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The Power of Invented Spelling: Giving Children Control

May 16, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 11 Comments

What we’ve found over the years is there seemed to be something with kids who are doing invented spelling on their own that’s really helping them learn how to read. ~ Gene Ouellette, Associate Professor of Psychology at Mount Allison University It looks like it’s best to hand young children paper and pencil instead of […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Computers, early childhood education, Invented Spelling, Inventive Spelling, iPads, phonics, reading, Reading Instruction, Response to Intervention (RTI), spelling, Technology, writing

DeVos and False Claims of Failed Schools: How School Reform Hurts Children

March 1, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

The conviction that the best way to prepare children for a harsh, rapidly changing world is to introduce formal instruction at an early age is wrong. There is simply no evidence to support it, and considerable evidence against it. Starting children early academically has not worked in the past and is not working now. —David […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Betsy DeVos, child development, curriculum, early childhood education, False Claims About Public Schools, play, School Privatization, Technology

Finland’s School Reforms are Troubling: 4 Reasons Why

February 20, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 10 Comments

Finland’s new curriculum means that schoolchildren will no longer need to sit down quietly in classrooms, since they will instead be able to choose where and how they study. In future there will not necessarily be any traditional enclosed classrooms. —“The Truth About Finnish Schools” This is Finland Finland’s schools have been admired for years. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Cross-disciplines, early childhood education, Finland's Schools, HundrED, Literacy, play, Playful Learning Center, school reform, Technology

When P.E. and 12 Other Activities Masquerade as Recess

February 4, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 5 Comments

As state legislatures make mandates claiming to secure recess in schools, it is important to nail down what they mean when they define recess. There are a lot of canned activities and commercialized gimmicks parading as recess. It is important not to be duped into thinking your child is getting recess when they aren’t. Look […]

Filed Under: Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: Activity, early childhood education, P.E., recess, Recess Gimmicks, School Breaks, State Recess Mandates, Tennessee Recess Bill, vouchers

Concerns about the New ESEA Reauthorization

November 28, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 6 Comments

Arne Duncan and others are bragging that both political parties get along when it comes to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization. It is one big happy family when it comes to education. There was bipartisan agreement over No Child Left Behind too, and look what a colossal disaster that was. Now, with […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Business Involvement, Common Core, early childhood education, ESEA Reauthorization, Federal Role, FERPA, Partnerships, special education, State and Local Role, Student Privacy, Title II Funds, Title one Portability

My Dream About EDUCATION and the Democratic (or Republican) Debate

October 14, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

I fell asleep last night during the democratic debate and I dreamt this is how it all unfolded. The scary part was there were no answers to the questions  about education when I woke up. In my dream Anderson Cooper said: America’s democratic public schools, how we treat and instruct the next generation, our children, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Common Core, Democratic Debate and Education, early childhood education, ELL, Higher Education, privatization, special education, teaching, the arts, Virtual Education

Aristotle in Kindergarten—What Do Children Miss?

September 13, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 9 Comments

When I read in The New York Times about Matthew Levey, a Columbia alum and former McKinsey consultant, who is setting up the International Charter School of New York, I was stunned! The school is starting out with 70 kindergartners and first graders and will eventually go up to fifth grade. Mr. Levey starting a […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aristotle in Kindergarten, Career Teachers, Charter School Operators, charter schools, child development, early childhood education, Pushing Children to Learn, The Berenstain Bears

Are Today’s Children Developmentally Different from Children in the Past?

January 13, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 19 Comments

Does research show us that young children have evolved to where they can learn faster? Are they smarter than they used to be? No! There is no research to indicate that a child’s brain has evolved over the years to where they need a learning environment that is more difficult from the past. What has […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Defending the Early Years, early childhood education, Gesell Institute

Investing in Early Childhood Education for Children, Not to Fix the Economy

January 2, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

Today, it is unusual to hear anything said about early childhood education that doesn’t end with remarks about the good of the nation’s economy. This involves  pushing young children to do better in school. I have written about this, in regard to other issues, even most recently in discussing the push to extend the school […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: early childhood education

Misguided Education Reform

December 31, 2013 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

A nice thing that happened to me this past year was the publishing, back in July, of my book, Misguided Education Reform: Debating the Impact on Students, by R & L Books (Rowman & Littlefield). It covers many of the same topics you will find on my blog. I discuss special education which might be […]

Filed Under: Common Core, Special Education Tagged With: charter school buildings, Common Core, discipline, early childhood education, emotional disabilities, gifted, IDEA, learning disabilities, libraries, loss of the arts, Misguided Education Reform, PL 94-142, poor/unsafe school facilities, re-authorizations, reading, Reading First, special education, testing, Zero Tolerance

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nancyebailey1 Nancy E. Bailey @nancyebailey1 ·
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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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