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How is School Choice “Freedom” When Students Lose School Libraries and Librarians?

April 27, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 7 Comments

Libraries allow children to ask questions about the world and find the answers. And the wonderful thing is that once a child learns to use a library, the doors to learning are always open. ~Laura Bush What choice and charter advocates don’t advertise is that most charter schools don’t invest in school libraries with qualified […]

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Pictures are paramount for children learning to read. Lately, they're getting a bad rap. Here's an outline of what children learn through picture books they like.

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Did Gov. Youngkin drive away teachers to provide profits?

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Pictures are paramount for children learning to read. Lately, they're getting a bad rap. Here's an outline of what children learn through picture books they like. https://nancyebailey.com/2023/09/27/how-picture-books-help-teach-comprehension-and-phonics/

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jerseyjazzman Jersey Jazzman @jerseyjazzman ·
26 Sep

See, you give schools with lots of kids in poverty a little extra money, and soon they say they need more for healthy buildings and well-paid teachers and small class sizes and all the "extras" affluent schools get. I mean, where does it end?

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lynnsdavenport Lynn Davenport @lynnsdavenport ·
12 Feb 2021

What is it with rich dudes and their obsession with controlling teachers? @joyceforeman16 @Lori4DISD @CoalitionEquity @brett_shipp @DianeBirdwell @ed_hog @valeriestrauss @NancyEBailey1 @tultican @deutsch29blog

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