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/
“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.
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.
“The bullhorns came out, the security guards dressed all in black came out ... no curriculum, no books ... constant turnover is a misuse of taxpayer dollars.” What schooling is like in this Philadelphia charter school. #CharterSchoolFail
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This Philly charter has been roiled by upheaval and turnover. Now, its renewal is on hold.
Northwood Academy Charter School recently hired former Central Bucks Superintendent Steven Yanni as its CEO, and school officials say the board is working to improve the school.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
“The bullhorns came out, the security guards dressed all in black came out ... no curriculum, no books ... constant turnover is a misuse of taxpayer dollars.” What schooling is like in this Philadelphia charter school. #CharterSchoolFail
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"The truth is that the all-charter experiment in New Orleans was built on the displacement of Black educators, the silencing of parents, and the infusion of foundation dollars with strings attached." @carolburris.bsky.social #CharterSchoolFail
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Meet Our Fellows
Meet Our Fellows
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October 24, 2025 at 5:31 PM
"The truth is that the all-charter experiment in New Orleans was built on the displacement of Black educators, the silencing of parents, and the infusion of foundation dollars with strings attached." @carolburris.bsky.social #CharterSchoolFail
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Silicon Valley is using legal loopholes and NDAs to keep the public in the dark about the water and energy being consumed by generative AI.
#AI #BigTech #Data
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#AI #BigTech #Data
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Tech Giants Are Trying to Cover Up the Environmental Impacts of Their Data Centers
Silicon Valley is using legal loopholes and NDAs to keep the public in the dark about the water and energy being consumed by generative AI.
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October 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Silicon Valley is using legal loopholes and NDAs to keep the public in the dark about the water and energy being consumed by generative AI.
#AI #BigTech #Data
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#AI #BigTech #Data
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2 in 5 charter school students in Ohio are chronically absent, nearly 15 percentage points more than the average rate in public schools. #CharterSchoolFail
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Two in five charter school students in Ohio are chronically absent. Why is that?
Two in five charter school students in Ohio are chronically absent, which is nearly 15% more than the average rate in traditional public schools.
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October 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
2 in 5 charter school students in Ohio are chronically absent, nearly 15 percentage points more than the average rate in public schools. #CharterSchoolFail
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F-rated Florida charter school defies district order to close due to falling roof, rat droppings, mold, and unsafe campus. The school’s landlord is married to the principal. #CharterSchoolFail
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Hillsborough School District asking for court-ordered injunction to force Walton Academy closed
A legal fight is escalating between the Hillsborough County School District and Walton Academy for the Performing Arts, which continued to operate on Thursday despite a unanimous school board vote ord...
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October 21, 2025 at 6:53 PM
F-rated Florida charter school defies district order to close due to falling roof, rat droppings, mold, and unsafe campus. The school’s landlord is married to the principal. #CharterSchoolFail
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North Carolina charter school suddenly closes, blindsiding parents. #CharterSchoolFail
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October 20, 2025 at 1:26 PM
North Carolina charter school suddenly closes, blindsiding parents. #CharterSchoolFail
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New Mexico online charter school counter-suing school district that accused the company of inflating enrollments, hiring uncertified teachers, and violating regulatory requirements for teacher-student ratios and special ed services. #CharterSchoolFail
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Did A Cyber School Giant Try To Hide Its Troubles By Attacking A Public School?
Stride, a giant in the cyber charter school industry, was accused by a New Mexico school district of violating rules and regulations. Now a lawsuit alleges that Stride responded by mounting a coordina...
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October 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
New Mexico online charter school counter-suing school district that accused the company of inflating enrollments, hiring uncertified teachers, and violating regulatory requirements for teacher-student ratios and special ed services. #CharterSchoolFail
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The disastrous story of Des Moines schools Superintendent Ian Roberts is prompting some journalists to dig up my articles from 2019 about a huge grift run by school-related executive search firms. www.thegazette.com/staff-column...
October 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
The disastrous story of Des Moines schools Superintendent Ian Roberts is prompting some journalists to dig up my articles from 2019 about a huge grift run by school-related executive search firms. www.thegazette.com/staff-column...
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Yikes! I hadn't read Brooks' column until now. What a stale collection of 2-decade-old talking points (plus enough misleading statements to make Trump blush, if that were possible)!
Mr. Brooks, it's simple: Kids learn when they have rich opportunities to learn. No, it won't help to bring back NCLB.
Mr. Brooks, it's simple: Kids learn when they have rich opportunities to learn. No, it won't help to bring back NCLB.
Lots of wise observers of edu policy such as those at @nepc.bsky.social are pointing policy makers to a better direction for edu but Books is too busy scrolling through videos of defunct pols like Rahm Emanuel to pay attention to those who know better.
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Opinion | Why Are the Democrats Increasing Inequality?
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October 11, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Yikes! I hadn't read Brooks' column until now. What a stale collection of 2-decade-old talking points (plus enough misleading statements to make Trump blush, if that were possible)!
Mr. Brooks, it's simple: Kids learn when they have rich opportunities to learn. No, it won't help to bring back NCLB.
Mr. Brooks, it's simple: Kids learn when they have rich opportunities to learn. No, it won't help to bring back NCLB.
Two months into the new school year, a new charter school in North Carolina closes due to low enrollment. #CharterSchoolFail
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High Point charter school ordered to close mid-year
HIGH POINT — A charter school that opened in August in a former church property on E. Lexington Avenue has been ordered to close in December because of low enrollment.
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October 10, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Two months into the new school year, a new charter school in North Carolina closes due to low enrollment. #CharterSchoolFail
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LOL David Brooks blames declining literacy rates on "screens" but then proposes education reforms he got from scrolling through a video on his Iphone.
October 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
LOL David Brooks blames declining literacy rates on "screens" but then proposes education reforms he got from scrolling through a video on his Iphone.
“The federalization of policing and the visible presence of the National Guard signals to students and families, particularly in Black and brown communities, that their neighborhoods are viewed as war zones, rather than learning communities.”
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Trump’s D.C. Takeover Foretells How Federal Occupations Will Threaten Education
Military and police crackdowns on communities are costly and have long-term, harmful impacts on millions of students and families.
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October 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
“The federalization of policing and the visible presence of the National Guard signals to students and families, particularly in Black and brown communities, that their neighborhoods are viewed as war zones, rather than learning communities.”
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When you're getting negative coverage from People Magazine you know you've crossed a line.
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ICE Agents Rappel from Helicopter in Overnight Chicago Raid, Dragging Kids from Beds to U-Hauls
Overnight on Tuesday, Sept. 30, federal agents from different agencies raided an apartment building on the South Side of Chicago, pulling men, women and children — some of them allegedly naked — from ...
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October 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
When you're getting negative coverage from People Magazine you know you've crossed a line.
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An important new read from my Our Schools media project about the supposed success of "education reform" in New Orleans since Katrina asks "success for whom?"
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Twenty Years After Katrina, the City’s All-Charter Schools System Is Failing Many Families
To mark the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of New Orleans, numerous articles and opinion pieces have appeared in prominent media
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October 1, 2025 at 6:48 PM
An important new read from my Our Schools media project about the supposed success of "education reform" in New Orleans since Katrina asks "success for whom?"
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Operator of a for-profit charter school in Ohio ran a network of violent nightclubs while funneling millions in taxpayer funds from his charter school through inflated enrollment, related-party deals, and unauthorized contracts, leaving the school insolvent. #CharterSchoolFail
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Dohn Community High School: A textbook case of charter failure and illegal enrichment..
This video by NPE is based on a great investigative story by the reporters Quinlan Bently and Bebe Hodges of the Cincinnati Enquirer about how for-profit charter…
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September 30, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Operator of a for-profit charter school in Ohio ran a network of violent nightclubs while funneling millions in taxpayer funds from his charter school through inflated enrollment, related-party deals, and unauthorized contracts, leaving the school insolvent. #CharterSchoolFail
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This is the same group that just got legislation passed in Florida to allow more charters so they can get into Miami. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
September 26, 2025 at 10:20 PM
This is the same group that just got legislation passed in Florida to allow more charters so they can get into Miami. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...