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PDK Gallup Polls and The Election: The Nation Needs Great Teachers!

November 2, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

If V.P. Joe Biden is elected, there will be a chance for public education to survive and teachers to get the support they need to serve America’s children. Reelect President Trump, and chances are public schools may end. Teachers who have been prepared to teach may leave the field for good. Gallup Polls show how […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: covid-19, education, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, PDK Gallup Polls, President Donald Trump, public schools, teacher quality, teachers, the pandemic, V.P. Joe Biden

Hire, Don’t Fire, Teachers! They’re the Educational Superheroes to Help Students Through this Crisis!

May 21, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 5 Comments

Once upon a time, this country waited for Superman to save its schools. Teachers are today’s Superheroes. They face this crisis with strength and determination. The elite can write their blueprints. It’s the teachers who get the job done. The country should be hiring, not firing, its teachers. The Learning Policy Institute reports grim statistics about […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: class size, cyber schools, education, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Student Teachers, teacher job loss, Teacher Recruitment, teachers, Technology, universities

Sen. Bernie Sanders or V.P. Joe Biden: Who is the Better Presidential Candidate for Education?

March 8, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 7 Comments

Public schooling is one of the most important issues of our time. Without great public schools, how will America’s children grow up to find their strengths, seek the paths that bring them joy, and create a better world for themselves and future generations? Our world faces many problems, and it will take engaged students, who […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: education, public schools, school reform, Sen. Bernie Sanders, V.P. Joe Biden

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

The Republican Debate: Did YOU Hear Education Mentioned?

September 17, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 9 Comments

I did not remain glued to the screen when the debate was on last night, so when I stepped away, maybe it was then that they mentioned education and public schools. I must have missed it. Yes. I’m sure that was it. My guess is that they thoroughly discussed, at some point, the backbone of […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Autism, charter schools, College Debt, Common Core, dyslexia, education, Local Control of Schools, mental health, NCLB, Reauthorization of ESEA, Republican Debate, School-to-Prison Pipeline, special education, vouchers, World Education, Zero Tolerance

Senator Bernie Sanders and K-12 Education: We’re Listening!

July 6, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 12 Comments

Bernie fever is sweeping the Internet. I like Sen. Sanders. He says a lot of things that make me want to jump up and shout YES! You Go Bernie! But I, like many others, am still listening for the specifics when it comes to education and public schools. On the issue of K-12 education he […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, charter schools, Common Core, education, ESEA, preschool, public schools, Sen. Bernie Sanders, special education, Teach for America

Making Schools the “Best in the World”

March 15, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 10 Comments

Words of wisdom from across the pond. By Leah K. Stewart You know those fist-pumping speeches that invariably include the line, “make this nation’’s schooling the best in the world!” Almost without exception we hear this wherever national schooling exists: US, UK, Canada, Australia… Am I the only one who shudders at this wholly accepted […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Competition, education, Global Competition, Governments, National Pride, teachers

Pete Seeger…if you sing for children, you can’t really say there’s no hope.

January 28, 2014 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

Yesterday we lost Pete Seeger, one of the all-time great folk singers and activists. The LA Times calls Seeger “the conscience of America.” A larger than life figure, there is no way one can write enough about Seeger. He dedicated himself to peace, civil rights, labor, and the environment. He sang folk music and songs […]

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The Strange New Education Vocabulary List

August 28, 2013 By Nancy Bailey 3 Comments

This week I heard several educators and parents mention the strange vocabulary being used in public schools these days. So I got out the vocabulary list I’ve been collecting for several years called The Strange New Education Vocabulary List. Many of these words come from business or the military and seem strangely cold in reference […]

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susanohaSusan Ohanian@susanoha·
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The last time I looked Norway was at top on international tests. They didn't start to teach reading until age 8 or 9 and then kids get a playtime break every hour.
Every hour. https://twitter.com/NancyEBailey1/status/1381335214711050240

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@buchananshelle3 @susanoha Good pt. And PreK and K reading assessments have been taking place for YEARS! Along with drills and more tests. If it worked why do children still have reading problems? Maybe bring back PLAY!

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leoniehaimsonleonie haimson@leoniehaimson·
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There should no longer be any excuse for not lowering class size, which has been proven thru rigorous research to benefit all kids but especially those who are poor. Teachers know this, parents too, but where are those who control policies in our schools? https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/4/9/22375692/biden-proposes-doubling-title-i-sending-high-poverty-schools

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10 Apr

With so many worrying about learning loss in young children, I thought it important to dig out this old post about reading. Please remember that formal reading instruction used to begin in first grade. https://nancyebailey.com/2014/02/02/setting-children-up-to-hate-reading/

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#ECE expert @RaePica1 responds to VA digital device guidelines, "Why subject our children to all the health risks of digital devices when learning w/out devices is superior? The more senses we use in the learning process, the more information we retain." https://tinyurl.com/zay4c69z

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Please join us in lifting up our dear friend @DianeRavitch who undergoes open heart surgery today. May God grant her success in this serious procedure, and full recovery and healing. @NPEaction @Network4pubEd @pastors4OKkids @pastors4kykids @pastors4tnkids @pastors4flkids

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