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Saving Public Schools for ALL Our Children in the New Year

January 1, 2023 By Nancy Bailey 6 Comments

As we approach 2023, let’s make this the year to unite for the common good to reestablish and promote public education for all our children. A public school system relies on a country that values education for all its children no matter family religious beliefs, the color of one’s skin, gender identity, sexual orientation, or […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: assessment, careers, counseling, curriculum, parents, Partners, reading, Saving Public Schools, staff, students, subjects, teachers, Technology, the arts, volunteering

The Covid-19 “Leave No Crisis Wasted” School Plan that Failed…for Now

October 26, 2022 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

Learning loss complaints and teacher blame for school closures could be because the Covid-19 disaster plan to reimagine schools failed. Technology replacing public schools and teachers appeared to be the “leave no crisis wasted” plan, but it backfired. After Hurricane Katrina, the late privatization guru Milton Friedman coordinated replacing public schools in New Orleans with […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: covid-19, disaster capitalism, NAEP scores, School Closures During Covid-19, schools, teachers, Technology, Virtual Learning and Covid

14 MORE Ways Teachers are Disrespected!

September 25, 2022 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

Add these to the previous list. 1. Data Teachers are tired of relentless data collection and don’t like being conduits for companies to collect and track information on students, families, and themselves. Improving privacy laws for children has been slow going. Here’s a video covering concerns about data collection in schools. Here’s a description of […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Data Collection, Diversity, high-stakes standardized tests, parents, Preparation, Republicans and Democrats, Resources, safety, School leadership, school resources, student behavior, student expectations, Teacher Disrespect, Teacher Preparation, Technology, Unions

Where’s the Biden Administration on School Problems Facing Students, Teachers, and Parents?

May 16, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

The pandemic showed us that public schools are critical. Understandably, Covid-19 has been front and center. But the Biden administration glosses over or is silent on critical school issues. Sometimes these topics are front and center not in a good way in State legislatures or ignored altogether. Frustrated parents will seek alternatives, and there’s a […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: charter schools, class size, Common Core, curriculum, early childhood education, Health Care, K-12 Alignment to the Workforce, public schools, reading, school boards and partnerships, School Buildings, school safety, Social Justice, special education, standardized testing, support staff, teachers, Technology, the arts, vouchers

Covid-19 School Contradictions, Confusion, and Mistrust

March 24, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

Covid-19 is a strange phenomenon without any proven how-to guides. Recommendations and contradictions surrounding Covid-19 and schools have raised uncertainty. When there’s a lack of clarity, people become suspicious of what they’re told, and they wonder what and who to believe. Parents and Teachers Can’t Agree Many parents believe schools are safe, few children get […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Covid-19 and opening schools, covid-19 and students, high-stakes testing, public schools, Teacher safety during covid-19, teachers, Technology

Endgame! Using Covid-19 to Permanently Transform Schooling!

January 17, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

Funding technology seems unchecked in some places as teachers are driven out of their classrooms due to the virus. The more teachers prematurely retire, the more easily school districts can justify replacing them with technology. Technology is on the road to becoming the endgame for schooling, whether Americans like it or not. There’s no research […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Driving Teachers Out, Teacher Retirement During Covid, Teacher safety during covid-19, Technology, Technology after Covid-19

Education Unity? Save Democratic Public Schools!

November 10, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 3 Comments

Congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris! How refreshing to hear a President speak of uniting the country and saving America’s democratic institutions. One of the largest institutions is the public school system, run by local school boards, supported by the states, with oversight and administration by the federal government. President Biden […]

Filed Under: Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: Campaign for Commercial-Free Childhood, charter schools, data collection and privacy, Defending the Early Years, early childhood education, National Education Policy Center, Pay for Success, reading, School Buildings, school staff, Students with Disabilities, Teacher Preparation, Technology

Kindergarten Pandemic Learning Fears Should Not Be Tied to Screen Time and Rigid Drilling

October 28, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 7 Comments

Kindergartners and their parents and teachers struggle with the pandemic. When the focus is on problems with children learning online, whether a child will succeed, it might help to revisit what’s developmentally appropriate for a kindergartner. Many reports are raising concern about learning loss in kindergarten. “What Kindergarten Struggles Could Mean for a Child’s Later […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Early Childhood, early childhood development, kindergarten, Online Learning, Technology

Public Schools and School Libraries: The “Hub” of Democracy During a Crisis, Is Facing Its Own Crisis

October 2, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 6 Comments

A public school is the hub of the American community, and school libraries provide students the knowledge to better understand their world. But public schools and school libraries face a crisis at this time in history, and it’s important to question what has happened with CARES Act funding. Americans in crisis recognize that public schools […]

Filed Under: Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: anytime anyplace learning, CARES Act, community libraries, counselors, Digital Learning, Librarians, museums as schools, public school hubs, public schools, public schools during a crisis, school staff, teachers, Technology

Technology Fails Students. Will It Matter? What’s Next? Private, Parochial, Charters, and Online Programs?

June 7, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 1 Comment

How are schools going to look in the fall? Local school district educators and parents are meeting to draft plans. Weighing heavily on the minds of many is this question, will public schools survive? Will teachers still have a role to play in the education of students? First comes safety. Schools might require a longer period […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: charter schools, covid-19, online programs, Parochial Schools, private schools, public schools, Technology

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