I write about education as Chief Correspondent for the Independent Media Institute. Get my newsletter here: independentmediainstitute.or…
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Jun 3
ICYMI my newest on how the right-wing plan to dismantle public schools is faring is now also at @LAProgressive laprogressive.com/education-…
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May 30
My newest reveals what's behind a rash of new legislation in, mostly, red states calling for capping or eliminating property taxes. It's not about "affordability" as proponents are claiming.
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May 15
My new: "In a political system that is increasingly indifferent to the daily needs and struggles of families and sees individuals’ worth only in economic terms—or, as in the case of education, their test scores—the alternative is community schools" progressive.org/public-schoo…
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Apr 28
Really helpful new data @JoannaMLeFebvre @CenterOnBudget extends what researchers have known since the early 00’s
Most voucher users were never in public school.
These are subsidies for existing choices. And add new costs for states.
Lawmakers in other states should follow the lead of those in FL, GA, LA, MS, & SC who are reconsidering costly private #schoolvouchers as state budgets tighten. Lawmakers should reprioritize funding for public schools serving 90% of this nation's students.
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Apr 7
Tempo Of Charter School Crimes And Arrests Never Decreases
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@JanResseger @EdLawCenter @BisforBerkshire @BadassTeachersA @educationweek @MarkALieberman @SarahDSparks @valeriestrauss @nckhui @SchlFinance101 @jeffbcdm @coopmike48
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Mar 29
Chinese capital circling Trump's school voucher gold rush asiatimes.com/2026/03/chines…
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Mar 31
ICYMI, I have a breaking story about state lawmakers opting into Trump’s new school voucher scheme are creating a potential windfall for private investors … in China? asiatimes.com/2026/03/chines…
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Mar 27
My newest looks at conservatives’ fears over the influence of Chinese investors in American education and how Trump’s new school voucher scheme could give these investors a windfall. counterpunch.org/2026/03/27/…
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Jan 6
"Community schools have been among the most effective strategies to address the effects of family and neighborhood poverty"
Jan 6
Trump's Education Department Axes Grants for Full-Service Community Schools janresseger.wordpress.com/20… via @janresseger
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6 Dec 2025
A Quiet Revolution Is Improving Schools - @jeffbcdm - Progressive progressive.org/public-schoo…
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4 Dec 2025
For decades, education policy has emphasized top-down, heavy-handed governance and privatization schemes such as charter schools. That's changing. But reporters and pundits are ignoring that and Republicans are trying to kill the movement.
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27 Oct 2025
27 Oct 2025
ICE violently detain father & son walking to school—teenage boy had to be rushed to hospital.
"I was just going to school," kid cries out. "I'm underage!"
The 16-year-old star athlete is a U.S. citizen—agents sent him to the hospital with severe injuries to his back & neck.
"For all those people saying this does not happen to U.S. citizens, have the courage to tell it to his face."
Arnoldo Bazan is a star football & soccer player at Alief Hastings High School in Houston, Texas. #DemsUnited
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10 Oct 2025
RT @rweingarten: Thank you @jeffbcdm for writing about my book, Why Fascists Fear Teachers, and how the “authoritarian playbook” always inc…
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6 Sep 2025
Anti-Trump protesters in Chicago chant “Fund the schools, not the Guard. Get the hell out of our backyard” while marching through downtown.
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29 Aug 2025
"The case is among several investigations the attorney general's office has launched into Arizona's lightly regulated Empowerment Scholarship program." #SchoolChoiceScam
28 Aug 2025
A couple who created 'ghost' children to defraud Arizona's Empowerment Scholarship program plead guilty to felony charges. @AZAGMayes announced the convictions as her office investigates several other ESA fraud cases. 12news.com/mobile/article/ne…
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21 Aug 2025
Community Schools and Why Democrats Should Support Them
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By getting behind community schools, Democrats will at least align their party with a proven way to ensure positive differences one community at a time. @jeffbcdm #communityschools
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3 Aug 2025
How the Trump Administration Wields the Federal Government’s Power Over Public Education | @jeffbcdm - Ed Politics edpolitics.org/how-the-trump…
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30 Jul 2025
My newest: 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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5 Jul 2025
Has the job of educating the nation's future citizens and leaders gotten tougher since the pandemic? Rural educators I spoke to said "Yes," but there's a strategy they're using to help overcome the challenges.
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9 Jun 2025
While the Republican Big Ugly budget bill's cuts to Medicaid and climate change programs have gotten the most attention, flying under the radar is a huge tax give-away to the rich masquerading as a 'school choice' scheme. My latest: counterpunch.org/2025/06/09/…
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