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Diane Ravitch’s Education “Wisdom and Wit” is Critical at this Time

May 5, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 7 Comments

We will someday view this era as one in which the nation turned its back on its public schools, its children, and its educators. We will wonder why so many journalists and policymakers rejected the nation’s obligation to support public education as a social responsibility, and accepted the unrealistic, unsustainable promises of entrepreneurs and billionaires. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Book Review, civil rights, corporate school reform, Diane Ravitch, Garn Press, School Privatization, Teacher Appreciation Week, teachers, The Wisdom and Wit of Diane Ravitch

California’s Reading Crisis: Why Aren’t U.S. Kids Reading Well?

December 10, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

Children in California are not reading well. The New York Times reports that lawyers are suing the state on behalf of three schools, one a charter, for not following state literacy experts who are concerned about students learning English, those with disabilities, and African American and Hispanic students. Here are some thoughts when it comes […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: California, child health care, child homelessness, Child Hunger, civil rights, Common Core, libraries, phonics, public schools, reading, School Librarians, school libraries, U.S. reading

Further Apart in Public Schools than Ever Before

January 17, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 6 Comments

In honor of Martin Luther King, I would like to revisit a post I did about public schools and race relations after I first started blogging. A democratic public school system has great potential to bring children of all colors and from every background together. This would ultimately create a better world. But in order […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: civil rights, progress, race relations, schools

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