@jeffbinnc
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/
It's been a long time since the Democratic Party gave its full-throated support for public schools, but a coalition of Dems in Congress could reverse the party's abandonment of the People's Schools. @palan57.bsky.social has the story for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social
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Sick: "Dearborn Public Schools has paused all photo days with Lifetouch after learning of business ties between Jeffrey Epstein and a former CEO whose company became the main investor of companies affiliated with Lifetouch in 2019."
HT @audreywatters.bsky.social
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In North Carolina primary elections, six educators switched their party affiliation to challenge Republican incumbents.
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This: "Legislators asked, did charter leaders really need to visit London and Stockholm with their families to speak with international school leaders? ... And should a principal at Gray Collegiate Academy really make more money than most of the state’s superintendents?"
"The community school approach transitions traditional schools from being strictly academic institutions into community hubs that provide student and family support services based on resources and voices of the surrounding community. The strategy is showing promise in improving student outcomes"
My newest on the harm the Trump administration is inflicting on public schools: “Every day, there’s yet another abuse.” The wanton attack on public schools is one of America’s biggest tragedies, and too few in the media are paying attention.
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Next up: rural schools. Robots instead of teachers is not what Trump voters wanted but it may be what they're going to get.
And that's just the immediate cost to taxpayers. What about the longterm costs to society of having discriminatory practices in schools that rob students of their futures.
A "strategic" move would be to issue a firm position that Democrats in Congress and the American people won’t stand for any of this and that Republicans must offer plausible solutions to prevent masked secret police from rampaging in American cities or we'll shut it down. Why can't you do that?
ICE/CBP is following school busses now.
My husband (a school bus driver) was just in an urgent all-hands meeting about it this afternoon.
Hurting vulnerable children: Trump administration plans to move a program that funds K-12 education for children living in poverty, multilingual learners, migrant students, and students w/ disabilities to an agency built for workforce policy, not education.
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Minnesota teacher: "the organized calculation of brutality sanctioned by the federal government right now represents the greatest constancy of deliberate community harm that I’ve ever known."
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❌ >70% TX counties currently have NO elementary, junior, or senior high schools accepting vouchers.
❌ ~1/3 schools charge tuition > the voucher amount for most participants. Few provide special ed.
❌ 100+ schools prioritize admitting students of the same faith.
#txed
Taxpayer-funded discrimination, peak 2026: "around 40 percent of the religious schools have policies that favor students of their own faith and around 25 percent have policies that discriminate against LGBTQ+ students."
"The rollback of desegregation orders and civil rights protections represents more than a policy change; it’s a fundamental assault on the principle that all children deserve equal educational opportunities." New from @theprogressivemag.bsky.social
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"New Harmony joins several other charter schools that have recently volunteered to shut their doors." The consequences of subjecting children to an inhumane marketplace. Oh well. #CharterSchoolFail
"Charter schooling is now an industry, not a public school reform." @carolburris.bsky.social for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social
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what appears to be the least vaccinated school here in Buncombe County (23.5%) got some of the most private school voucher money ($1 million+) last year)
Tim Walz is such a good and decent man. And seeing what has been done to him stirs a rage in me so strong that I can’t really grapple with it at times. I only know one way forward which is a promise to use that rage to bring about change and a return to decency.
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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The charter school industry has a demand problem, not a supply problem.
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.
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."
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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Charter proponents call this an "innovation," but what's really behind this land grab is a business imperative the industry increasingly faces not just in Florida but nationwide. Here's the link again:
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While proponents of the new law claim it is a way to expand education options for students and families, critics point to evidence that Florida charter schools, which one expert called “a shitstorm,” need stricter oversight rather than a free rein.
Once the charter occupies part of the public school, it operates rent free, and the school district becomes responsible for the charter’s costs for bus transportation, food service, school support services, and any construction costs the charters might incur.
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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