Joshua I. Stewart

Joshua I. Stewart earned his bachelor’s in political science and Hispanic studies from St. John's University in Minnesota. After graduating in 2013, he taught at an English language academy in Seoul, South Korea for a year, before working as a K-12 social studies and ESL teacher at an international school in Clark, Philippines. He now works as a digital media manager for brightbeam and Ed Post. Josh is passionate about cultural exchange, uplifting voices of the unheard, and encouraging the next generation to adopt a global mindset.

Posts By Joshua I. Stewart

Diversity

This World Should Break Your Heart

Love has never been a popular movement. And no one's ever wanted, really, to be free. The world is held together, really it is held together, by the love and the passion of a very few people....

Always Smile at Babies: Lessons From My Father

Editor's note: this post was originally written in 2018, and has been updated to celebrate our CEO Chris Stewart's birthday. Perhaps the most important act a father can do for their child, is to...

Literacy

The Science of Reading Gains Ground in Minnesota

Editor's note: This article was updated August 6th, 2024. At the Minnesota capitol in St. Paul, hundreds of people–parents, children, educators, community leaders and elected officials–came together...

anti-racism

Parents Storm D.C., Tell the GOP Whose Rights They Forgot in Their “Parents Bill of Rights”

This week, 75 parent activists from the National Parents Union, representing dozens of states, descended on Capitol Hill. They came to tell lawmakers the truth about H.R. 5, dubbed the “Parents Bill...

Here's How the 'Brown' Decision Impacted Black Teachers

To close Black History Month 2020, brightbeam CEO Chris Stewart took to a Twitter thread to share some history on the Black teaching force in America. Specifically, the unintended consequences of the...

School Funding

Local Property Taxes Will Never Be an Equitable Way to Fund Public Schools, But Here’s Something We Could Change Now That Would Help

A new report from EdBuild, Building Equity: Fairness in Property Tax Effort for Education, analyzes the way public schools are funded via property taxes and how this affects school funding equity....