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Betsy DeVos Goes Trick or Treating for Dyslexia

October 31, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 9 Comments

US Senator Bill Cassidy MD (R-LA) and his wife Dr. Laura Cassidy recently met with Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and dyslexia and learning disability organizations to discuss serving children with dyslexia. It’s important to remember five things. Public schools used to do more for students with learning disabilities. Resource classes, general education support, and certified […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Choice, dyslexia, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, learning disabilities, public schools, Sen. Bill Cassidy MD (R-LA), vouchers

Alternative Ed., or Personalized Learning? And Susan Sarandon’s Ad

October 7, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 11 Comments

During this serious time when public schools are under siege and threatened by a tech, anti-teacher, anti-brick-and-mortar schools, and an anything goes takeover, it’s important to define public schools. It goes without saying that public schools should be creative places for learning. Some children, especially those who are at-risk, require different learning environments. The alternative […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: AERO, Alternative Education Resource Organization, charter schools, Choice, Dual Enrollment, Hackerspaces, Homeschooling, Makerspaces, Pay for Success, Personalized Learning, Susan Sarandon, Unschooling, vouchers

A For-Profit Charter ALTERNATIVE School?

February 23, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 7 Comments

A confusing article was just published by USA Today using the term “for-profit charter alternative school.” I’ve never seen a charter school described this way before. Charter schools and alternative schools are two different schools. And since Betsy DeVos is crookedly selling school choice to America, it is important to understand the difference. So I […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alternative Schools, charter schools, Choice

Donald Trump’s Education Mirage

May 14, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 1 Comment

Donald Trump’s education agenda is puzzling. Where does he stand and what does he know about public schools, teachers and students? Pam Vogel for Media Matters in America, Eric Robelen in The Atlantic, and Valerie Strauss from the Washington Post questioned Trump’s education agenda. And charter school and No Child Left Behind promoter Nina Rees […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bullying, charter schools, Choice, Common Core, Donald Trump, Health Care, Local Control, Multicultural Education, public schools, School Nurses, special education, U.S. Department of Education, vouchers

Rating Common Core Math Textbooks—Isn’t THIS a National Curriculum?

August 16, 2014 By Nancy Bailey 10 Comments

A new report in Education Week discusses a “Consumer Reports-like” nonprofit group that will now evaluate math textbooks from different companies online. If you are teaching math and want to know which books are best—books aligned to the Common Core—you can go to Edreports.org and they will apparently tell you, eventually, which books, or book, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Choice, Common Core, Materials, math, National Curriculum, Textbooks

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What kind of school recess, supervised unstructured play, do your students get at school? Recess breaks should be several times a day. How's your State doing? https://nancyebailey.com/2022/06/22/the-state-of-school-recess-in-america-is-still-terrible/

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K12 Inc. is now Stride? Why do Americans keep throwing $$$ at it? Parents need to educate themselves about the history of this online program.

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Joanne Barkin wrote incisive article on wealthy foundation (Gates, Broad, Walton) work to control public ed. Here's reprint of a Dissent article:
http://www.substancenews.net/articles.php?page=1991

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hanna_hurley Hanna Hurley @hanna_hurley ·
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@NancyEBailey1 Study consequences of such practice in ATL school system
35+ years ago….when students were retained by the hundreds, still didn’t make the required progress, many ended up in SpEd classes, students gave up, acted out, cut school, referred to juvenile facilities….Harmed.
SHAM!

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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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