Nancy E. Bailey
@nancyebailey.bsky.social
Author, Ph.D. Ed. Leadership & longtime teacher, esp. reading disabilities. Blogging for Kids, Teachers, Parents & Democratic Public Schools for ALL at nancyebailey.com. Save public schools!
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Nancy E. Bailey
@nancyebailey.bsky.social
· Oct 16
“The moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in shadows of life, the sick, the needy, and the handicapped.”
~ Hubert H. Humphrey
~ Hubert H. Humphrey
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PROFESSIONS facing shortages should be elevated, and students encouraged to attend colleges that make studying these areas affordable. I am GRATEFUL for the kind and caring professionals who have lifted my family and me throughout the years. nancyebailey.com/2025/11/26/t...
The Elimination of the Professional Status of America’s Helpers! - Nancy Bailey's Education Website
On this Thanksgiving, please remember the professionals who lift us throughout our lives. The helpers in the caring professions, nurses, teachers, counselors, speech-language pathologists, and many ot...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
PROFESSIONS facing shortages should be elevated, and students encouraged to attend colleges that make studying these areas affordable. I am GRATEFUL for the kind and caring professionals who have lifted my family and me throughout the years. nancyebailey.com/2025/11/26/t...
The states may have more money, but that doesn't necessarily mean they'll spend it on students and their needs.
the lady who ran pro wrestling decided to reboot education
Linda McMahon: "The states will have less requirements because more money will go in block grants to the states ... I have called for a hard reset of education because we have failed our students."
November 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The states may have more money, but that doesn't necessarily mean they'll spend it on students and their needs.
PROFESSIONS facing shortages should be elevated, and students encouraged to attend colleges that make studying these areas affordable. I am GRATEFUL for the kind and caring professionals who have lifted my family and me throughout the years. nancyebailey.com/2025/11/26/t...
The Elimination of the Professional Status of America’s Helpers! - Nancy Bailey's Education Website
On this Thanksgiving, please remember the professionals who lift us throughout our lives. The helpers in the caring professions, nurses, teachers, counselors, speech-language pathologists, and many ot...
nancyebailey.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:35 PM
PROFESSIONS facing shortages should be elevated, and students encouraged to attend colleges that make studying these areas affordable. I am GRATEFUL for the kind and caring professionals who have lifted my family and me throughout the years. nancyebailey.com/2025/11/26/t...
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There is no research indicating that a child’s brain has evolved to the point where they need a learning environment more difficult than in the past. nancyebailey.com/2015/01/13/a...
Are Today’s Children Developmentally Different from Children in the Past? - Nancy Bailey's Education Website
Does research show us that young children have evolved to where they can learn faster? Are they smarter than they used to be? No! There is no research to indicate that a child’s brain has evolved over...
nancyebailey.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
There is no research indicating that a child’s brain has evolved to the point where they need a learning environment more difficult than in the past. nancyebailey.com/2015/01/13/a...
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Quality, free public education is a right in this country.
Our education system is far from perfect, but dismantling the Department of Education from within will widen those gaps and deeply hurt the next generation.
Oh, and this is illegal.
Our education system is far from perfect, but dismantling the Department of Education from within will widen those gaps and deeply hurt the next generation.
Oh, and this is illegal.
Education Department to begin transferring offices to other agencies in move toward dismantling it
Department of Education to announce agreement to transfer multiple offices to other agencies, marking a major step towards dismantling the nearly 50-year-old agency.
abcnews.go.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Quality, free public education is a right in this country.
Our education system is far from perfect, but dismantling the Department of Education from within will widen those gaps and deeply hurt the next generation.
Oh, and this is illegal.
Our education system is far from perfect, but dismantling the Department of Education from within will widen those gaps and deeply hurt the next generation.
Oh, and this is illegal.
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One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
November 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
One of the bragging rights that the US ed system had in the 20th century is that we didn't have education tracks. Essentially, any kid could go to a CC or state school & major in whatever they wanted to (obviously an oversimplification). I fear this aspect of the American dream is dying.
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Wow NYC, we see you @handsoffnyc.bsky.social!!
This training is at FULL capacity, they had to turn people away…
This training is at FULL capacity, they had to turn people away…
November 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Wow NYC, we see you @handsoffnyc.bsky.social!!
This training is at FULL capacity, they had to turn people away…
This training is at FULL capacity, they had to turn people away…
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Democrats scored big in school board races across Texas, Pennsylvania and Ohio — flipping dozens of seats.
The party's candidates pushed issues regarding test scores and bus safety over debates about which bathrooms transgender students use and banning books from school libraries.
The party's candidates pushed issues regarding test scores and bus safety over debates about which bathrooms transgender students use and banning books from school libraries.
In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
The party recruited and invested in school board races to oust Republicans. It worked.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Democrats scored big in school board races across Texas, Pennsylvania and Ohio — flipping dozens of seats.
The party's candidates pushed issues regarding test scores and bus safety over debates about which bathrooms transgender students use and banning books from school libraries.
The party's candidates pushed issues regarding test scores and bus safety over debates about which bathrooms transgender students use and banning books from school libraries.
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CHICAGO TEACHER: "This morning at 7:45, I marked a junior student absent—not because he was sick or overslept. ICE had snatched him up on his way to school. His main priority was getting his reading done for English class." (H/T @CTULocal1)
November 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
CHICAGO TEACHER: "This morning at 7:45, I marked a junior student absent—not because he was sick or overslept. ICE had snatched him up on his way to school. His main priority was getting his reading done for English class." (H/T @CTULocal1)
It will take awhile before school districts begin ignoring the federal mandates that protected student rights. Leavitt knows little about what she says.
Leavitt: "The Democrats' reckless 43 day government shutdown did manage to do one valuable thing: It proved that America does not need a federal Department of Education"
November 21, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It will take awhile before school districts begin ignoring the federal mandates that protected student rights. Leavitt knows little about what she says.
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Outrageous claim from Stanford University is beyond quackery. tultican.com/2025/11/19/c... #EducationMatters
Crazy-Pants Makes Crazy Prediction
By Thomas Ultican 11/18/2025 A propaganda rag, ‘The 74’, reported, “[R]esearch from Stanford estimates learning loss over the past decade has cost our country over $90 trillion in future growth.” T…
tultican.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Outrageous claim from Stanford University is beyond quackery. tultican.com/2025/11/19/c... #EducationMatters
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But we are supposed to believe that the administration’s attack on higher education is about fighting anti-semitism.
OK
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OK
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
wapo.st
November 21, 2025 at 12:25 PM
But we are supposed to believe that the administration’s attack on higher education is about fighting anti-semitism.
OK
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OK
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They're the helping professionals everyone, even the incredibly wealthy, depend on but they don't want to fund adequate loans for them to learn what they need to be those helpers. Instead, of making college affordable...
November 21, 2025 at 1:08 PM
They're the helping professionals everyone, even the incredibly wealthy, depend on but they don't want to fund adequate loans for them to learn what they need to be those helpers. Instead, of making college affordable...
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Nearly a million K-12 students in Minnesota rely on funding from the Department of Education.
Trump’s billionaire-led administration is slashing resources for students in rural communities, low-income families, and those who need special education. Minnesota will fight back.
Trump’s billionaire-led administration is slashing resources for students in rural communities, low-income families, and those who need special education. Minnesota will fight back.
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Nearly a million K-12 students in Minnesota rely on funding from the Department of Education.
Trump’s billionaire-led administration is slashing resources for students in rural communities, low-income families, and those who need special education. Minnesota will fight back.
Trump’s billionaire-led administration is slashing resources for students in rural communities, low-income families, and those who need special education. Minnesota will fight back.
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Dismantling the Department of Education is the last thing we need right now. Fund education, don’t destroy it.
November 19, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Dismantling the Department of Education is the last thing we need right now. Fund education, don’t destroy it.
That which defies reason lesson for teachers. The next time a student disparages another student, calls them a despicable, insulting name, should you thank them for their respect?
November 21, 2025 at 12:54 PM
That which defies reason lesson for teachers. The next time a student disparages another student, calls them a despicable, insulting name, should you thank them for their respect?
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“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
November 5, 2025 at 5:05 PM
“How did you receive the foreigner? And did you receive him and welcome him or not?”
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
Pope Leo XIV challenges us to reflect on the moral cost of policies that target deeply-root immigrants and families.
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The school bus driver shortage has improved slightly but continues to stress K–12 public education. www.epi.org/blog/the-sch...
The school bus driver shortage has improved slightly but continues to stress K–12 public education
The school bus driver shortage continues to play out across the country, making it more challenging for students to get to school and placing additional burdens on the K–12 public education system. As...
www.epi.org
November 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The school bus driver shortage has improved slightly but continues to stress K–12 public education. www.epi.org/blog/the-sch...
RFK, Jr., not a doctor and apparently unable to understand research and the experts, needs to step down. wapo.st/4idz3Wn
CDC in turmoil after agency backpedals on debunking vaccines-autism link
The CDC’s website now says health authorities ignored evidence of a potential connection between vaccines and autism, despite dozens of studies showing no link.
wapo.st
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
RFK, Jr., not a doctor and apparently unable to understand research and the experts, needs to step down. wapo.st/4idz3Wn
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No other department is going to be able to serve special education students and their parents. The department of education was there in large part to guide schools in their handling of laws. Special education has a lot of legalities to it.
November 20, 2025 at 1:41 AM
No other department is going to be able to serve special education students and their parents. The department of education was there in large part to guide schools in their handling of laws. Special education has a lot of legalities to it.
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The Trump administration is breaking the law by transferring critical work to federal agencies that lack the expertise to lead education policy.
Congress must immediately intervene to stop this illegal restructuring and protect our students' right to an education.
Congress must immediately intervene to stop this illegal restructuring and protect our students' right to an education.
US education department reassigns many powers to other federal agencies
Move marks further dismantling of the department and Democrats criticized administration for ‘slashing resources’
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The Trump administration is breaking the law by transferring critical work to federal agencies that lack the expertise to lead education policy.
Congress must immediately intervene to stop this illegal restructuring and protect our students' right to an education.
Congress must immediately intervene to stop this illegal restructuring and protect our students' right to an education.
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Breaking up the Department of Education. So this is what Linda McMahon is going to do with the U.S. ED. Money flows to the Department of Labor. We saw this coming. Still wrong. nancyebailey.com/2018/06/22/w...
Why Merging DOE with DOL is Wrong! Education is for Children, NOT Corporations - Nancy Bailey's Education Website
Moms and Dads, when you looked into your newborn's eyes for the first time, did you think, I wonder what job our government will steer our baby into? A merger of the Department of Education (DOE) with...
nancyebailey.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Breaking up the Department of Education. So this is what Linda McMahon is going to do with the U.S. ED. Money flows to the Department of Labor. We saw this coming. Still wrong. nancyebailey.com/2018/06/22/w...
Breaking up the Department of Education. So this is what Linda McMahon is going to do with the U.S. ED. Money flows to the Department of Labor. We saw this coming. Still wrong. nancyebailey.com/2018/06/22/w...
Why Merging DOE with DOL is Wrong! Education is for Children, NOT Corporations - Nancy Bailey's Education Website
Moms and Dads, when you looked into your newborn's eyes for the first time, did you think, I wonder what job our government will steer our baby into? A merger of the Department of Education (DOE) with...
nancyebailey.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Breaking up the Department of Education. So this is what Linda McMahon is going to do with the U.S. ED. Money flows to the Department of Labor. We saw this coming. Still wrong. nancyebailey.com/2018/06/22/w...