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Parents Working With School Districts To Make Public Schools Work

October 16, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 15 Comments

For our team and the members of our group, gifted education is not about speeding through school or having Ivy League kids. It is about our children receiving an education that causes them to work hard, overcome obstacles, and fail and recover. It is about finding friends who understand them and are OK with their […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Avondale, Democratic Public Schools, gifted and talented, Gifted Education, Metro-Detroit, Oakland County, Parent Advocates, Parent Groups, parents, Superintendent Dr. James Schwarz

ESSA and the Dismantling of Programs for Students with Disabilities and/or Gifted Students

December 4, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

Sign the petition to stop the reauthorization of ESEA. HERE! __________________________________ What are the problems with the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and students with disabilities and/or gifted students? First, A Little History Politicians have never wanted to pay for special education. Everything you see today in the way of policy and rhetoric concerning the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alternative Testing, Common Core, disabilities, dyslexia, ESSA, Every Student Succeeds Act, Gifted Education, High School Diploma, learning disabilities

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

The Black Hole of Gifted Education and the What Ifs We All Live With

September 5, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 14 Comments

In 2008, I lost my only brother, six years my junior, to pancreatic cancer. A day doesn’t go by that I don’t remember his warm smile and how he could make me laugh. While out and about, I sometimes spot the back of a head and a body built like his, when he was healthy […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alzheimer's Disease, Gifted Education, Global Competition, Global Cooperation, John Andraka, Overpopulation, Pancreatic Cancer, TALENT Act (H.R. 2960), Twice Exceptional Students

The Common Core “Deep Learning” Message that All Students are Gifted is Wrong

May 18, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 17 Comments

…in the ordinary elementary school situation, children of 140 IQ waste half their time. Those of 170 IQ waste practically all their time. — gifted education pioneer Leta Hollingworth, found in Genius Denied, by Jan and Bob Davidson A recent report implied that with the right kind of environment and “deep learning” everyone can be […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Common Core, deep learning, Gifted Characteristics, Gifted Education

Who Needs Gifted Education When We’ve Got Common Core and Rigor?

February 17, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 20 Comments

Common Core interjects the idea of rigor into standards for all. So where do gifted students fit in this plan? If every student is meant to accomplish these high standards, are there higher standards for students whose IQ is off the charts, or who have been identified as twice exceptional (students with a disability but […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Common Core, Gifted Education

Commiserating on How Gifted Students are Ignored by Educators, Policymakers and Those Who Should Care

September 12, 2014 By Nancy Bailey 6 Comments

A post I did almost a year ago about Common Core and gifted students has been receiving renewed activity lately. HERE. HERE is another. I wondered what was up. Why are gifted parents digging into the archives? I realized school for many has been in session for a while now and for parents, including parents […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Common Core, gifted, Gifted Education, Myths, Policy, special education, The National Association for Gifted Children

New Website Entries

June 18, 2014 By Nancy Bailey 1 Comment

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: Canada, England, Gifted Education, public schools, school reform, special education, website

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susanohaSusan Ohanian@susanoha·
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The last time I looked Norway was at top on international tests. They didn't start to teach reading until age 8 or 9 and then kids get a playtime break every hour.
Every hour. https://twitter.com/NancyEBailey1/status/1381335214711050240

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@buchananshelle3 @susanoha Good pt. And PreK and K reading assessments have been taking place for YEARS! Along with drills and more tests. If it worked why do children still have reading problems? Maybe bring back PLAY!

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leoniehaimsonleonie haimson@leoniehaimson·
10 Apr

There should no longer be any excuse for not lowering class size, which has been proven thru rigorous research to benefit all kids but especially those who are poor. Teachers know this, parents too, but where are those who control policies in our schools? https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/4/9/22375692/biden-proposes-doubling-title-i-sending-high-poverty-schools

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10 Apr

With so many worrying about learning loss in young children, I thought it important to dig out this old post about reading. Please remember that formal reading instruction used to begin in first grade. https://nancyebailey.com/2014/02/02/setting-children-up-to-hate-reading/

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8 Apr

#edchat #ece #earlyed #AskingWhatIf https://twitter.com/Screensandkids/status/1380184169653878794

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#ECE expert @RaePica1 responds to VA digital device guidelines, "Why subject our children to all the health risks of digital devices when learning w/out devices is superior? The more senses we use in the learning process, the more information we retain." https://tinyurl.com/zay4c69z

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Please join us in lifting up our dear friend @DianeRavitch who undergoes open heart surgery today. May God grant her success in this serious procedure, and full recovery and healing. @NPEaction @Network4pubEd @pastors4OKkids @pastors4kykids @pastors4tnkids @pastors4flkids

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