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The State of School Recess in America is Still Terrible!

June 22, 2022 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

One might assume state policymakers had improved school recess for children, considering their databases, but except for a few places, most school districts still deny children recess. They don’t appear to understand that children need and deserve unstructured school breaks several times a day. Unstructured is key. When they discuss recess they usually still mean […]

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What’s The Teacher’s Role, if Any, in Community Schools with Partnerships?

June 15, 2022 By Nancy Bailey 11 Comments

The teacher’s role in community schools with business partnerships seems murky. This raises concerns about a teacher’s purpose in those schools. If Americans are going to embrace community schools, teachers must be recognized as professionals in their own right. Community schools rely on business partners, so will teachers be replaced with online (personalized) instruction, the […]

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5 Ways to KNOW EVERY STUDENT! The Mental Health and Safety Role of Schools

June 9, 2022 By Nancy Bailey 12 Comments

Next to the extreme importance of changes in gun regulations, when it comes to mental health and school safety, many critical conditions are thus far overlooked or ignored by policymakers. The first and most important is to know every student at the school. Parents should ask, do they know my child at school? Educators should ask, do […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: class size, Community Services, Including Residential Placement, Qualified Teachers, school safety, Special Education Teachers, support staff, Whole Curriculum

On This Memorial Day: Sadness of a Different Sort

May 29, 2022 By Nancy Bailey 3 Comments

I think of a hero as someone who understands the degree of responsibility that comes with their freedom. ~Bob Dylan On this Memorial Day, is this the country our parents, grandparents, and ancestors fought for, a welcoming home where the youngest, oldest, and poorest among us can thrive? Did they foresee, fight, or die for […]

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The Science of Reading Corporate Connection: Replacing Teachers with Tech

May 23, 2022 By Nancy Bailey 19 Comments

Many of the same individuals who favor charter schools, private schools, and online instruction, including corporate reformers, use the so-called Science of Reading (SoR) to make public school teachers look like they’ve failed at teaching reading. Politicians and corporations have had a past and current influence on reading instruction to privatize public schools with online […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Common Core, Common Core State Standards and the Science of Reading, Corporations and the Science of Reading, Reading Instruction, science of reading, Technology and the Science of Reading

6 Terms Transforming Public Schools to The All-Tech Endgame

May 17, 2022 By Nancy Bailey 31 Comments

Here are tech terms threatening teachers and public schools and how students learn. When these words or phrases appear, it’s an indication that school district administrators, school board members, or those at the state or federal education levels are embracing an all-technology system, and teachers will play a secondary role in teaching students. Public schools […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: anytime anywhere learning, deeper learning, digital equity, Digital Personalized Instruction, seat time, whole child learning

Lead Poisoning: A Known Learning Loss Threat

May 10, 2022 By Nancy Bailey 6 Comments

Many parents are concerned about their child’s learning loss due to the pandemic. If children are behind, they can catch up. But there’s another culprit that could cause serious difficulties. Lead poisoning poses a threat to children through the water they drink from lead solder/pipes, dust exposure involving old paint in homes, and living near […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: lead from smelter plants., lead in paint, Lead in school drinking water, lead pipes, Lead poisoning, learning disabilities, reading disabilities

The Trouble with Social-Emotional Learning: Why Be Concerned? Here’s Why!

May 2, 2022 By Nancy Bailey 10 Comments

. . . we must hold social media platforms accountable for the national experiment they’re conducting on our children for profit.  It’s time to strengthen privacy protections, ban targeted advertising to children, and demand tech companies stop collecting personal data on our children. ~President Biden, State of the Union Address, March 1, 2022 Social-emotional learning […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: data, data collection on children, online data, Social Emotional Learning

101 Reasons Why Interactions in Classroom Settings are Better than Teacherless Online Instruction

April 19, 2022 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

Students learn from each other when given opportunities to interact in small classroom settings under the direction of well-informed, qualified teachers. Teacherless online programs where children face screens to work on rote exercises miss valuable keys to learning. Yet students are bombarded with more technology; however, reports indicate how risky too much technology can be! […]

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The Harm Caused By the Third Grade Reading Ultimatum

April 5, 2022 By Nancy Bailey 23 Comments

Tremendous pressure is placed on children to learn to read by third grade. They must pass state reading tests created by those expecting them to read at this time. If they don’t do well, they could fail third grade. Yet there’s no clear research on the age a child should be able to read. Not […]

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Hillsdale College is involved in the development of teacher training materials.

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Will parents demand real teachers or buy the online sales pitches? @NancyEBailey1 nails it. https://twitter.com/NEPCtweet/status/1542923534736838656

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"There’s little proof online programs will provide all that a child needs to become a good reader." @NancyEBailey1 https://bit.ly/3bKb5Uj

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arizona_sos Save Our Schools AZ @arizona_sos ·
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Betsy DeVos’ American Federation for Children (AFC) is *already* using predatory tactics to advertise vouchers in AZ even before Gov. Ducey signs #HB2853 (universal vouchers) into law.

What they fail to mention is that voucher schools can legally discriminate against kids 😡

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