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Betsy DeVos and the Separation of Church and State During Covid-19

September 17, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 7 Comments

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who is supposed to represent public schools, recently visited a Catholic school in Grand Rapids. She used this school to irresponsibly drive home the idea that it’s safe to have in-person classes. She said All schools in MI need an in-person option. Sacred Heart shows that it can be done. Then […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: coronavirus, covid-19, public schools, school safety, Schools opening, Separation of Church and State

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

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.  […]

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A Student’s Mental Health Could Depend on Putting the Arts Back into the Public School Curriculum

September 21, 2018 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

Safety commissions, school districts, PTAs, and other groups and individuals have discussed school safety. One smart move would be to ensure that every school has a legitimate arts program including visual arts, music, drama, and dance. Students who struggle with mental health problems might benefit from the arts. Every child should have access. Students should […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Art, Dance, Drama, mental health, music, privatization, Public School Privatization, Public School Privatization of the Arts, public schools, Public schools and mental health, Public schools and the arts, school safety, the arts

School Safety: Include Teacher and Student Support!

September 3, 2018 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

What’s being done to improve school safety? There’s much discussion about school violence and “core values,” and dealing with horrific events once they occur. Suggested solutions are often controversial. Reducing class size isn’t mentioned. Yet how teachers carry out school safety training would seem to be contingent on manageable class sizes. By supporting teachers as […]

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What Have DeVos, Trump, Congress, and the Wealthy Oligarchs Done to Improve School Safety?

August 31, 2018 By Nancy Bailey 5 Comments

Children are entrusted to us. Students rely on parents and adults in the community to keep them safe. That’s still the case as children grow into teens and beyond. There have been 288 school shootings since 2009. That’s 57 times any other industrialized country. Some question how many shootings actually take place as in this recent […]

Filed Under: Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Presiden Trump, school safety, School Venture Capitalists, Sen. Ted Cruz

The School Safety Commission’s Troubling Ties to the Border Crisis

July 14, 2018 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

School safety is simmering in everyone’s minds during summer vacation. But looking at the individuals on the Federal Commission on School Safety should give us pause. How do they view children? There’s cognitive dissonance when they say they want safe schools, yet they thought it fine to separate babies and children from their parents in the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Child Separation from Parents, Children at the border, Family Separation, Federal Commission on School Safety, Gun Control, Gun Safety in Schools, Immigrant Families, public education, public schools, school safety, Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielson

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

Smaller Class Sizes and REAL Personalized Learning are Needed for Safer Schools

May 20, 2018 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

Once again families and a community are in mourning—this time in Santa Fe, Texas. Policymakers must address gun control, mental health services, and school safety. There’s another solution for schools. One that few education reformers entertain. Smaller class sizes and providing students with real personalized learning. Not sitting kids in front of screens for all […]

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@AngryCorinne @MeganSkerry @MassGovernor @GilletteStadium https://www.wsj.com/articles/europes-schools-are-closing-again-on-concerns-they-spread-covid-19-11610805601

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Well said, and many teachers agree. "I don't think it's safe for me, my students or any of our families to return now." @TeacherArthurG
http://nyceducator.com/2021/01/no-its-not-time-to-open-schools-full.html

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Biden team picks a strong supporter of high-stakes testing, Ian Rosenblum, as Deputy Assistant Secretary for K-12. He never was a teacher. https://www.lohud.com/story/opinion/contributors/2018/04/04/state-test-results-standards/486814002/
Is Biden breaking his promise to reduce insane testing regime?

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The strongest supporters of high-stakes testing were never teachers.

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Chicago teachers continues plea to Chicago Public Schools for safe school reopening plan - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/1/18/22237242/ctu-teachers-union-cps-chicago-public-schools-reopening-plan-coronavirus-covid-19#new_tab

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