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The Science of Reading Plot to Replace Reading Teachers with Phonics on a Screen

February 5, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 32 Comments

Not only are school districts spending huge sums on laptops with little research to indicate students learn better on computers, they’re also pushing children to face screens to learn the most serious subject, how to read. They’re doing this alongside efforts by corporate reformers to kick teachers out of the classroom, and by promoting the idea […]

Filed Under: Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: Amplify, Data Collection, iReady, iStation, phonics, Phonics on a screen, Reading Instruction, Technology

Bill & Melinda Gates Don’t Discuss Their Takeover of America’s Public Schools

March 8, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 15 Comments

Bill and Melinda Gates’s 2019 letter “We Didn’t See This Coming,” is filled with their concerns and optimism about everything from commodes to climate change. Always eager to discuss their global initiatives to help the poor, and a variety of other endeavors, they say little about the aggressive ways they are remaking public education to their […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, books, charter schools, Common Core, Data Collection, Librarians, libraries, Privatization of Public Education, Public School Takeover, reading, reading gains, school libraries, Teacher Effectiveness

6 Concerns: Are “Community Schools” Paving the Way for School Choice and Digital Instruction?

February 22, 2018 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

Here is how the Coalition of Community Schools defines their concept of community schools. A community school is both a place and a set of partnerships between the school and other community resources. Its integrated focus on academics, health and social services, youth and community development and community engagement leads to improved student learning, stronger […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Betsy DeVos, Brick-and-Mortar Schools, Chamber of Commerce, Community chools, Data Collection, Denver Public Schools, Empower Schools, Every Student Succeeds Act, Luminary Learning Network, Mobile Libraries, Pay for Success, Relay Graduate School of Education, School Choice, Social Impact Bonds, Teach for America, Teacher Involvement, teachers, Technology, The Gates Family Foundation

The Troubling Trend to Collect Behavioral Data on ALL Children

September 3, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 18 Comments

As school starts, many parents are being bombarded with information about behavioral data collection on their children. A lot of this is tied to the trendy push for social-emotional learning (SEL), and the attempt to connect behavior with a child’s ability to read and do well in school. But it’s troubling to see schools monitoring […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Behavioral Data, Behavioral Disabilities, Behavioral Problems in Children, data, Data Collection, emotional disabilities, Michigan Integrated Behavior and Learning Support Initiative, Privacy, Problematic Behavior in Children, Social Emotional Learning, Student Online Privacy Rights, Students with Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities

Digitally Damning a Student’s Future with Old Data

March 15, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 3 Comments

You build on failure. You use it as a stepping stone. Close the door on the past. You don’t try to forget the mistakes, but you don’t dwell on it. You don’t let it have any of your energy, or any of your time, or any of your space. —Johnny Cash Some colleges and universities […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Behavioral Data, College Preparation, Data Collection, Data Mining, Demographic Information, Futures of Students, Predictive Analysis, Privacy, Test Data

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Chicago teachers continues plea to Chicago Public Schools for safe school reopening plan - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/1/18/22237242/ctu-teachers-union-cps-chicago-public-schools-reopening-plan-coronavirus-covid-19#new_tab

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18 Jan

Fully fund traditional public schools!!! https://twitter.com/chrchristensen/status/1351176316784160769

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“Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. #MLKDay

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18 Jan

Teachers posting screenshots of children using online apps & edtech products —posting student photos, full names, grade/age, teacher and school, and sometimes login info (password!) on social media—please STOP.
#Privacy #FERPA #COPPA

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18 Jan

In order to restore students' voices we need to end the focus on high stakes standardized testing. See Nancy Bailey's six reasons why that's a good idea here:
https://nancyebailey.com/2021/01/14/6-ways-high-stakes-standardized-testing-destroys-student-voice/ #TBATs
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