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Reading Aloud to Help Children Read Well Their Whole Lives!

August 17, 2022 By Nancy Bailey 12 Comments

Every new parent should get a copy of Jim Trelease’s The Read-Aloud Handbook. Teachers should have a copy too. In honor of the late Trelease, parent and award-winning artist, writer, and author, it’s important to point out that his well-documented research lives on encouraging reading aloud to children, even babies, to foster a lifelong love […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: books, dyslexia, early reading, early reading programs, Jim Trelease, learning disabilities, libraries, online reading programs, phonics, reading aloud to children, reading books, school libraries, The read-aloud handbook, whole language

“The Truth About Reading” Is Missing Truths and Backstory

October 14, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 91 Comments

Americans are getting primed with a trailer for a new documentary called The Truth About Reading. It’s said there needs to be a grassroots movement of parents and educators who are angry and say enough is enough. Wouldn’t it be better if teachers and parents met and shared their concerns about reading at their schools? Schools […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: "The Truth About Reading", adult illiteracy, Common Core, dyslexia, learning disabilities, No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, Reading First, the every child succeeds act

Why Do So Many Children Have Dyslexia? What is it Exactly?

March 29, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 42 Comments

Many parents and educators raise concerns about dyslexia, and some are pushing for state laws for students with dyslexia in schools. But why do so many children have dyslexia? What is it exactly? What causes it? Prevalence LD Online states that a staggering 5 to 15 percent of Americans—14.5 to 43.5 million children and adults—have […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: dyslexia, dyslexia causes, dyslexia definitions

Ideas to Teach Reading and Writing, and Other Stuff, for Students with or without Disabilities: HANDWRITING

March 25, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 15 Comments

It sounds like there’s a shortage of ideas to work with students with or without disabilities, especially students who don’t work well online, or need a break from it. So, I am starting this page and will add to it, if there’s interest, in days to come. I welcome teachers and parents to add whatever […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: covid-19, Cursive Writing, dysgraphia, dyslexia, handwriting, printing, reading disabilities, Teaching Ideas, writing disabilities

Learning Disabilities and Inclusion: Abandoned Commitment

December 3, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 10 Comments

Parents around the country are angry, claiming that their children who have learning disabilities, namely dyslexia, are not being served in public schools. The question here is why aren’t public schools serving students with learning disabilities? Isn’t it the law? Many parents expect inclusion in general education classes, although some argue for vouchers. Vouchers mean […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: ADHD, charters, dyslexia, inclusion, Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), Regular Education Initiative (REI), special education, vouchers

The Haunted Third Grade Classrooms Children Fear: Enter and… Stay Forever!

October 29, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

Children fear third grade retention. It doesn’t motivate them to learn. They don’t read earlier because of it. Retention is not effective. It’s scary and could haunt a child forever. Third grade retention laws are real for children in nineteen states. NEA Reports noted in 2017 that 16 states and Washington D.C. make it mandatory that […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: dyslexia, expectations, Flunking, high-stakes testing, retention, third grade, third grade retention

Helping Students, Including Those with Learning Disabilities, With Self-Expression

August 13, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

The most important words a student can hear from their teacher or parent are, “I want to hear how you think and feel about this.” Helping students express themselves through writing is critical in every class at every grade level. Self-expression is so important today that I felt compelled to write about one of my […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: dysgraphia, dyslexia, Invented Spelling, Journals, learning disabilities, NCLB, phonics, writing, writing rubrics

Why is Common Core’s Phonics Missing in Reading and Dyslexia Discussions?

June 22, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

Those who claim teachers and their education schools have focused on the wrong way to teach reading never mention Common Core State Standards. But, since 2010, Common Core has figured prominently in the reading curriculum teachers have been forced to teach. If students are showing increased reading problems, shouldn’t the English Language Arts standards be […]

Filed Under: Common Core, Featured Tagged With: Common Core Phonics, Common Core State Standards (CCSS), dyslexia, phonics, privatization, reading, Reading: Foundational Skills, School Privatization

The Learning Disability Teaching Credentials that Time Forgot

June 4, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 25 Comments

Whether it’s dyslexia (a specific learning disability) or writing, attention, organization, or other learning and behavioral difficulties, children who struggle in school need teachers who can help them learn. Sometimes that help can occur in a general class setting. Other times a child might benefit from small group or individualized assistance. That’s what special education […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: class size, dyslexia, General Education Teachers, learning disabilities, resource classrooms, special education teacher education, Teacher Preparation, teachers with credentials in learning disabilities

The PBS NewsHour/Education Week Report About Dyslexia: Biased & Short on Facts

May 14, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 31 Comments

Schools must provide adequate reading programs and reading remediation for students who need more assistance. But the recent report on dyslexia recommending intensive phonics for all children by the PBS News Hour, through Education Week, is irresponsible, short on facts, and presents biased reporting. Education Week receives grants from philanthropic groups that favor school privatization. Here are […]

Filed Under: Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: decoding dyslexia, dyslexia, Education Week, intensive phonics, PBS News Hour, reading, reading difficulties, Standardization, teachers who teach reading, the teaching of reading

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dianeravitch Diane Ravitch 🇺🇸🇺🇦🌈 @dianeravitch ·
17 Jan

A must-read. School choice started as a means of resisting the Brown decision and racial desegregation. https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2021/01/14/the-dark-history-of-school-choice/

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vfleischfresser Vaughan Fleischfresser @vfleischfresser ·
25 Jan

The cutting of music has to stop. The reduction of funding has to stop. The devaluing of music has to stop. The idea that it’s an ‘extra’ has to stop. The idea that it’s not academic has to stop. The idea that it’s not essential to education has to stop. It all has to stop. Now.

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tygersongbird TygerSongbird 💜 🂡 ♠️🏹 @tygersongbird ·
26 Jan

Most boardroom meetings don't even have 35 people in them. Yet, Republicans want teachers to teach over 50 kids. That is insane. Most days in class, I didn't have enough desks or space for those desks. So, how can we put more kids in these classes? There will be no walking space. https://twitter.com/TheTNHoller/status/1617516564432961537

The Tennessee Holler @TheTNHoller

😳WATCH: “Class size limits could soon be a thing of the past in Tennessee.”

As Republicans steer💰from underfunded public schools to private
ones in a teacher shortage, senator @lundbergjon (R) wants to make it worse. (TEACHER: “A catastrophe.”)

FULL: https://www.wymt.com/2023/01/21/more-kids-classrooms-its-possible-tennessee/

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joshcowenmsu Josh Cowen @joshcowenmsu ·
25 Jan

Having failed at drumming up even artificial support for DeVos #schoolvouchers in #miched, it seems bored Right-wing PACs are organizing around—wait for it—keeping 3rd grade retention in place #mileg 🤦‍♂️

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plthomasedd Paul Thomas @plthomasedd ·
25 Jan

The #scienceofreading movement is yet another anti-teacher movement in education reform. Just like TFA, charter schools, and the VAM-era of Michelle Rhee. Bashing veteran teachers and teacher educators and coaxing new teachers with false blame and false narratives

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