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America’s Students are Brilliant! The Cynics Can No Longer Claim Otherwise!

February 25, 2018 By Nancy Bailey 11 Comments

Beyond the sadness over the terrible event at Marjorie Stoneman Douglas, still unimaginable, there was something that stood out last week. America’s kids are smart! Really smart! They’re smarter than the school reformers who have said ugly things against them for years! President Trump referred to public schools in his Inaugural Address as an education […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: AP, counselors, Florida Legislature, Gun Control, Gun Laws, Gun Violence, Majorie Stoneman Douglas High School, NRA, public schools, SAT, school reform, special education, Teenagers

Could Changing College Admissions Be the End of High-Stakes Testing?

January 20, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 11 Comments

Could it be that once the first domino falls the rest will follow? Leaders at eighty leading colleges and universities, including the Ivy League, are attempting to revise the application process to look at students and their personal interests! They want to focus less on the canned metrics. Are college and university leaders across the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: ACT, AP, College Admissions, Community Service, High School, high-stakes testing, Improving College Admissions, mental health, SAT

Teacher Age Discrimination During a So-Called Teacher Shortage

August 16, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 188 Comments

Jeb Bush is 62. Hillary Clinton is 67. Donald Trump is 69 and Bernie Sanders is 73. If these individuals were teaching in a public school, and not famous politicians, what would you bet that they’d still be working? How many older teachers do you know who are still teaching? While there is much gnashing […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Age Discrimination, Ageism, AP, Bernie Sanders, Bill Gates, College Board, Common Core, Donald Trump, Eli Broad, Hillary Clinton, Jeb Bush, NEA, public schools, teachers

Students Can’t Hide From Common Core No Matter What School they Attend

April 13, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 21 Comments

The more I read about Common Core and education reform, the more I am convinced that one of the most important issues is that all students will have to be instructed with these standards if they choose to attend college. A misconception exists about students in private or parochial schools being lucky that they won’t […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: ACT, AP, Common Core, GED, Homeschools, Parochial Schools, private schools, public schools, SAT

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piper4missouri Piper for Missouri @piper4missouri ·
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“Fund the student, not the system.” is code for “we don’t give two shits about disabled or rural kids.”

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helenproulx2 Helen Proulx @helenproulx2 ·
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Next up in my Reading:
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Theory of Learning vs. A Theory of Teaching lots to dig into here!!

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joshcowenmsu Josh Cowen @joshcowenmsu ·
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Typically no, #schoolvouchers don’t cover full tuition. And the few schools that aren’t sub-prime providers and do offer a good #education will often deduct the voucher from student financial aid packages. https://twitter.com/amkrspz/status/1618945335220662273

Kelly Zabilka @Amkrspz

@piper4missouri @joshcowenMSU People know that vouchers won’t cover full private school tuition. Right? I feel this isn’t being explained clearly enough.

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4publicedva 4publicedva @4publicedva ·
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Is this how we want our tax dollars for schools spent? https://twitter.com/exurbancowgirl/status/1618694065532604416

LoCo Mama ☮️ @ExurbanCowgirl

One of Loudoun’s 2 charter schools hosts an event with the right wing Association of American Educators then closes school for a week to send staff to New Orleans 🤷🏻‍♀️ Do we pay for PD like this for other @LCPSOfficial teachers?

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dianeravitch Diane Ravitch 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌈 @dianeravitch ·
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A must-read. School choice started as a means of resisting the Brown decision and racial desegregation. https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2021/01/14/the-dark-history-of-school-choice/

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