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Raising the Bar on Kindergartners: A Nation at Risk Lives On

September 13, 2023 By Nancy Bailey 30 Comments

History is not kind to idlers. ~The Reagan administration’s A Nation at Risk (1983, p.7) In What Happened to Recess and Why are our Children Struggling in Kindergarten, Susan Ohanian writes about a kindergartner in a New York Times article who tells the reporter they would like to sit on the grass and look for […]

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Dear Dr. Cardona: Punitive Student Assessment is Meant to Privatize Public Schools!

October 1, 2022 By Nancy Bailey 5 Comments

Education Secretary Miguel Cardona recently wrote to tell state education departments not to use test data punitively after the pandemic. He doesn’t seem to understand the history of high-stakes testing and its use to privatize public schools. From Cardona: The purpose of this letter is to remind all who report and interpret student outcomes this […]

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“High Expectations” and the Criminalization of America’s Students

October 28, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

By now most of us have seen the video of the resource officer using brute force to yank a female student out of her desk. Appalling, most agree. But this country has been criminalizing students, if not violently, inhumanely and subtly, in their schools for a long time. Why do Americans put up with it? […]

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Do Public School Students Need Special Ed. Anymore?

August 23, 2014 By Nancy Bailey 40 Comments

Do we need special education anymore? Some parents might say no—that a regular class with high expectations, possibly some support, is all that is necessary. Arne Duncan has stated that students with disabilities should rise to the same level as other students. He has called for a “major shift” in how special education students are […]

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The concept of the IEP was stolen by Gates and Zuckerberg for "personalized" learning! Definitely concerning and parents should not be confused! #SPEDChat @disabilityscoop https://twitter.com/Philly852/status/960490008854630400

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Pictures are paramount for children learning to read. Lately, they're getting a bad rap. Here's an outline of what children learn through picture books they like.

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Grade Retention Harms Children, Corrupts Test Data, But Not a Miracle: Mississippi Edition via @plthomasEdD

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@VA_GOP Public schools, mental health, roads, bridges, etc. are NOT "left-wing" special interests. They are community needs that are in ALL of our interests.

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@NancyEBailey1 1946 picture book Bright April, fictional African American family (postman father, brother in army, sister in nursing school, main character a Brownie scout learning handcrafts, birdwatching, tree study) provided mirror of herself to youngster in NYC, now Librarian of Congress.

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