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Platooning—Another Weird Education Word and Common Core Strategy for Elementary School

March 11, 2014 By Nancy Bailey 27 Comments

Since I already have a list of weird education words here’s a new one to add. How many of you have heard of “platooning”—which, in reference to education, means moving elementary students, subject-to-subject, teacher-to-teacher, to meet the new Common Core State Standards? Instead, of one primary teacher, students move around—subject to subject. This idea has […]

Filed Under: Popular Featured Tagged With: Common Core, Early Elementary, first grade, high-stakes testing, kindergarten, Platooning, Rocketship Charter Schools, Teach for America, Weird Words

Setting Children Up to Hate Reading

February 2, 2014 By Nancy Bailey 214 Comments

Any educator or parent who understands the beauty of reading and the importance of helping a child learn to do it right was appalled to read two recent articles about the subject. Both should make all of us concerned that children are being set up to hate reading. They are being pushed to read earlier […]

Filed Under: Popular Featured, Reading Tagged With: first grade, kindergarten, Oregon, play, preschool, reading, study, University of Virginia

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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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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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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:
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