Jeff Bryant
@jeffbinnc.bsky.social
Chief correspondent Our Schools, an education media project of the Independent Media Institute and lead fellow Public School Advocate at The Progressive Magazine. Texas native now based in Chapel Hill, NC. Website: https://edpolitics.org/
Wheels coming off the bus of a Philadelphia charter school hit by huge staff layoffs, student protests as teachers vow to organize a union to fight back against administrative dysfunction and mismanagement. #CharterSchoolFail
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A Philly charter just laid off 17 employees. Students, staff, and parents say it’s a sign of troubling changes at the school
The school, a K-12 in Hunting Park, has seen changes in the past year, culminating with teacher layoffs this month. Now, Esperanza Academy Charter High School staff are attempting to unionize.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Wheels coming off the bus of a Philadelphia charter school hit by huge staff layoffs, student protests as teachers vow to organize a union to fight back against administrative dysfunction and mismanagement. #CharterSchoolFail
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@jeffbinnc.bsky.social - Jeff Bryant, one of our nation's foremost experts on education, writes about Florida's virtual dismantling of its public education system
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How the charter school industry’s newest scheme could be ‘the death of public schools’ | NationofChange
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December 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
@jeffbinnc.bsky.social - Jeff Bryant, one of our nation's foremost experts on education, writes about Florida's virtual dismantling of its public education system
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The charter school industry has a demand problem, not a supply problem.
New charter schools in North Carolina are struggling to enroll enough students to stay solvent. One High Point school’s mid-fall implosion shows the consequences for families.
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If You Build It, Will They Come?
New charter schools are struggling to enroll enough students to stay solvent. One High Point school’s implosion shows the consequences.
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December 23, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The charter school industry has a demand problem, not a supply problem.
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Bari Weiss lied in her memo. She said segment didn't report administration's legal justification (it does in the very first sentence) and didn't say how many detainees had been charged with crimes as opposed to just those who were convicted (it does). www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
WATCH: The 60 Minutes CECOT Segment
I was sent the CECOT segment anonymously in a group chat.
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December 23, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Bari Weiss lied in her memo. She said segment didn't report administration's legal justification (it does in the very first sentence) and didn't say how many detainees had been charged with crimes as opposed to just those who were convicted (it does). www.muellershewrote.com/p/watch-the-...
Charter schools have a demand problem, not a supply problem.
If You Build It, Will They Come? New charter schools in North Carolina are struggling to enroll enough students to stay solvent. One High Point school’s mid-fall implosion shows the consequences for families. www.theassemblync.co...
December 22, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Charter schools have a demand problem, not a supply problem.
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James Talarico exposes GOP private school voucher scam:
“Elon Musk is a Texas resident and is eligible for these funds.
He has 8 children. That's $2 million in funds for Elon Musk.
You're taking tax dollars of plumbers and nurses to subsidize families who already have kids at private schools."
“Elon Musk is a Texas resident and is eligible for these funds.
He has 8 children. That's $2 million in funds for Elon Musk.
You're taking tax dollars of plumbers and nurses to subsidize families who already have kids at private schools."
December 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
James Talarico exposes GOP private school voucher scam:
“Elon Musk is a Texas resident and is eligible for these funds.
He has 8 children. That's $2 million in funds for Elon Musk.
You're taking tax dollars of plumbers and nurses to subsidize families who already have kids at private schools."
“Elon Musk is a Texas resident and is eligible for these funds.
He has 8 children. That's $2 million in funds for Elon Musk.
You're taking tax dollars of plumbers and nurses to subsidize families who already have kids at private schools."
ICYM my report on the charter school industry's newest grift, it's now also at @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social Masquerading as "schools of hope," for-profit charter chains plan to seize and hold spaces in Florida public school buildings.
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How the Charter School Industry’s Newest Scheme Could Be ‘the Death of Public Schools’
The letters started coming in October 2025. In the first wave, according to the Florida Policy Institute (FPI), “at least 22 school districts in Florida”
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December 19, 2025 at 8:04 PM
ICYM my report on the charter school industry's newest grift, it's now also at @counterpunchmedia.bsky.social Masquerading as "schools of hope," for-profit charter chains plan to seize and hold spaces in Florida public school buildings.
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A new law in Florida gives the charter school industry free rein to act like squatters and take over spaces in public school buildings that charter operators deem to be "underutilized." #CharterSchoolFail
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How the charter school industry’s newest scheme could be ‘the death of public schools’ | NationofChange
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December 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
A new law in Florida gives the charter school industry free rein to act like squatters and take over spaces in public school buildings that charter operators deem to be "underutilized." #CharterSchoolFail
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“Meta’s use of algorithms in core operations conceals the extent to which it profits from business decisions that prioritize engagement over protecting the psychological health of young people.” @nepc.bsky.social
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The Hidden Dangers of Meta’s Partnership Offer to Schools
The company’s new Instagram School Partnership Program seems designed to make money. It’s not clear that it benefits schools.
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December 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
“Meta’s use of algorithms in core operations conceals the extent to which it profits from business decisions that prioritize engagement over protecting the psychological health of young people.” @nepc.bsky.social
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There’s a growing movement for public schools: Community-school initiatives are showing big impacts with up to a 30% drop in chronic absenteeism, fewer suspensions, and improved academic achievement especially amongst Black, low-income, and English-learner students.
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My new responds to prominent pundits who've been pining for the days of bipartisan education reform instead of noticing a quiet revolution in edu policy that is transforming schools and changing student outcomes for the better.
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A Quiet Revolution Is Improving Schools
But media pundits and reporters ignore it, and Republicans are trying to kill it.
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December 6, 2025 at 5:11 AM
There’s a growing movement for public schools: Community-school initiatives are showing big impacts with up to a 30% drop in chronic absenteeism, fewer suspensions, and improved academic achievement especially amongst Black, low-income, and English-learner students.
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Jeff Bryant: A Quiet Revolution Is Improving Schools -Commentators like Brookes and Austin ignore results of a quiet revolution in blue states implementing a school improvement plan commonly called the community school approach. networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content... #EducationMatters
Jeff Bryant: A Quiet Revolution Is Improving Schools - Network For Public Education
Independent journalist Jeff Bryant writes for The Progressive about a quiet trend that is revitalizing schools across the country. In October, The New York Times pundit David Brooks urged Democrats to...
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December 5, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Jeff Bryant: A Quiet Revolution Is Improving Schools -Commentators like Brookes and Austin ignore results of a quiet revolution in blue states implementing a school improvement plan commonly called the community school approach. networkforpubliceducation.org/blog-content... #EducationMatters
For-profit company that runs Learn4Life charter school chain uses taxpayer funds to pay its now-retired top executive $600,000 a year and hire senior executives’ family members for jobs with 6-figure salaries. @sandiegouniontribune.com #CharterSchoolFail
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In Learn4Life charter school network, millions of taxpayer dollars get spent by one private corporation
Lifelong Learning operates outside state transparency laws, despite its outsize role in managing the schools and despite the millions it reaps in public funding.
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December 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
For-profit company that runs Learn4Life charter school chain uses taxpayer funds to pay its now-retired top executive $600,000 a year and hire senior executives’ family members for jobs with 6-figure salaries. @sandiegouniontribune.com #CharterSchoolFail
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My new responds to prominent pundits who've been pining for the days of bipartisan education reform instead of noticing a quiet revolution in edu policy that is transforming schools and changing student outcomes for the better.
progressive.org/public-schoo...
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A Quiet Revolution Is Improving Schools
But media pundits and reporters ignore it, and Republicans are trying to kill it.
progressive.org
December 4, 2025 at 1:13 PM
My new responds to prominent pundits who've been pining for the days of bipartisan education reform instead of noticing a quiet revolution in edu policy that is transforming schools and changing student outcomes for the better.
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As sub-prime private schools in Florida open and close, they play a shell game with the voucher money they get from the state. #SchoolVoucherScam
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Judge: Hernando private school accepted state vouchers for students 130 miles away
Little Wings of Prayer, a daycare and private school in Hernando County since 2018, is subject of an investigation opened in 2024 into a mass transfer of students (and their state-funded scholarships)...
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December 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
As sub-prime private schools in Florida open and close, they play a shell game with the voucher money they get from the state. #SchoolVoucherScam
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Outstanding journalism here by @freep.com reveals how lawmakers let corporate ed-tech lobbyists, not educators, determine the technology used in schools. www.freep.com/story/news/e...
EdTech companies are lobbying their way into your kids' classroom. Who's vetting them?
Tech companies are trying to create an even bigger market for education products by lobbying Michigan policymakers to route funds their way.
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November 30, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Outstanding journalism here by @freep.com reveals how lawmakers let corporate ed-tech lobbyists, not educators, determine the technology used in schools. www.freep.com/story/news/e...
“In some cases, schools could lose their universal free-meal program altogether.” MAGA's war on children continues.
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The Uncertain Future of SNAP Leaves Schools Filling the Hunger Gap
Federal delays in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits are rippling through classrooms and putting thousands of school-meal programs under pressure.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
“In some cases, schools could lose their universal free-meal program altogether.” MAGA's war on children continues.
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Volume up. Brace yourself. Spread far and wide.
You can walk away. Before the shame follows you home. #StopICE
November 26, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Volume up. Brace yourself. Spread far and wide.
Why do major media outlets continue to call Trump's murderous strikes on boats in the Caribbean "drug boats" ?There's no evidence the victims are drug runners.
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Why do major media outlets continue to call Trump's murderous strikes on boats in the Caribbean "drug boats" ?There's no evidence the victims are drug runners.
After North Carolina fast-tracked new charter school startups, only 1 in 4 of the new schools reached enrollment targets after opening. #CharterSchoolFail
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November 13, 2025 at 1:21 PM
After North Carolina fast-tracked new charter school startups, only 1 in 4 of the new schools reached enrollment targets after opening. #CharterSchoolFail
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New charter schools in North Carolina are a bust. What happened to the so-called waiting lists of families wanting to "escape their failing public schools"? #CharterSchoolFail
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November 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
New charter schools in North Carolina are a bust. What happened to the so-called waiting lists of families wanting to "escape their failing public schools"? #CharterSchoolFail
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People want life to be affordable, they want their local schools to be decent and well-defended, they want to have a job and a place to call home.
Basic values won last night, across party lines and across ideologies inside the parties.
Life. Liberty. Pursuit of Happiness.
Basic values won last night, across party lines and across ideologies inside the parties.
Life. Liberty. Pursuit of Happiness.
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 PM
People want life to be affordable, they want their local schools to be decent and well-defended, they want to have a job and a place to call home.
Basic values won last night, across party lines and across ideologies inside the parties.
Life. Liberty. Pursuit of Happiness.
Basic values won last night, across party lines and across ideologies inside the parties.
Life. Liberty. Pursuit of Happiness.
For years, our family spent Winter Holidays in Belmont Jamaica. We stayed in cabins that shared a yard with the Forrester family whose family patriarch "Daddy" would say, "We are one family." Daddy passed but grandson Dean informs me the family lost everything. Please help.
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Donate to Help Dean's Family Recover from Hurricane Melissa, organized by Dean Harty
Help to Rebuild after the Devastation of Hurricane Melissa.
My na… Dean Harty needs your support for Help Dean's Family Recover from Hurricane Melissa
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November 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
For years, our family spent Winter Holidays in Belmont Jamaica. We stayed in cabins that shared a yard with the Forrester family whose family patriarch "Daddy" would say, "We are one family." Daddy passed but grandson Dean informs me the family lost everything. Please help.
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My response to @edsecmcmahon.govpeeps.us on twitter
November 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
My response to @edsecmcmahon.govpeeps.us on twitter
Really unfortunate word choice here because if you know Jamaicans, they don't ever "cower." Maybe a better choice would be "Hunkers Down"? Hopefully @motherjones.com editors make a change.
October 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Really unfortunate word choice here because if you know Jamaicans, they don't ever "cower." Maybe a better choice would be "Hunkers Down"? Hopefully @motherjones.com editors make a change.