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14 Scary Monsters Children Face On Halloween and Beyond, Affecting Their Schooling

October 31, 2021 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

Teachers and public schools might be blamed when children have trouble learning. But many variables affect how children do in school, and most are out of a teacher’s control. Support public education and teachers to help families and children make schooling a worthwhile experience. Schools should be an anchor in the community for children and […]

Filed Under: Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: Abuse, Cancer, Children, disabilities, Divorce, Failure, Gun Violence, healthcare, homelessness, hunger, LBGTQ, loneliness, loss, mental health, Racism, schools

Trump’s Budget Cuts: Make America Hungry Again

March 17, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 7 Comments

If you have ever spoken to a relative or friend who lived through the Great Depression, you will learn how the little things in life, that most of us take for granted, meant so much during that time. If we are lucky, we will never know the want those who lived through that period experienced. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: BackPack Program, Child Hunger, Donald Trump, Feeding America, hunger, Meals on Wheels, National School Breakfast Program, National School Lunch Program

Priorities In a School System Where Nearly Half of Students Live in Poverty

January 28, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 17 Comments

By Laurie Taylor-Mitchell The annual costs for new computers and technology (STAT*) is now $57 million, and over $250 million overall is expected to be spent by 2018. Administrative salaries and costs are also increasing within the school system: the salary budget for the Chief Academic Officer and two other positions is nearly $500,000. In […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Backpack Programs, Baltimore County Schools, counselors, Homeless Students, homelessness, hunger, poverty, Pupil Personnel Workers, social workers, Students & Teachers Accessing Tomorrow (STAT), Technology

Do Americans Love Their Children?—Yes! Many of them DO!

February 14, 2014 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

“Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.” (New International Version) A while back I was talking with a friend about school problems, and she surprised me by saying “America doesn’t love its children!” I was taken aback. I’d never […]

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SecCardonaSecretary Miguel Cardona@SecCardona·
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Thanks to @POTUS & the FTC, we are working to strengthen privacy protections for our children and students. This work ensures that companies cannot exploit our children to make money.

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Vote4HammondMike Hammond@Vote4Hammond·
20 May

The education “report” released yesterday is a brochure produced by a non-VA company who’s entire goal is to remove money and students from public education.

We need to invest more into our public schools now, not less, to provide a quality education for every student in VA.

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NaderDIssaNader Issa@NaderDIssa·
20 May

Breaking: A massive data breach has exposed four years’ worth of records of almost 500,000 Chicago Public Schools students and nearly 60,000 employees, district officials told principals today. w/ @bylaurenfitz https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2022/5/20/23132983/cps-public-schools-data-breach-students-employees-records-battelle-kids

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live4literacyRosemarie Jensen, M.Ed.@live4literacy·
20 May

@missme1on and the Race to the Top finished anyone left.

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missme1onMs. Melon@missme1on·
20 May

No Child Left Behind left an entire generation behind.

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