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Require Ed. Secretary Betsy DeVos to Teach in a Public School

December 3, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 7 Comments

Betsy DeVos and any corporate reformer who impacts school policy should be required to spend at least a month each year teaching in a public school classroom. DeVos just attended Gov. Jeb Bush’s ExcelinEd meeting in Nashville. Let Jeb Bush and his corporate friends and politicians who drive corporate reform also teach for a month. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Betsy DeVos, Bullying, class size, Corporate education reform, ExcelinEd, Gov. Bob Graham's Workdays, Gov. Jeb Bush, public education, status quo, Teacher Contracts, teaching, teaching degrees

Take the CEO and Policymaker Challenge—Teach A Year in a Poor Public School!

September 21, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 18 Comments

I would like to challenge CEOs and education policymakers, and anyone else who thinks they know best what teachers should do, even though they have never been in a classroom, except perhaps for a few photo opts, to take the teaching challenge. Spend at least a semester teaching in a poor public school, which now, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: CEO, Common Core, Gov. Bob Graham's Workdays, M. Sue Riley, Middle Class Public Schools, Policymakers, Poor Schools, school reform, Teach for a Year Challenge!

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