ideas vs. entrenched leadership. There was an ironic moment in former President Barack Obama’s speech at the 2024 Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Chicago when he brought up the passing of his wife Michelle’s mother Marian Robinson who, he noted, was raised in the South Side of Chicago and attended Englewood High School.

Aug 13, 2024 | truthdig.com | Jeff Bryant

Now that abolishing the U.S. Department of Education has become the default position of the Republican Party, charter schools—which educate about 7 percent of K-12 students in the U.S.—also appear to be in disfavor in today’s more radical GOP. Indeed, if Trump returns to the White House and a Republican majority in Congress acts on their pledge to shut down the federal government’s involvement in education policy, charter schools would be irreparably harmed.

Jul 9, 2024 | scoop.co.nz | Jeff Bryant

By Jeff BryantDawn Sydnor Cole, principal at MorrillMath and Science Elementary School in Chicago, has beentrying to fill an open position for an art teacher in herschool ever since she was first hired to lead theschool—six years ago. Why is finding an art teacher forMorrill so difficult? “Chicago is a city that isvery segregated by neighborhoods,” she told Our Schools.

Mar 1, 2024 | truthdig.com | Jeff Bryant

On February 13, President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, did something Democratic officials seldom do in public: He spoke the truth about what’s behind the relentless attacks on public schools by rightwing advocacy groups and their financial backers.