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Will America Invest in Public School Buildings, Finally?

April 22, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

How will the Biden administration manage a public school facelift? Is $100 billion enough? Will communities see a windfall of funding dedicated to this purpose? Will corporate partnerships help? Will Americans see it as an equity issue? Covid-19 showed Americans the importance of public schools, but they still might not understand the crumbling conditions found […]

Filed Under: Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: President Biden, School Buildings, School Conditions, school facilities, school safety, The Biden Administration

The Covid-19 Experiment: Facing the Sins of a Nation that Quit Caring About Public Education Long Ago

August 10, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

Using the word “experimenting” when it comes to opening schools is not comforting to parents and teachers. For teachers, it’s like rubbing salt in a wound. What this pandemic has brought to light are the past inequities of public education, inequities that have been all about dismantling America’s public schools. It has included the disregard […]

Filed Under: Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: Covid-19 and schools, Large Class Size, loss of recess, outdoor learning, playgrounds, poor school ventilation systems, recess, school facilities, school overcrowding, School Privatization, social distancing

DeVos and The Privatization Connection to Detroit’s “Right to Read” Lawsuit: “Separate and Unequal”

May 4, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

The Detroit landmark decision that children deserve to learn to read in school is a case that reflects decades of troubled education in Detroit. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and school privatization are not mentioned in this case. But school privatization initiatives have been failing children in the Motor City for years. DeVos is the current […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Democratic Public Schools, Detroit Public Schools, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Gary B. v.Whitmer, reading, reading remediation, school facilities, School Privatization, the "right to read" case

Classroom in a Bathroom? Overcrowded Building Problems Betsy DeVos Doesn’t Think About

September 26, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 7 Comments

Please tell Betsy DeVos that when Americans fail to invest in public school buildings, it affects how students learn. Betsy DeVos has never worked in poor building conditions. She doesn’t understand how difficult it is for students and teachers. On September 20, DeVos stated in her Education Freedom speech to a parochial school audience, that […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Autism, corporate school reform, disabilities, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, overcrowded schools, school building safety, School Buildings, school facilities, student with autism is placed in bathroom

After the Confession: How Will They Fix the Damage Done to Public Schools?

June 25, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 13 Comments

Nick Hanauer is described as “founder of the public-policy incubator Civic Ventures.” His piece in The Atlantic called “Better Public Schools Won’t Fix America,” is an admission that the corporate message we’ve heard for years that schools will fix the problems of the economy and society is false. Most of us knew this. Here is […]

Filed Under: Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: crumbling school facilities, High-Stakes Tests, lowering class size, music in schools, Nick Hanauer and The Atlantic Article, overcrowded schools, President Obama, school facilities, socialization, special education, students and careers, teachers, teaching credentials, Technology in Schools, The Arts in Schools, the economy and public schools

Nineteen For 2019: Choose This, NOT That, to Save Public Education in the New Year!

December 31, 2018 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

1.  Kindergarten NOT The New First Grade Kindergartners should be treated like the four and five-year-old students that they are and not pushed to be first graders. The activities and instruction for this age group are well established. Real educators should take charge and ensure that there’s much free play and age appropriate activities. 2.  […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Armed Teachers, Betsy DeVos, Digital Learning, Diversity, Gun Control, kindergarten, Librarians, Lower Class sizes, Maker spaces, mental health, New Leaders, Online assessment, Partners, Personalized Learning, portfolio schools, principals, sameness, School Boards, School CEOs, school facilities, School leadership, school libraries, school mental health services, school safety, School Systems, Separation of Church and State, special education, Superintendents, Teach for America, teacher assessment, teachers, Whole Curriculum

Failing Public School Infrastructure Makes Way for Microenvironments

October 20, 2018 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

…the nation continues to underinvest in school facilities, leaving an estimated $38 billion annual gap. ~2017 Infrastructure Report on Schools by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Classrooms or microenvironments? For years, the condition of public school facilities has received D ratings from the American Society of Civil Engineers. They claim the gap in funding […]

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democracynow Democracy Now! @democracynow ·
26 Jun

The world is not in a "food shortage crisis," says Sofía Monsalve Suárez, secretary general of @FIANista.

"The problem is access to food, that people don’t have money to pay for food, that people are jobless." https://www.democracynow.org/2022/6/23/food_crisis_sanctions_russia_ukraine_climate

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tultican Thomas Ultican @tultican ·
22 Jun

The State of School Recess in America is Still Terrible! - - Is this lack contributing to the deteriorating mental health of students? https://go.shr.lc/3yeH1Jz via @shareaholic

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24 Jun

The Real Reading Debate and How We Fail to Teach Reading https://radicalscholarship.com/2020/02/19/the-real-reading-debate-and-how-we-fail-to-teach-reading/ via @plthomasEdD

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drmaryhoward Dr. Mary Howard @drmaryhoward ·
23 Jun

I'm so happy Nancy Bailey reposted her 2014 piece that still rings true: Setting Children Up to Hate Reading

"Why are young children being made to learn at a faster rate?...
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