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When it Comes to Special Education Deregulations, Watch DeVos Like a Hawk!

September 22, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

In the beginning, Betsy DeVos didn’t seem to understand IDEA. Now it looks like she is out to get rid of it! Here is her recent statement in response to an Education Week writer’s question about reauthorizing the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. I think Congress needs to seriously look at the commitment they made […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Autism, Betsy DeVos, Deregulating IDEA, Deregulations and Betsy DeVos, dyslexia, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, learning disabilities, Reauthorizing IDEA, Special Education Funding

Why Are Schools Still Using Response to Intervention?

September 18, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 70 Comments

Schools have only been in session for a few weeks. Already parents are troubled by reading problems their children are bringing home from school. It’s painful to hear of an otherwise happy child who succumbs to anxiety and distress over school due to reading. Reading should be a joyful experience. But for many children—reading is […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: dyslexia, intervention, learning disabilities, reading, Reading Programs, reading remediation, Resource Rooms, Response to Intervention, RTI, special education

Will Texas Parents Save Special Education?

December 18, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

In order for the nation to get back their public schools they have to realize what they’re losing. This is especially true for special education. For years, across the nation we have seen an eroding of services for students with disabilities. In Texas, denying children their right to special education, since 2004, came in the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: ADHD, Continuum of Services, Deaf, learning disabilities, Public Law 94-142, School Choice, Severe Disabilities, Special Education Cap, Special Education Choice, Special Education Services, Texas, Texas Education Agency

Jeb Bush, Retention, and the Failed Ferris Wheel of School Reform

October 1, 2016 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

Jeb Bush continues to ride the failed Ferris wheel of school reform. He is most likely emboldened by state politicians and business leaders, like in Michigan, subscribing to harmful 3rd grade retention policies. Also, with a fancy university invitation for him to lecture about schools and stuff. Michigan is following Florida’s lead, and that of […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: 3rd Grade Retention, dyslexia, Florida, Florida and 3rd Grade Retention, Harvard, Jeb Bush, learning disabilities, Michigan, Michigan and 3rd Grade Retention, privatization, public schools, Smaller Class Sizes, Tennessee STAR Study

The Dangers of Eliminating Teacher Preparation

June 25, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 11 Comments

Wisconsin is thinking about letting anyone teach. No degree will be required to enter the classroom and work with students. Isn’t it bizarre to encourage young people to go to college but claim their teachers don’t need a college degree? Surely this is quackery. But I thought it would be a good time to do […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: assessment, Bibliotherapy, child development, Child Psychology, Classroom Management, counseling, dyslexia, Educational Theory, ELL Teachers, learning disabilities, Librarians, math, Other Subjects, Special Areas, special education, Speech and Language, Teacher Preparation, Technology, the arts

Should We Ban “Special Education”?

March 17, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 14 Comments

What’s in a student’s name? What about the name special education? NPR has an article today about how special education language has evolved. So why not drop the term special ed? I think a lot of parents and teachers would rejoice at that. The trouble with getting rid of words or changing them to be […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: "Father of Special Education", dyslexia, Labels, learning disabilities, Samuel A. Kirk, special education, words

Discounting Learning Disabilities in B.C., AU, U.S., and England–and Finding HOPE

March 8, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 10 Comments

Are they ending special education programs where you live? It turns out this is happening around the world. Parents with students who have learning disabilities can’t find assistance, or, like in England, they are mistreated in institutions. But don’t give up. There is hope, as I explain at the end of this post. Parents in […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Abbottsford, Arne Duncan, Australia, British Columbia, California, Competency-Based Instruction, England, institutions, Lawsuit, learning disabilities, New York City, New York Regents

The Loss of Special Education Teachers

February 28, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 32 Comments

Where did all the special education teachers go? Special education teachers who study and address the unique differences in students are really a part of the whole learning puzzle—necessary to a student’s future success. But alas, special education teachers are falling by the wayside. Time to update this post. In Washington State they are using […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: CAST, dyslexia, IDEA, learning disabilities, Least Restrictive Environment, Philippines Teachers, preschool, Response to Intervention, special education, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Support, Universal Design for Learning

Hey CEOs! Get the Lead Out (of Flint)!

January 31, 2016 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

What will the business philanthropists concerned about the education progress of our young people do about Flint? For over 30 years, politicians and big business decided public schools were failing and nothing would do other than CEOs of huge corporations and the states take over. They told us they wanted to close the achievement gap […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, CEOs, Eli Broad Foundation, Flint, Gang Violence, Lead poisoning, learning disabilities, Mark Zuckerberg, Michigan, public schools, Reed Hastings, Walton Family Foundation

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

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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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@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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