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Pandemic Learning Loss Reports That Sell Online Programs Are Harmful For Students With Disabilities

July 26, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 6 Comments

Reports telling of pandemic learning loss to sell programs, especially online programs, are harmful to students with disabilities who often had a difficult time being schooled at home with virtual learning. One can only assume that students might be behind. But it’s detrimental, especially for children who often have motivation problems, to repeatedly hear they’ll […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Acceleration, children with disabilities, Covid Slide, covid-19, learning loss, Pandemic learning loss, the pandemic

Acceleration: The Meaning Behind the Buzzword

April 15, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 12 Comments

Acceleration is the new pandemic buzzword brought to you by pro-privatization school reformers. Students may have missed some in-person schooling, even though most learned remotely or in person. Still, the frenzy surrounding learning loss is mounting. The pandemic has given rise to a new way to reframe the old learning gap talk, with new terminology, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Acceleration, Elementary, expectations, High School, kindergarten, Middle School, preschool

$100M For Children “Learning Faster Than Ever Before” In Tennessee?!

February 12, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 3 Comments

Tennessee lawmakers just signed off on a $100 Million program called Reading 360. Sixty million is federal Covid-19 relief money and $40 million federal grant money. What is this? Why Tennessee? Will other states follow? While the media bombards the public with learning loss warnings, this program is about acceleration. Fast-Track Here’s what the brochure […]

Filed Under: Common Core, Diversity, Featured, Popular Featured, Reading, Special Education, Teaching, Technology, Uncategorized, Writing Tagged With: Acceleration, home videos, K-12, Online, Partners, phonics, plug and play grow your own, Reading 360, reading crisis, Teacher training, Tennessee, Tutors, vendors tracking student progress

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nancyebailey1 Nancy E. Bailey @nancyebailey1 ·
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Could Common Core, along with NCLB be driving the Science of Reading? Do SoR supporters ever critique these programs fairly?

Paul Thomas @plthomasEdD

If you buy the SOR movement, and think criticism of it is off-base, PLEASE review the Common Core movement:

Uncritically embraced, implemented and drove HUGE ***edu-market rebranding***, teacher retraining, and curriculum changes ... before imploding and ...

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plthomasedd Paul Thomas @plthomasedd ·
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If you are making claims about education/reading and insist on using NRP as proof while also misrepresenting NRP findings, your entire argument has lost its footing. NRP = limited, 20+ yrs old, did *not* prove all Ss need systematic phonics

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readingforum_ed thereadingforum @readingforum_ed ·
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Catherine Snow has done amazing reading research - well worth checking out her studies as well as this
https://www.gse.harvard.edu/news/23/03/harvard-edcast-weather-literacy-crisis-do-what-works

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lauranbowman Laura Bowman @lauranbowman ·
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Thank you, ⁦@JamaalBowmanNY⁩. “Question them. Force them to respond to the question, ‘Why the hell don’t you do anything to save America’s children?’ And let them explain that all the way up until 2024.”” https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3924968-watch-lawmakers-get-in-shouting-match-outside-house-floor-over-gun-control/

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Where will Judy and Faith meet for their one year anniversary birthday bash? Who will be their next guest on The Literacy View? @BoksnerJudy @LindsayKemeny @NancyEBailey1 @FaithBorkowsky Listen to Facebook LIVE‼️🎉👏👏👏🍎🗽

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