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Teacher Age Discrimination Hurts Students!

March 2, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 30 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 163 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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