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We Need Clarity and Consistency From the President When it Comes to Democratic Public Schools

April 30, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 11 Comments

President Biden has accomplished much in his first 100 days. He’s a caring President when this is especially needed. There’s much to like about the President’s ideas and, here, for education, but his speech did not highlight some major concerns. He talked strongly about democracy, but he missed the chance to make important points about […]

Filed Under: Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: Democratic Public Schools, education, President Biden's speech, School Buildings, school competition with other countries

DeVos and The Privatization Connection to Detroit’s “Right to Read” Lawsuit: “Separate and Unequal”

May 4, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

The Detroit landmark decision that children deserve to learn to read in school is a case that reflects decades of troubled education in Detroit. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and school privatization are not mentioned in this case. But school privatization initiatives have been failing children in the Motor City for years. DeVos is the current […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Democratic Public Schools, Detroit Public Schools, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Gary B. v.Whitmer, reading, reading remediation, school facilities, School Privatization, the "right to read" case

The Candidates: How Will They Solve Society’s Problems Without Great Public Schools?

June 30, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

Here we go again. Two nights of Democratic debates and public schools were only mentioned in connection with other issues. The candidates discussed climate change, gun control, health care, foreign policy, free community college, and more. They never tackled the issues surrounding for-profit colleges. There were no questions about the privatization of public education in […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Democratic candidates for president, Democratic Public Schools, education discussion, Public School Privatization, School Privatization, the lack of discussion

Betsy DeVos and the Let Public Schools Die Then Privatize Them Tour

September 15, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 10 Comments

Here are some observations of Betsy DeVos and her Rethink Schools tour. Autism in Douglas County One of the schools she visited was the Firefly Autism House the private school which received attention in the landmark Supreme Court case Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District. Parents received funding to place their child at Firefly […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Autism, Betsy DeVos, Betsy DeVos Rethink School Tour, Democratic Public Schools, Douglas County School District, education, Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, Public School Innovation, public schools, Rethink Schools Tour, School Privatization, Special Education Privatization, Stakeholders, Tech Takeover of Public Schools, Technology in Schools

Parents Working With School Districts To Make Public Schools Work

October 16, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 15 Comments

For our team and the members of our group, gifted education is not about speeding through school or having Ivy League kids. It is about our children receiving an education that causes them to work hard, overcome obstacles, and fail and recover. It is about finding friends who understand them and are OK with their […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Avondale, Democratic Public Schools, gifted and talented, Gifted Education, Metro-Detroit, Oakland County, Parent Advocates, Parent Groups, parents, Superintendent Dr. James Schwarz

Are they “Special Interests” or Voices of a Democracy?

October 14, 2013 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

The blogger buzz this past weekend concerned an angry audience voicing concerns about Common Core Standards (CCS). It took place at a Poughkeepsie, New York town hall meeting with the state’s Ed. Commissioner Dr. John King. Indignant parents and teachers listened to King for 1 hour and 40 minutes then, with their meager left-over 23 […]

Filed Under: Common Core Tagged With: "Special Interests", Common Core Standards, Democracy, Democratic Public Schools, John King, New York, parents

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nancyebailey1 Nancy E. Bailey @nancyebailey1 ·
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The focus should be on lifting traditional public schools & reading programs for many students who attend those schools rather than on unproven private and charter schools. Fix IDEA by increasing options. https://nancyebailey.com/2023/01/29/reading-disabilities-focus-on-public-schools-not-school-choice/

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arizona_sos Save Our Schools AZ @arizona_sos ·
28 Jan

Special interests call ESA vouchers “scholarships” because private schools select their students. It’s not “school choice,” it’s the school’s choice 😡#AZVoucherWatch #VouchersHurt #FundOurSchools

http://bit.ly/SellingSchoolChoice

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danwuori Dan Wuori @danwuori ·
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On-demand standardized testing has no place in kindergarten. There are far more appropriate and meaningful methods of assessing young children. https://twitter.com/reimagschool/status/1619665302450753536

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My wife's Kindergarten students felt very stressed and were crying when they had to take a standardized test. When she reported this to administrators their solution was "test them until they cry, and then stop." #testthemtiltheycry #resisttesting

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drbradjohnson 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐬𝐨𝐧 @drbradjohnson ·
28 Jan

Besides the many issues with standardized testing. Most students have no idea what they missed on the tests and teachers don't either. And by time they get results students have moved on to next grade. Making it useless to evaluate teachers & districts too.

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ichrislehman Christopher Lehman 🤪 @ichrislehman ·
27 Jan

One of many absurd theories coming out of states like VA is that reading must be taught from a packaged curriculum followed with fidelity.

I have never ever ever worked with a curriculum that didn’t need to be slightly or completely revised to meet the needs of actual students.

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