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Are We Being Duped? Why Not End Tax-Supported Charter Schools?

July 11, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 13 Comments

I just returned from Washington DC where I marched for Save Our Schools (SOS), and where I was honored to speak on a panel with two individuals whom I respect as experts about special education needs. I mingled with many great educators and parent activists who I consider friends. We stood side-by-side to support great […]

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Remember the days when Arne Duncan insisted that having different ‘goal posts’ in every state was preventing us from improving public schools in America? Good times.

I wish I could say we’ve evolved since 2015, when Duncan stepped down. https://teacherinastrangeland.blog/2023/03/25/the-absolute-folly-of-standardization/

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Reminder: join us tonight at 7PM EST for #TalkoutofSchool @wbai with Rep. @JamaalBowmanNY discussing his new bill #MoreTeachingLessTesting; & 2 PEP members @tomcsheppard & @OuterBoroHero explaining why they voted no on the Mayor's education budget.

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nancyebailey1 Nancy E. Bailey @nancyebailey1 ·
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Science of Reading camp never discusses the importance of picture books. How much time do children get to explore them? How often are they read to for enjoyment? This is worrisome. https://nancyebailey.com/2023/03/26/the-science-of-reading-and-the-rejection-of-picture-books/

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Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona is calling on schools to stop using corporal punishment, citing the practice’s long-term effect on children’s physical & mental health, particularly for boys, students in special education programs, & Black students. https://www.edweek.org/leadership/education-secretary-calls-for-end-to-corporal-punishment/2023/03

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If you're not paying attention to what's happening to public schools, and how they're being privatized, start here with @tultican. https://tultican.com/2023/03/23/the-oligarchs-education-propaganda-distributor/

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