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Mothers and Children Should Be Welcomed and Protected in America!

May 11, 2025 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

On this Mother’s Day, many of us will enjoy cards, flowers, brunches, and children who work overtime to show appreciation. Or maybe your kids are teens and will be less than enthusiastic. It happens, and you will hope that it passes soon. Some will start the day with church attendance to thank God for their […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: ICE and Mother's Day, Immigration, Mother's Day, Protecting Immigrant Mothers and Children in America

The Loss That Matters This Mother’s Day

May 9, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

The loss important to understand this year, the most critical loss, is not learning loss. It involves the loss many children are facing after losing a mom or dad to Covid-19. Or it could be a grandma or grandpa, a beloved aunt or uncle, or sister or brother, even a friend. On this Mother’s Day, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Children, counselors, covid-19, grief, help, Mother's Day, Mother's Day Loss, pandemic, school, school loss, School Psychologists, teachers

Ask Moms How to Reimagine Public Schools!

May 10, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 17 Comments

I want my public schools to help children discover their unique gifts and talents so they may enter the world with confidence and purpose. ~Lyn Franklin Hoyt, Mom and Public School Advocate The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and other power brokers, plan to remake public schools. The timing is right to ask the mothers of […]

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Mother’s Day 2019: Moms Want Their Children To Be Safe at School!

May 12, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 1 Comment

If mothers could have anything they wanted for Mother’s Day, they would say I want my child to be safe. I want them to be safe at school! Here’s why they worry they aren’t. The NRA  After Sandy Hook, most of us thought the NRA would scale back its rigid position about gun control, especially […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Denver STEM School Highlands Ranch, Gun safety, keeping students safe, Mother's Day, NRA, Parkland School Shootings, safety solutions, Sandy Hook, School Choice, School Pressure, school safety, schools and gun violencce, shooter drills

Here’s to Moms and Teachers: Standing Together for Great Public Schools!

May 13, 2018 By Nancy Bailey 11 Comments

Happy Mother’s Day! And Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! It’s interesting that these celebrations both happen around the same time. I’ve written salutes in the past. Here’s to moms! Here’s to teachers! Moms and teachers work together to provide students the best education. Moms Moms don’t just bake cupcakes for bake sales, although if they do […]

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Ode to Moms I Admire Who Fight Draconian Ed. Reform

May 11, 2014 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

I am not a poet and I know it, but here I go ith. Here’s to the Moms who fight Common Core. They want it thrown out the classroom doors…. It’s a bore! And we don’t adore. Here’s to the Moms who support all the children, even those not their own. Treat yourself to tea […]

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