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8 Ways to Save Public School Funding During and After Covid-19

April 26, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 31 Comments

Everyone’s worried about the budgetary fallout that will affect public schools after the corona virus pandemic is over. The situation appears grim. Meanwhile, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and her friends are still seeking to privatize public education. The CARES Act has given her free rein. Governor Andrew Cuomo warns that without federal assistance, school funding […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: advanced placement, Certain Online Programs, charter schools, Common Core, Connections Academy, educational scholarship programs, For-Profit Colleges, high-stakes testing, Inc., K12, Student Surveillance

The Technology Cheating Problem Is Still a Problem

August 22, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

While many were appalled at the celebrity college entrance scandal, there’s another scandal that gets minimal attention. Students cheat with technology! Cheating has always been a problem in school but with technology it runs rampant. In the classroom, teachers curtail cheating by supervising students in person. They learn about students and become familiar with their […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Cheating, Cheating with Technology, College, Connections Academy, contract cheating, High School, K12, Summit Online Learning, Technology, turitin, virtual learning

Nebraska: The Online Worm in the Apple

November 6, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

Nebraska’s Great Public Schools When you get to feeling bad about awful school reform, it’s nice to reflect on Nebraska. It has been a shiny, organic apple. But now it has a worm in it when it comes to online instruction. The state has been mostly immune to draconian reform. Probably this is largely due […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: K12, K12 International, Nebraska, Online Instruction, privatization, public schools, School Privatization

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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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