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A Chat About Public Schools with Eli Broad’s Ghost

June 13, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

When someone gets to the other side, if they look back, do they question how they could have led their life differently, in this case, in particular, the late Eli Broad and his influence on public education? First, it’s troubling the United States doesn’t tax the wealthy the way they should and that Americans don’t […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Art, Broad prize for Urban education, Broad superintendency academy, charter schools, education, Eli Broad, Network for Public Education, New Leaders, public schools, science, The Broad Center at Yale, venture philanthropy

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

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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lauranbowmanLaura Bowman@lauranbowman·
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Cherry-picking data to undermine schools 90% of us send our kids to & privatize for profit. Way to further demoralize an already beaten-down workforce & push for EVEN MORE standardized testing & data collection. Nothing new & exciting. Sounds so very dreary/ punitive/out-of-touch https://twitter.com/roanoketimes/status/1527313907034910721

The Roanoke Times@roanoketimes

Virginia's K-12 school performance is backsliding due to reduced expectations for students and schools and a lack of transparency, resulting in widening achievement gaps, according to a critical new assessment from Virginia's superintendent of publi… https://roanoke.com/news/state-and-regional/youngkin-administration-report-finds-alarming-trends-in-virginias-k-12-performance/article_2e6f32bb-878b-5d05-b900-9b6ce2b41860.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

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cherkiesCheri Kiesecker@cherkies·
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Interesting. Wonder how the USDOE Office of Edtech will incorporate FTC's new COPPA policy statement. "Students must be able to do their schoolwork without surveillance by companies"
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/05/ftc-crack-down-companies-illegally-surveil-children-learning-online https://twitter.com/EdScoop_news/status/1527373549198946327

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The Office of EdTech is updating its national edtech plan, the strategy document outlining how technology is used in U.S. education @OfficeofEdTech https://edscoop.com/national-edtech-plan-2022-refresh/

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Media and Political Misreading of Reading (Again): NYC Edition http://radicalscholarship.com/2022/05/19/media-and-political-misreading-of-reading-again-nyc-edition/

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NancyEBailey1Nancy E. Bailey@NancyEBailey1·
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@PennBat I worry that many students with disabilities will miss out on inclusion classes with their non-disabled peers with vouchers. The best they will find are segregated charters or private schools that only focus on the disability.

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PennBatPA BATs R Pro Charter Reform@PennBat·
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1. You lost
2. Where are the Special Ed students supposed to go when all the public schools are gone and voucher schools won't accept them?

"School Choice" isn't for ALL kids. Anyone who says it is, is full of 💩 https://twitter.com/DeAngelisCorey/status/1513571301155348481

Corey A. DeAngelis@DeAngelisCorey

@RepKrajewski the money doesn't belong to the government schools.

education funding is meant for educating children, not for protecting a particular institution.

we should fund students, not systems.

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