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10 Serious Issues Facing Public School Students: Where’s Betsy?

May 27, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 7 Comments

Betsy DeVos wastes precious time on her choice initiative, ignoring the most serious problems facing our young people in public schools. At a hearing the other day, she pushed many of these problems onto the states. But I would argue that these difficulties still require thoughtful attention and research from an education secretary who should […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Children Treated Like Criminals, dyslexia, ELL Students, Gang Violence, homelessness, Immigration, mental health, poverty, School Buildings, Segregation, special education, Where is Betsy DeVos on the issues?

Hey CEOs! Get the Lead Out (of Flint)!

January 31, 2016 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

What will the business philanthropists concerned about the education progress of our young people do about Flint? For over 30 years, politicians and big business decided public schools were failing and nothing would do other than CEOs of huge corporations and the states take over. They told us they wanted to close the achievement gap […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, CEOs, Eli Broad Foundation, Flint, Gang Violence, Lead poisoning, learning disabilities, Mark Zuckerberg, Michigan, public schools, Reed Hastings, Walton Family Foundation

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dianeravitch Diane Ravitch 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌈 @dianeravitch ·
17 Jan

A must-read. School choice started as a means of resisting the Brown decision and racial desegregation. https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2021/01/14/the-dark-history-of-school-choice/

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vfleischfresser Vaughan Fleischfresser @vfleischfresser ·
25 Jan

The cutting of music has to stop. The reduction of funding has to stop. The devaluing of music has to stop. The idea that it’s an ‘extra’ has to stop. The idea that it’s not academic has to stop. The idea that it’s not essential to education has to stop. It all has to stop. Now.

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tygersongbird TygerSongbird 💜 🂡 ♠️🏹 @tygersongbird ·
26 Jan

Most boardroom meetings don't even have 35 people in them. Yet, Republicans want teachers to teach over 50 kids. That is insane. Most days in class, I didn't have enough desks or space for those desks. So, how can we put more kids in these classes? There will be no walking space. https://twitter.com/TheTNHoller/status/1617516564432961537

The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller

😳WATCH: “Class size limits could soon be a thing of the past in Tennessee.”

As Republicans steer💰from underfunded public schools to private
ones in a teacher shortage, senator @lundbergjon (R) wants to make it worse. (TEACHER: “A catastrophe.”)

FULL: https://www.wymt.com/2023/01/21/more-kids-classrooms-its-possible-tennessee/

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joshcowenmsu Josh Cowen @joshcowenmsu ·
25 Jan

Having failed at drumming up even artificial support for DeVos #schoolvouchers in #miched, it seems bored Right-wing PACs are organizing around—wait for it—keeping 3rd grade retention in place #mileg 🤦‍♂️

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plthomasedd Paul Thomas @plthomasedd ·
25 Jan

The #scienceofreading movement is yet another anti-teacher movement in education reform. Just like TFA, charter schools, and the VAM-era of Michelle Rhee. Bashing veteran teachers and teacher educators and coaxing new teachers with false blame and false narratives

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