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Lawrence Baines

Professor of English Education and Director of Teacher Education, Berry College
Chapter Member: Georgia SSN
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About Lawrence

Baines' research focuses on adolescent literacy, teacher preparation, and public/private partnerships. Baines is a former public teacher who has worked in over 400 schools. Baines has contributed to curricular standards in four states and has worked as consultant for Studysync, Pearson, and other organizations.

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Contributions

Privatizing K-12 Public Education: How The Profit Motive Changes Schools

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In the News

Opinion: "Are The Liberal Arts in Trouble?," Lawrence Baines, November 5, 2021.
Opinion: "Privatization of America's Public Institutions," Lawrence Baines, Youtube, March 12, 2020.
Interviewed in "Privatizing America's Public Institutions: The Story of the American Sellout," The Rick Smith Show, March 1, 2020.
Opinion: "Beware! Money, Charters and Vouchers," Lawrence Baines (with Jim Machell), Tulsa World, November 16, 2019.
Opinion: "Seven Concerning Facts about Privatization of the Military," Lawrence Baines (with NonDoc), September 13, 2019.
Opinion: "When ‘Highly Qualified’ Teachers Aren’t," Lawrence Baines, EDW, March 7, 2017.

Publications

"The Teachers We Have, the Teachers We Can Get" (with Jim Machell). Teachers College Record. ID Number: 22963 (2019).

Response to teacher flight in Oklahoma, as in other states, has focused on finding warm bodies to fill classrooms, not on teacher quality. As a result, the neediest students are often taught by the least qualified teachers.

"Privatizing America's Public Institutions: The Story of the American Sellout" (Peter Lang, 2019).

The military, k-12 public schools, public universities and colleges, and prisons have been transmogrified into enterprises focused on generating profits for a select few. In many cases, privatization limits accessibility, promotes segregation, increases costs, and reduces quality.