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Democrats the Education Party? Stop Promoting that Message

November 3, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 18 Comments

I’m sorry Democrats didn’t do better last night because they might be somewhat better for public education. Maybe they will regroup and come back stronger for real public education and teacher support. Last night during the election results, the media portrayed Democrats as the education party, but for years Democratic policymakers have turned on teachers […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Corporate Reform, Corporations, Democratic Party, pandemic, public schools, Republican Party, School Privatization, Teachers' Unions, universal preK

Adult Organized Recess Isn’t Real Recess! How the Pandemic is Being Used to Privatize P.E. As Recess

August 28, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 5 Comments

Children should own recess. Adults own P.E. It should be as easily understood as that. But those who wish to privatize public education are conflating the two. They’re using Covid-19, and social-emotional learning, to privatize P.E, calling it recess when it’s not. A Brief History of The Loss of Recess In 1998, The New York […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: covid-19, Delta Variant, Is Playworks replacing P.E? Physical Education, recess, School Privatization, Unstructured Play

Kindergarten Learning Loss Message Is HORRIFYING for Children!

March 19, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 10 Comments

No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, high-stakes testing, Common Core, and other bad school reform measures are coming together with Covid-19 to destroy the futures of America’s youngest learners! They include the same equity and disparity talk used to ramp up the above harmful policies. Those changes to schools, all that rigor talk, […]

Filed Under: Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: covid-19, early childhood education, high-stakes testing, learning loss, public schools, School Privatization, teachers

Tutors Replacing Teachers: A Failed Privatization Plot Returns

March 7, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 14 Comments

The pandemic showed that for students to get quality instruction, especially poor children of color, America must invest in real teachers, smaller class sizes, and better working conditions, including improved school facilities. So why is the focus on tutors? “Accelerated high-dosage” tutoring. We have been here before. With No Child Left Behind, tutoring didn’t work […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: School Privatization, Teacher Recruitment, the need for qualified teachers, Tutors

The 12 Point Covid-19 DISCONNECT Between Teachers and Those Who Want Schools Open Now!

February 4, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 7 Comments

Pressure is being placed on teachers to return to in-person classes. Here’s why that’s a problem. 1. Precautions The CDC  and Dr. Fauci and President Biden want all schools to return to in-person learning with precautions in place. But precautions are exactly what many schools often lack. Teachers know best whether or not precautions are […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Communities, covid-19, Funding, learning loss, News, parents, Precautions opening schools, private vs. public schools, public schools, School Privatization, science, student death due to Covid-19, teacher deaths due to covid-19, teachers, Teachers' Unions, vouchers

Researching DeVos’s $185 Million School Funding Plan During a Pandemic  

December 17, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

During this pandemic, public school funding is critical. The American public deserves to know as best as possible how their tax dollars are being spent on education and every area for that matter. That’s why it’s disappointing to review Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s recent spending of $185 million on education innovation and acceleration. Program emphasis […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: $!85 million to schools, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, grants, nonprofits, Programs that have received school funding, School Privatization

How Has School Privatization Contributed to Mental Illness in Students Before and During Covid-19?

December 7, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

Mental illness in children existed before Covid-19. How many students are struggling with it during the pandemic? How did school privatization contribute to this phenomenon? Before Covid-19 A 2018 survey conducted by the National Association of Elementary School Principals noted that their top concern is the rising numbers of students with emotional problems and mental health […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Anxiety, children and teens, covid-19, depression, in-person school, mental health, Mental Illness, oppositional defiance disorder, public schools, Remote learning, school, School Privatization, special education, the arts

Tim Shriver as Education Secretary? Fighting for School Control

November 20, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 17 Comments

Tim Shriver is supposedly being vetted to be education secretary, a surprise for those waiting to hear of a Jahana, a Julian, a Randi, Lily, or another educator with classroom experience getting the post. There seems to be a fight for school control between the teachers and the school reformers. [Please see below for additional […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: DEFER (Democrats for Education Reform, Education Secretary, save democratic public schools, School Privatization, teachers

A Reply to an 8th Grader: 11 Reasons Related to Schools Why Citizens Argue

October 9, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

During the Vice Presidential debate, an 8th grader asked why American citizens can’t get along. She said all she sees is arguing between Democrats and Republicans, citizens fighting citizens and two candidates trying to tear each other down. She asked if they can’t get along, how do we [children] get along? I taught eighth-graders and […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: 8th Grader, Bullying, covid-19, disabilities, Health Care, President Trump, Racism, School Privatization, Sen. Harris, V.P. Debate, V.P. Pence

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

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