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Dallas Dance: Dancing Into School Districts with Digital Devices

July 8, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 6 Comments

Resigned BCPS Superintendent Dallas Dance Takes Consulting Jobs By Joanne C. Simpson Dallas Dance could be coming to a school district near you. For a visit anyway. Dance’s new role after leaving his $287,000 annual superintendent job at Baltimore County Public Schools after June 30–at least two national consulting gigs. Both companies, MGT Consulting Group […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Baltimore County Schools, Center for Digital Education, Competency-Based Education, Dallas Dance, Digital Devices, Florida, MGT Consulting Group, Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), U.S. schools

Public Schools Belong to the People—Not Just Mayors, CEOs, or the President

April 22, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

In Chicago, Troy LaRaviere has been fired from his principal position at Blaine Elementary School, partly because he sided with parents against high-stakes testing. Those who fondly regarded the outspoken administrator were stunned to learn of his ousting by mail. LaRaviere has been critical of Mayor Rahm Emanuel and others in the school system. I’d […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Barbara Byrd-Bennett, Bernie Sanders, Chicago, Chicago Principals and Administrators Assocition, Common Core, Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), principals, privatization, PTA, Rahm Emanuel, teachers, Troy LaRaviere

Star-Bellied Sneetches and PARCC Testing

March 2, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 6 Comments

When the Star-Belly children went out to play ball, Could a Plain Belly get in the game… ? Not at all. You only could play if your bellies had stars. And the Plain Belly children had none upon thars. Dr. Seuss from The Sneetches How ironic that today, when children should have been celebrating Dr. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Common Core, Dr. Seuss, Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC), The Sneetches, United Opt Out

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