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A Pompous, Demoralizing Letter for Teachers, Students, and Parents

August 21, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

One of the old education reformers is Chester E. Finn, Jr. of the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. He referred to himself as aging–not me. But he is old, and my point with this is that the push to destroy public schools, as we know them, started a long time ago. Finn just wrote a letter […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Autism, Chester E. Finn, education reform, gifted and talented, Jr. Priscella Chan, Mark Zuckerberg, Online Schools, special education, Twice Exceptional Students

Learning Matters: The Truth about Our Schools—In England and the U.S.

October 6, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 6 Comments

School privatization is happening around the world. It should come as no surprise that many countries have the same draconian reforms foisted on their public schools like the U.S. I find it interesting to learn how other countries run their schools and the similarities and differences between their systems and ours. Learning Matters: The Truth […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Common Core, education reform, England, Learning Matters: The Truth About Our Schools, narrative writing, Roger Titcombe, U.S. Charter Schools

The Duncan/King Robots and the Revolving Door

October 4, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 5 Comments

Much rejoicing took place Friday when it was first announced that Arne Duncan was leaving the Obama administration early. Social media was a-buzz poking fun at the Secretary of Education who will now ride into the sunset to make money likely in the private sector, probably with something having to do with children. When you […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Arne Duncan, education reform, Eli Broad's Academy, John B. King, Jr., Margaret Spellings, NCLB, President Obama, Rod Paige, RTTT

Highlighting Websites, Blogs and Books!

September 26, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 18 Comments

Back in August I passed the two year mark since I started this blog! Today I would like to draw your attention to many wonderful blogs, websites and books about education which I have been collecting like rare coins for the last year. I already listed many others when I first started this crusade. Check […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Education Blogs, Education Books, education reform, Education Websites, England, Finland, Gifted Education, public schools, special education

Capstone—Should Middle and High School Students Do a Thesis?

August 19, 2015 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

A good parent, who cares about her kids and is savvy about what is happening with school reform, asked me if I knew anything about capstone projects. She’s concerned and I don’t blame her. For years, the Great Schools Partnership has been pushing middle and high school students to do a capstone project much like […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Capstone Projects, education reform, Great Schools Partnership, Nationalistic Education, private school, Public School, Thesis

Mindfulness Training—Help or Cover-up in Education-Reform Affected Schools?

July 28, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

There’s mindfulness for teachers and mindfulness for students. There’s mindfulness in the UK and mindfulness in the USA. You can find groups that will train teachers and students about mindfulness around the world. But is mindfulness being used to push students and teachers to be robotic? Is it meant to cover up the problems in […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: education reform, high-stakes testing, Mindfulness, recess, retention, socialization, students, teachers, Technology, the arts

The WAR REPORT ON PUBLIC EDUCATION

May 15, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 5 Comments

I am honored to be invited to talk with Dr. James Avington Miller Jr. on his popular radio program. Call in and chat with us. This Sunday, May 17 at 2:00pm PST / 4:00pm Central/ 5:00pm Eastern on ‘THE WAR REPORT ON PUBLIC EDUCATION’ on BBS Radio – ‘A Conversation with Nancy E. Bailey’ an […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Dr. James Avington Miller Jr., Dr. Nancy Bailey, Education Issues, education reform, The War Report on Public Education

Ode to Moms I Admire Who Fight Draconian Ed. Reform

May 11, 2014 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

I am not a poet and I know it, but here I go ith. Here’s to the Moms who fight Common Core. They want it thrown out the classroom doors…. It’s a bore! And we don’t adore. Here’s to the Moms who support all the children, even those not their own. Treat yourself to tea […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: education reform, Mother's Day, Mothers, Poem, Thank You Mom!

Why the Education Reformers Worry about Special Education

March 30, 2014 By Nancy Bailey 9 Comments

Posted on November 12, 2013 with updated changes by Nancy Bailey I heard someone, a parent or teacher, blurt out at an informal education meeting that education reformers are afraid of special education. I think that person is right. Many of those currently in charge of condemning public schools don’t understand anything about students with […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Andrea Rediske, Common Core, education reform, Ethan's Bill, Florida, high-stakes testing, privatization, special education, Students with Disabilities

Shunning Gifted Students in America—Isn’t it Time to Pay Attention?

January 2, 2014 By Nancy Bailey 31 Comments

All children are gifted one way or another. But because labels are still used to identify children, when I say gifted you immediately know I am referring to children who have high IQs. They intellectually function ahead of their peers on the bell-shaped curve—sometimes far ahead. They also might have learning disabilities along with being […]

Filed Under: Common Core Tagged With: Accelerated Placement (AP), class size, Common Core, Council for Exceptional Children, credentialed gifted teachers, cut-off point, disadvantaged students, education policy, education reform, gifted associations, gifted programming, gifted students, high-stakes testing, Internation Baccalaureate (IB), IQ, lack of services, regular class, self-contained classes, states, twice exceptional

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