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Business Terms Used to Privatize Public Schools

November 15, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 13 Comments

Privatizing public schools involves changing school words to reflect a business-like environment. There’s nothing wrong with these words in general, but when applied to schools, they change the nature of schooling and the way we look at teachers and students. Business-like terms used with schools increased during the 1980s and 1990s. They are so frequent […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Accountability, alignment, Benchmarks, best practice, Brand, Business and public schools, Business words, CEO, customers, data driven, disruption, Entrepreneurs, Next gen, Partnerships, portfolio, schools, stakeholder

What’s Scary to Kids: Having Dyslexia and Being Held Back in Third Grade!

October 31, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 3 Comments

You thought I forgot Halloween because I posted earlier today? No. Here is an old post that is unfortunately still relevant today. There is no point in rewriting what is already said. Happy Halloween! Have fun and stay safe out there! ___________________________________________________________________ With certain states jumping on the retention bandwagon, even though we know retention […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Accountability, dyslexia, high-stakes testing, retention, Scary, third grade

Special Education and Vendors–Quality Concerns

April 20, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 1 Comment

Why must school districts rely on outside companies to hire school workers in special education? Isn’t there more room for error when they hire through unregulated companies? This is a practice that appears to have started with No Child Left Behind and should fall by the wayside now that NCLB is defunct–since the Every Student […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Accountability, Marketing, Mayor Bill DeBlasio, New York City, Personnel Departments, Physical Therapy, principals, Privatization of Special Education Services, public schools, special education, Speech Pathology, Vendors

Who’s Accountable for Students with Disabilities When Things Go Wrong?

December 15, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

Now that the Every Student Succeeds Act has passed, and the power to run public schools has shifted to the local school districts and the state, will that mean  more accountability on their part when things go wrong in the classroom? Consider the Peck Community School in Holyoke, Massachusetts, a public school for students  with […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Accountability, Holyoake, Massachusetts, Partnerships, Peck Community School, public schools, Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities, The Center School

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nancyebailey1 Nancy E. Bailey @nancyebailey1 ·
1 Dec

A reminder that other variables may affect how children do or don't learn to read, and they're often ignored by school reformers. Teachers who work with students will likely recognize them.

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Ohio Department of Education leading quiet policy analysis revolution. via @OhioCapJournal

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Kinderchat Guides to the Classroom is a kindergarten teacher's friend. Clearly written, teachers address problems, but advice is especially useful for understanding child development in the K classroom. #Kinderchat @hechternacht

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30 Nov

It's time to end third-grade retention! There are better solutions, including looping grades 1 and 2.

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jacobrosecrants Rep. Jacob Rosecrants @jacobrosecrants ·
29 Nov

Earlier today, I was asked a very simple question, that does not have a simple answer:

“Why are the public schools failing in our state?”

My relatively brief reply (many people seem to tune out when I explain anything in-depth lol) is in this 5-part 🧵:

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