• Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Contact

Nancy Bailey's Education Website

Revive, Rally and Recover Public Schools

  • Activism
    • Anti-Charter Schools
    • Anti-Common Core State Standards
    • Anti-Corporatization of Schools
    • Anti-High-Stakes Testing
    • State Action Groups
    • School Buildings
  • School Curriculum
    • General Education
    • Educators
    • Parents
    • Reading
    • Writing
    • Math
    • Science
    • Social Studies
    • The Arts
    • Technology
    • Behavior
    • Diversity
    • English Language Learners
    • Special Education
      • Autism
      • Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities
      • Learning Disabilities
      • Developmental Disabilities
      • Gifted
      • Other
    • Early Childhood Education
    • Elementary School
    • Middle School
    • High School
    • Student Careers
  • Other Countries
    • England
    • Finland
    • Australia
    • New Zealand
    • Canada

On this Memorial Day: Remembering Protectors of Children and Public Schools

May 27, 2018 By Nancy Bailey 1 Comment

On this day, Americans rightfully remember those who fought and died for our freedom. Maybe they will have a barbecue. Perhaps they will make use of the sales and go shopping at the mall. But when they hang the flag, they will thank those who made our country safe, so we can say what we […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Freedom, Horace Mann, Memorial Day, public education, public schools, School Privatization, school safety, Teacher Jason Seaman, teachers, Undocumented Immigrants

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

How to Protest Against Betsy DeVos

February 17, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 1 Comment

Our schools are being starved into failure in order to justify mass privatization. —Timothy Meegan, Chicago Sun Times A while back, I attended a meeting at the University of Memphis where many of us were against the Relay Graduate School of Education—a reform group that recruits students out of their chosen careers and supplies unqualified […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Betsy DeVos, organization, Peaceful Protesting, privatization, public education, public schools, School Privatization

« Previous Page

front cover

An education glossary with an attitude.

Buy Now

front cover

Do we really want an America where we no longer own our public schools?

Buy Now

front cover

This book says “no” to the reforms that fail, and challenges Americans to address the real student needs that will fix public schools and make America strong.

Buy Now

Follow me!

Enter your email address to subscribe to my blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Connect With Me!

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Nancy E. Bailey Follow

Author, Ph.D. Ed. Leadership and longtime teacher, Blogging for Kids, Teachers, Parents & Democratic Public Schools. On Mastodon, and looking into BlueSky.

NancyEBailey1
Retweet on Twitter Nancy E. Bailey Retweeted
flbaloney Accountabaloney @flbaloney ·
9h

"We have passed the expiration date of this experiment which diverts taxpayer $ from an overburdened, under-resourced public school system to an unaccountable system of private schools, often run by for-profit corporations." #Florida's 3 million public school kids deserve better.

Reply on Twitter 1708517512688570437 Retweet on Twitter 1708517512688570437 8 Like on Twitter 1708517512688570437 15 Twitter 1708517512688570437
Retweet on Twitter Nancy E. Bailey Retweeted
doctorsam7 Dr. Sam Bommarito @doctorsam7 ·
30 Sep

In this week's interview, Ken Nesbit gives us a cook's tour of his website. His website contains a treasure trove of resources, including children's poems and literacy lessons. Please have a look and a listen! https://doctorsam7.blog/2023/09/30/kenn-nesbitt-talks-about-his-website-poetry4kids-com-and-its-many-different-resources-for-teachers-an-interview-by-dr-sam-bommarito/

Reply on Twitter 1708123741262098726 Retweet on Twitter 1708123741262098726 3 Like on Twitter 1708123741262098726 5 Twitter 1708123741262098726
Retweet on Twitter Nancy E. Bailey Retweeted
nancyebailey1 Nancy E. Bailey @nancyebailey1 ·
27 Sep

Pictures are paramount for children learning to read. Lately, they're getting a bad rap. Here's an outline of what children learn through picture books they like.

Reply on Twitter 1707060021169701027 Retweet on Twitter 1707060021169701027 26 Like on Twitter 1707060021169701027 58 Twitter 1707060021169701027
Retweet on Twitter Nancy E. Bailey Retweeted
nancyebailey1 Nancy E. Bailey @nancyebailey1 ·
27 Sep

Pictures are paramount for children learning to read. Lately, they're getting a bad rap. Here's an outline of what children learn through picture books they like.

Reply on Twitter 1707060021169701027 Retweet on Twitter 1707060021169701027 23 Like on Twitter 1707060021169701027 54 Twitter 1707060021169701027
Retweet on Twitter Nancy E. Bailey Retweeted
rachelannelevy Rachel for Delegate @rachelannelevy ·
28 Sep

Virginians!

This is precisely type of teacher diploma mill program, i.e., iTeach, that our Gov. Youngkin and his leadership team at the Virginia Department of Education is trying to push through without proper vetting.

Here's some vetting for you:
https://twitter.com/benjaminjriley/status/1707378957857792003

Reply on Twitter 1707515533464072257 Retweet on Twitter 1707515533464072257 14 Like on Twitter 1707515533464072257 24 Twitter 1707515533464072257
Load More

Archives

Tag Cloud

Arne Duncan Autism Betsy DeVos Bill Gates charter schools class size Common Core Common Core covid-19 dyslexia early childhood education Education Secretary Betsy DeVos Florida high-stakes testing inclusion kindergarten learning disabilities Online Learning parents Personalized Learning phonics preschool private schools privatization public schools reading recess retention School Choice school libraries School Privatization school reform schools Social Emotional Learning special education students Students with Disabilities Teacher Preparation teachers Teach for America teaching Technology testing the arts vouchers

Copyright © 2023 Nancy E. Bailey · Website powered by Standing Pine Media.