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Girl Scout Badges Made Just for Teachers!

April 30, 2014 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

A new corporate idea being revved up for public schools involves teachers earning badges…because there is nothing that says Free Market more than teachers competing with Girl Scouts. Here are some badges you can earn, teachers: Money Counts. Teachers, earn this badge when you spend 50% of your paycheck on materials that the school cannot […]

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Great Public Schools Focus on Student Interests

December 3, 2013 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

I wonder how many parents out there remember when anyone at their child’s school asked these questions: What are your child’s interests? Does your student have any hobbies? How do they like to spend their free time?      I am reading an interesting book called Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles Over Schools, Unions, […]

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It's time to end third-grade retention! There are better solutions, including looping grades 1 and 2.

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Been thinking a lot about how offering GEN ED kids "interventions" that are 1:1, highly individualized, basically mimicking what Special Ed does, but done by the overwhelmed gen ed teachers seems like an attempt to circumvent sped services in many cases on the backs of workers.

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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 https://nancyebailey.com/2023/11/29/saving-kindergarten-real-teachers-write-the-kinderchat-guides-with-real-solutions/

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Teaching Young Children the Meaning of Gratitude via @bamradionetwork #ece #earlyed #earlychildhood

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