Jeff Bryant

Colorado charter school "posted in the morning, come join us for back-to-school night. Then they send an email in the evening saying sorry, there's gonna be no school at all." #CharterSchoolFail HT @dianeravitch.bsky.social
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Website is updated with most recent articles and media appearances including two new stories about community schools making a positive difference for kids and families.
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Jeff Bryant How the Trump administration wields the federal government’s power over public education

@jeffbinnc.bsky.social - How the Trump administration wields the federal government’s power over public education. With the help of the U.S. Supreme Court and congressional Republicans, Trump is turning public education into the great unequalizer. www.nationofchange.o...

Despite F Ratings, Dyslexia Charter School Has Gotten Repeated State Approval - Nancy Bailey's Education Website Interest in charter schools for students with disabilities is on the rise. Will such schools destroy the Individuals with Disabilities Act's (IDEA) rights of children? IDEA is the reauthorization of t...

A reminder that while Cassidy is a high & mighty critic of public education and special education, they have a charter school for kids with dyslexia, which has received poor ratings in the past and fails to offer inclusion, which parents expect in public schools. nancyebailey.com/2018/09/17/d...

West Palm Beach's University Preparatory Academy Shutters Suddenly, Leaving Families Scrambling for Alternatives University Preparatory Academy in West Palm Beach abruptly announces it will not reopen, leaving many families scrambling.

Florida charter school suddenly closes leaving 300 families in limbo. Fortunately district schools are open and ready to accept the students. #CharterSchoolFail
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Do Advocates for ‘School Choice’ Have a Plan B? When families refuse to leave ‘failing public schools’ for charters and vouchers, what’s next?

"The rescue of poor children 'trapped in failing schools' has long been a rallying cry for fans of taxpayer-funded school vouchers and charter schools. But that’s not happening. It’s time to ask the pro-school choice crowd if they have a Plan B." @palan57.bsky.social
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#CharterSchoolFail

How the Trump administration wields the federal government’s power over public education | NationofChange

ICYMI my reporting on what Trump and his collaborators in Congress and SCOTUS are doing to education and why its not surprising given the history of conservative Republicans.
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Esports Programs Grow in Rural and Charter Schools K–12 rural and charter schools need to approach esports thoughtfully due to their locations and resources.

The edtech industry's solution for parents whose schools no longer provide sports programs because they've converted to a charter or because funding to their public school has been whittled to the bone: Don't worry, your kid can play esports.
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An update that came out after publishing: Trump backed off from withholding billions in federal grants for schools Congress had already allotted due to pressure, largely, from Republican Senators in predominantly rural states.

There's a historical context for this going back to the Reagan administration and its publication of the report 'A Nation at Risk' that framed the decades old effort, largely by conservative Republicans, to dismantle publication education and relieve billionaires from paying taxes to educate kids.

How the Trump Administration Wields the Federal Government’s Power Over Public Education The U.S. Supreme Court’s July 14 decision to allow President Donald Trump and his secretary of education, Linda McMahon, to proceed with dismantling the

My new: "With the help of the U.S. Supreme Court and congressional Republicans, Trump is turning public education into the great unequalizer."
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A.I.-Driven Education: Founded in Texas and Coming to a School Near You

When you get a "breaking news" reporter to cover a story about an edtech company using artificial intelligence instead of real teachers, you end up with shoddy reporting like this that fails to quote any experts on learning. @nytimes.com needs to do better
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White House Will Release $5.5 Billion for Schools, After Surprise Delay

The White House caving and having to release funds for public schools because of rare pressure from GOP senators is a big deal. Seems like an issue the Dems should really lean into... www.nytimes.com/2025/07/25/u...

Just a reminder that they're spending billions of dollars on ICE, building concentration camps for vulnerable people, and handing billionaires a tax break.
We've personally spent more than 200 bucks this year to help outfit my sister's classroom.
Let ICE hold a bake sale. #AmericaIsBroken

Winooski superintendent speaks out following hourslong interrogation at Texas airport "They said that I do not have rights, that my constitutional rights don't matter at a port of entry and that I should stop talking about rights," Chavarria said.

Wisconsin school superintendent detained at the border by immigration officials, despite being a US citizen, was told multiple times to give up access to information on his students. He refused and was eventually released.
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Survey: NC teachers bear nation's second-highest classroom supply costs • NC Newsline A new survey reveals North Carolina teacher spending on classroom supplies now ranks second highest nationwide.

Shameful: Average amount teachers spend of their own money on school supplies tops $1,000 nationally with teachers in Pennsylvania and North Carolina topping the list at $1,637 and $1,632 respectively. via @ncnewsline.com
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Madera charter school director indicted for allegedly embezzling federal funds A former charter school director in Madera County has been indicted for allegedly embezzling funds from a program that was federally funded, acting U.S. Attorney Kimberly A. Sanchez announced Tuesday....

Director of California charter school indicted for embezzlement and fraud allegedly used school funds to buy new pickups for his sons and pay for relationship coaching from a “self-proclaimed sex worker.” H/T @dianeravitch.bsky.social #CharterSchoolFail
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'You voted for all of this': GOP senator ripped for saying Trump's law could close schools Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R‑Alaska) is facing criticism for expressing concern that the Trump administration’s freeze on federal education — resulting from legislation she voted for — could lead to “closin...

I suspect a lot of Republican senators and congressional representatives from rural states are going to have to face the truth that they voted for Trump-backed legislation that will absolutely screw their rural constituents.
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The deportations are about to turn into detentions.

There isn’t money in deporting folks, but there is in detaining them…

Same as public schools

We need to be really clear about what the role of USED is, b/c the majority of public education decisions are at the state and local level. USED is about enforcement of students' civil rights and supplemental funding to assure a baseline of education for all students. 1/x @johnpavlovitz.bsky.social

Tyrant Playbook: Why the US Department of Education is Closing Tyranny doesn’t happen by accident. What is the method—tested, shared, copied, and repeated? Netflix’s series How to Become a Tyrant makes a bold and terrifying claim: authoritarians don’t ju…

Tyrant Playbook: Why the US Department of Education is Closing cloakinginequity.com/2025/07/15/t...

#CharterSchoolFail

It's painful to watch Dem politicians in blue states pass new policies that harm the public schools Republicans are intent on destroying.

The Real Reason Churches Advocate for Vouchers Religious organizations are for school choice because it lines their pockets. But where does that money go?

"Nowhere will you find a clear answer to the question of whether vouchers improve the overall success of an educational system...Vouchers are, and always have been, a way for private institutions to tap into public money." (See Milwaukee) progressive.org/public-schoo...

Anyone who pontificates on school improvement and raising academic achievement while ignoring issues of adequate and equitable funding should not be taken seriously.

GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON: · John Lewis Actions Good Trouble Lives On is a national day of nonviolent action to respond to the attacks posed on our civil and human rights by the Trump administration and to remind them that in America, the power lie...

I'm attending John Lewis Actions's event, “GOOD TROUBLE LIVES ON:” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/john-lewis-a...

Philly charter school says it will not renew its charter Following asbestos problems and years of low academic performance, the Universal Vare Charter School has announced it will not renew its charter next school year. It marks the third Philly school the ...

Journalists reporting about charter school closures should call this "going out of business" because it's about a private enterprise deciding to stop offering services for financial reasons and has nothing to do with serving the common good. #CharterSchoolFail
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Yes vote on #MAGAMurderBill will be judged as these other actions were: a fascist power grab by a regime of the bullies, for the billionaires to destroy the lives of anyone who dares to oppose them.