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Ending School Vouchers: Finding Hope for Public Schools

November 8, 2024 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

Searching for hope after this election, it seems many people see through the deceptive promise of school choice. There’s danger that the new administration may ignore this, but let’s hope not. Public schools were hardly discussed this election, and that’s a shame, because saving them is essential for our democracy. America needs a strong public […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Americans, Democracy, hope, public education, public schools, School Choice, victory, vouchers

Crystal Ball: A President, VP, and the Future of Public Schools

August 12, 2024 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

Clairvoyance is the name of the game when it comes to public schools, the Democratic party, and Presidential elections. In contrast, we know Republicans want to end them. Vice President Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz, have yet to devise an education agenda. Walz’s past as a teacher, coach, and governor and his […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: charter schools, Corporations and public schools, education savings accounts, Public education and the democratic party, public schools and the Republican Party, School Issues, School Privatization, vouchers

Can a State Reading Program Be a Success if Students are Segregated and Hungry?

June 7, 2023 By Nancy Bailey 12 Comments

Nicholas Kristof’s recent New York Times opinion piece, Mississippi Is Offering Lessons for America on Education, showcases a troubling disregard for segregated schooling and the poverty in which children find themselves. Mississippi’s Segregated Public Schools His article also begs questioning due to its focus on the agenda of ExcelinEd, former governor Jeb Bush’s education lobbying group, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: ExcelinEd, NCLB, Nicholas Kristof, no excuses, poverty and children, science of reading, The New York Times, third grade retention, vouchers

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

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

Public School “Reimagine” and “Revolution” Hypocrisy: Put Them Out to Pasture!

April 19, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 18 Comments

Teachers and parents on the frontlines of this pandemic should be given control of how their schools are reimagined in the future. When this crisis ends, they should be given the voice on how to bring back democratic public schools and make them their own. Any revolution surrounding schools is theirs. Those who foisted unproven and […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: a public school revolution, charter schools, Common Core, counselors, high-stakes testing, One-size-fits-all, Online Instruction, past school reforms, reimagine public schools, School Librarians, school libraries, School Nurses, teachers, vouchers

Learning Disabilities and Inclusion: Abandoned Commitment

December 3, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 10 Comments

Parents around the country are angry, claiming that their children who have learning disabilities, namely dyslexia, are not being served in public schools. The question here is why aren’t public schools serving students with learning disabilities? Isn’t it the law? Many parents expect inclusion in general education classes, although some argue for vouchers. Vouchers mean […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: ADHD, charters, dyslexia, inclusion, Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Regular Education Initiative (REI), special education, vouchers

How is School Choice “Freedom” When Students Lose School Libraries and Librarians?

April 27, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 7 Comments

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open. ~Laura Bush What choice and charter advocates don’t advertise is that most charter schools don’t invest in school libraries with qualified […]

Filed Under: Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: charter schools, Charter schools without librarians, charter schools without libraries, Empowerment, Florida, Librarians, Loss of School Librarians, Loss of School Libraries, School Choice, School Freedom, school libraries, vouchers

“Educational Freedom” is False Advertising!

March 27, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 7 Comments

It sounds so patriotic…Educational Freedom. But public education in traditional public schools is what is truly educational freedom. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and other conservatives like former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and current Tennessee Governor Bill Lee are touting their idea of Educational Freedom and they repeatedly make comments implying that poor children will get […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: children of immigrants, Educational Savings Account, ELL Students, free tuition, Parochial Schools, poverty, private schools, Students with Disabilities, vouchers

How DeVos & Co. Use Special Ed. to Privatize Public Schools and End Student Services

February 27, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 11 Comments

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her corporate friends are about dumping civil rights protections regarding IDEA. Special education has become a means to transform public education into choice and charter schools while ending student services. This is done by defunding special education and convincing parents that services don’t matter. Dismantling services in public schools shouldn’t be allowed. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Betsy DeVos, charter schools, Corporations and public schools, Opportunity Scholarships, School Choice, school reform, special education, vouchers

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