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Smaller Class Sizes and REAL Personalized Learning are Needed for Safer Schools

May 20, 2018 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

*This post was written in 2018, after the school shooting in Santa Fe, Texas. Ask how large class sizes are today, and what schools are logically doing to improve safety.   Once again, families and a community are mourning—this time in Santa Fe, Texas. Policymakers must address gun control, mental health services, and school safety. There’s […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: class size matters, Class Sizes, emotional disabilities, emotional/behavioral disabilities, school safety, school shootings, students with emotional problems, Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities

Beware of Tech Titans Bearing Gifts

May 6, 2018 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

Chicago is getting $14 million through the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) that will be used for personalized learning, placing children online for their schooling. They are advertising their gift as “Supporting Chicago’s Teachers in Personalized Learning.” The Chan-Zuckerberg website motto is “We believe in a future for everyone.” Here’s my question. Do they believe in a […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Chicago, class size matters, Personalized Learning, teachers, the Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI)

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