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Tricky Business in New York Special Ed. and Maybe Where You Live

November 9, 2014 By Nancy Bailey 9 Comments

By Monica Kennedy Kounter I am a parent of a special needs child, a certified lay advocate, and I have a Master’s of Science in Early Childhood Education. I have been fighting Common Core on the behalf of students with disabilities in New York State for a year now. I am a relative newcomer to […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Arne Duncan, Classification, Common Core, disabilities, IDEA, Identification, New York, special education, Teacher Evaluations, testing

We Must Agree That We Need SPED Services—Even For High Functioning Students!

July 22, 2014 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

This past week has seen a flurry of special education talk surrounding the new goals of the Obama administration’s quest to toughen standards and make students—and they don’t specify which students, so we can assume they mean all students, even those with the severest of disabilities—score high on the regular tests. I’m pretty sure, behind […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Arne Duncan, Common Core State Stanadards, Mild Learning Disabilities, special education, SPED Services

The Choices Parents Really Want for Their Students with Special Needs

July 19, 2014 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

Today I want to talk about the choices, I believe, parents want for their students with exceptionalities or students in general. “Choice,” today, in the eyes of the ed. reformers means having a lot of charter schools, and I am particularly speaking about those designed to make a profit. The owners want to stand on […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Arne Duncan, Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE), Goals, Planning, special education, testing

The Real Meaning Behind the Duncan/Huffman Tough Special Ed. Compliance Talk

June 26, 2014 By Nancy Bailey 27 Comments

What are they really doing? Everyone who cares about students with disabilities is troubled by Arne Duncan’s latest NPR blathering over the Obama administration’s plans to get even tougher on special ed. and to test these students more and include their scores in the National Assessment for Education Progress known as the Nation’s Report Card. […]

Filed Under: Special Education Tagged With: Arne Duncan, assessment, Common Core, Compliancy, Individual Educational Plan, Kevin Huffman, NAEP, parents, special education, Teach for America, teachers

Better Prepared Teachers? Coffee Chat with Arne and Andrea

April 27, 2014 By Nancy Bailey 1 Comment

The other day I watched  Andrea Mitchell interview Arne Duncan. It’s always difficult for me to listen to authorities on teaching who have never been teachers, or who have never even studied what it takes to be a teacher. When they bloviate what the government needs to do to make good teachers, I want to […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Andrea Mitchell Interview, Arne Duncan, Common Core, Grants to Ed. Schools, Teach for America, Teacher Colleges, Teacher Preparation Programs, Teachers' Unions

Arne Duncan—This is What’s “Pretty Scary” to Parents, Teachers and Students

April 2, 2014 By Nancy Bailey 1 Comment

Posted on November 18, 2013 and updated for April 2, 2014 by Nancy Bailey Last November I wrote about why parents worried about Arne Duncan, who stands in support of Common Core State Standards. It was after he said, in reference to the standards,  “It’s fascinating to me that some of the pushback is coming […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Arne Duncan, Common Core, Individual Educational Plans, school fears, testing

What Really Scares Parents IS Arne Duncan!

November 18, 2013 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

Yesterday we learned what Arne Duncan said—in support of Common Core State Standards. At first I didn’t think I could write about it because it made me sick. But then I decided I had to write about it. From The Washington Post: Duncan said, “It’s fascinating to me that some of the pushback is coming […]

Filed Under: Common Core, Special Education Tagged With: Arne Duncan, Common Core, disabilities, gifted and talented

Mr. Duncan—A Few Reasons Why I Question Your September 30th Speech, “Beyond the Beltway Bubble.”

October 2, 2013 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

Arne Duncan takes a lot of criticism from educators. They have never seen him as one of their own. For me personally, I wanted Linda Darling-Hammond to get the job. I don’t always agree with Darling-Hammond, but I do respect her as an educator and a researcher. When Mr. Duncan was hired I and a […]

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drteresasanders Dr. Teresa Sanders @drteresasanders ·
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Notice how the legislation is use to negate the value of choice and options. Meanwhile PUB EDU DOES NOT COMPLY WITH IDEA. Law means NOTHING in schools. Districts will spend more $ to avoid serving kids than it would cost to serve them. Do your research. Don’t believe the hype. https://twitter.com/dianeravitch/status/1637123379458088962

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Voucher schools don’t have to comply with IDEA for kids with disabilities. They are allowed to discriminate for any reason or none at all. #schoolschoose https://twitter.com/KatieLikesBikes/status/1636446553429647376

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Reading Aloud to Kids of all ages pays off!

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I asked ChatGPT "Is the 'science of reading' settled science that determines how reading should be taught?" Here's the response. https://nancyebailey.com/2023/03/19/what-does-chatgpt-say-about-the-science-of-reading-it-may-surprise-you/

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I'm so proud to be endorsing @Brandon4Chicago! He's going to be the leader Chicago needs for this moment and I was so honored to be with him this weekend. Let's go!

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wjk1971 Wendy Katten @wjk1971 ·
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Paul Vallas stole people’s schools which means their community. Listen to parents from NOLA and Philly tonight. He did this bc he believes corp interests prevail. And there’s good $ in that. Chicago will be 💯 better with @Brandon4Chicago. 😊

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