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When the Last Real Teacher Says Goodbye: The Dangerous Myths Driving Their Exit

May 13, 2023 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

As this year’s Teacher Appreciation Week ends, Americans might want to think about a country without real teachers. In the future, technology may control and monitor children. Their data will continue to be sought after by companies. Teaching will increasingly be about profitmaking, and tutors or fast-track trained Teach for America types will supervise classrooms […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: school nonprofits, School Privatization, Teach for America, Teach Plus, Teacher Appreciation Week, The College Board, the loss of real teachers

“Reimagining” Teacher Appreciation in 2020: Pushback on the Takeover of America’s Schools

May 6, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 11 Comments

Teacher Appreciation has taken on new meaning in 2020. This week is supposed to be a time to celebrate teachers with 20% off coupons, candy bars, notes, and thank you trinkets. A scrawled homemade card, laboriously designed by a student with learning difficulties, these are the keepers that bring teachers joy. There’s more gratitude for teachers […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: covid-19, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Gov. Jeb Bush, Happy Teacher Appreciation Week!, Online Learning, Reopening schools, School Privatization, Teacher Appreciation Week, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, virtual learning

America’s Teachers vs. Betsy DeVos and the Top 1% During Teacher Appreciation Week

May 8, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 3 Comments

During this year’s Teacher Appreciation Week, teachers will undoubtedly cherish notes and gifts from grateful children and parents, but they recognize real teacher appreciation is about more than a week of tributes. They also see through Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and the top one percent who want to destroy public education and the teaching profession. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Clickbait, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Teacher Appreciation Week, Teacher marches, the Manhattan Institute Alexander Hamilton Award

Diane Ravitch’s Education “Wisdom and Wit” is Critical at this Time

May 5, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 7 Comments

We will someday view this era as one in which the nation turned its back on its public schools, its children, and its educators. We will wonder why so many journalists and policymakers rejected the nation’s obligation to support public education as a social responsibility, and accepted the unrealistic, unsustainable promises of entrepreneurs and billionaires. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Book Review, civil rights, corporate school reform, Diane Ravitch, Garn Press, School Privatization, Teacher Appreciation Week, teachers, The Wisdom and Wit of Diane Ravitch

Teacher Appreciation: It’s More than a Free Burrito

May 7, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 1 Comment

The official Teacher Appreciation Week starts tomorrow. If you celebrated it last week—celebrate again. In fact, celebrate every day! Teacher appreciation can’t be captured in one week. Here is my 2015 list and my 2016 list of why we should appreciate teachers. If you think of something I left out let me know. Chipotle gave […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Donors Choose, edTPA, high-stakes testing, inclusion, innovation, Lead and Copper in School Drinking Fountains, Librarians, Personalized Learning, Resources, School Buildings, Schools of Education, special education, student mental health, Teach for America, Teacher Appreciation Week, Teacher Contracts, Teacher Retirement Plan, U.S. News and World Report

In Honor of Teacher Appreciation Week—Who Are They Kidding?

May 3, 2014 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

Get ready teachers! The country is priming for that once a year period where you are venerated by America for the work that you do—for all the children you just finished testing the heck out of—through little fault of your own. It’s Teacher Appreciation Week! Want to see how so-called leaders and the media are […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Common Core, Louis C.K. Letterman, Matt Damon, Professional Teachers, Strong Teachers, Teacher Appreciation Week, Teacher of the Year, Thank You Teachers, vouchers

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