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Teacher Age Discrimination Hurts Students!

March 2, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 43 Comments

Rejecting veteran teachers to keep them from moving up the ladder for pay increases means students miss out on getting to know and learn from elderly people. Teach for America is popular because they remain at the bottom rung of the funding ladder and leave after a few years. This creates a revolving door of […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Age Discrimination, public education, public schools, Teacher Age Discrimination, teachers

Teacher Concerns about Age Discrimination and the Teacher Shortage

August 29, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

Many teachers raised concerns about age discrimination relating to the current teacher shortage after a recent post. I gathered what I had learned and I have added additional information. I also provide links at the bottom to other important articles about this topic. It is important to state that older teachers want to encourage young […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: ACT, African American Teachers, Age Discrimination, NCLB, Older Teachers, RTTT, SAT, School Administration, Teacher Age Discrimination, Teacher Shortage, teachers, Teachers' Unions, Tenure, Veteran Teachers, Younger Teachers

Teacher Age Discrimination During a So-Called Teacher Shortage

August 16, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 189 Comments

Jeb Bush is 62. Hillary Clinton is 67. Donald Trump is 69 and Bernie Sanders is 73. If these individuals were teaching in a public school, and not famous politicians, what would you bet that they’d still be working? How many older teachers do you know who are still teaching? While there is much gnashing […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Age Discrimination, Ageism, AP, Bernie Sanders, Bill Gates, College Board, Common Core, Donald Trump, Eli Broad, Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, NEA, public schools, teachers

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nancyebailey1 Nancy E. Bailey @nancyebailey1 ·
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Could Common Core, along with NCLB be driving the Science of Reading? Do SoR supporters ever critique these programs fairly?

Paul Thomas @plthomasEdD

If you buy the SOR movement, and think criticism of it is off-base, PLEASE review the Common Core movement:

Uncritically embraced, implemented and drove HUGE ***edu-market rebranding***, teacher retraining, and curriculum changes ... before imploding and ...

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plthomasedd Paul Thomas @plthomasedd ·
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If you are making claims about education/reading and insist on using NRP as proof while also misrepresenting NRP findings, your entire argument has lost its footing. NRP = limited, 20+ yrs old, did *not* prove all Ss need systematic phonics

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readingforum_ed thereadingforum @readingforum_ed ·
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Catherine Snow has done amazing reading research - well worth checking out her studies as well as this
https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/23/03/harvard-edcast-weather-literacy-crisis-do-what-works

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lauranbowman Laura Bowman @lauranbowman ·
30 Mar

Thank you, ⁦@JamaalBowmanNY⁩. “Question them. Force them to respond to the question, ‘Why the hell don’t you do anything to save America’s children?’ And let them explain that all the way up until 2024.”” https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3924968-watch-lawmakers-get-in-shouting-match-outside-house-floor-over-gun-control/

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Where will Judy and Faith meet for their one year anniversary birthday bash? Who will be their next guest on The Literacy View? @BoksnerJudy @LindsayKemeny @NancyEBailey1 @FaithBorkowsky Listen to Facebook LIVE‼️🎉👏👏👏🍎🗽

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