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Hillary Clinton and Charter School Myths

July 19, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 3 Comments

Last night the report from the AFT convention was that Hillary Clinton once again spoke about how charter schools provided traditional public schools with innovation. This is a recurring theme with her—one that has already drawn boos from teachers in the NEA. As one teacher put it last night, is she tone deaf? Charter schools […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: AFT, charter schools, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, innovation, Myths, NEA, Reality, vouchers

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

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Nancy Bailey looks at how the inheritors of the education hit piece, A Nation at Risk, continue to depend on forcing toddlers to grow faster, somehow. #inappropriate

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First, children are pushed to read before they're ready, and then they fail third grade because they need more time to learn to be better readers. How does this create better readers? Children will hate reading.

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Research is clear: Third-grade retention is an unnecessary, ineffective practice that demoralizes children. @SecCardona should speak to this terrible practice.

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The creation of the American Climate Corps will mobilize young people who care so deeply about the future of our planet and who are ready to take on the existential threat of climate change. It's a good start. Let’s go forward together.

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Research is clear: Third-grade retention is an unnecessary, ineffective practice that demoralizes children. @SecCardona should speak to this terrible practice. https://www.wsfa.com/2023/09/14/12k-third-graders-risk-being-held-back-under-alabama-literacy-act-superintendent-warns/?fbclid=IwAR1CHkRIZN1CmXlVuA_uTS6zU8IQOGO0_FkQPuAHvW_tKX2Ose25DLeuRdQ

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