Losing America's Schools: The Fight to Reclaim Public Education

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Losing Americas Schools: The Fight to Reclaim Public Education is a call to save one of the last great democratic institutions in America. Corporatization, charter schools, misleading claims of skill gaps, the loss of Separation of Church and State, deprofessionalization, and the overuse of technology all threaten the existence of the schools that belong to all Americans. This book addresses the problems surrounding those issues, and is a tribute to the groups and individuals who are fighting draconian reforms in order to save our public schools. It is the sequel to Misguided Education Reform: Debating the Impact on Students.

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Nancy Baileys Losing Americas Schools: The Fight to Reclaim Public Education reveals the shenanigans used by those who are busy turning public education into just another commodity. In a very well-researched and documented display of wisdom, Bailey offers a detailed look at school privatization from Reagan to current-day venture capitalists. I have learned a lot from Dr. Bailey. Her honesty shines on every page. This book is a must-read for parents, teachers, community leaders, politicians, and scholars. -- Doug Martin, author of Hoosier School Heist: How Corporations and Theocrats Stole Democracy From Public Education
Nancy Bailey's book is not just important for American schools, teachers, parents and children. The attack on publicly funded schools that she documents so clearly in her excellent book has also been taking place in parallel here in England. Her book deserves and needs to be widely read on both sides of the Atlantic. -- Roger Titcombe, retired headteacher, educational researcher and author of Learning Matters. https://rogertitcombelearningmatters.wordpress.com/
Baileys message, which reveals the ugly truth hidden behind the golden rhetoric of deep-pocketed reformers, has been ignored and/or suppressed by the mainstream media, but it is one that is vital for the American public to grasp. The philanthropist in the true sense, the one who loves human beings, is Nancy Bailey herself, for exposing the harm of the reformers policies and for keeping the needs of all children for an engaging, enriching educational experience as her utmost concern. -- Sheila Resseger, retired ELA teacher at the RI School for the Deaf

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Nancy E. Bailey, Ph.D. taught students with a wide range of beautiful differences in special education for many years. She can be found advocating for democratic public schools on her blog Nancy Baileys Education Website at www.nancyebailey.com. She is the author of the 2013 Misguided Education reform: Debating the Impact on Students.