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Play v. Reading: How Flawed Thinking About Preschool Has Become Accepted Practice

September 12, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 18 Comments

Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood. ~Fred Rogers One education topic that every politician running for office mentions is preschool for all. What do they mean? What do they think preschool should be […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Alliance for Childhood, Defending the Early Years, kindergarten, Prereading skills, preschool, preschool reading demands, Waterford UPSTART

What Preschool Isn’t: Waterford UPSTART and Any Other Online Program!

April 16, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 6 Comments

No one can deny the importance of early learning. We have years of research by developmental psychologists and early childhood education researchers built on findings to help us understand how preschoolers learn. We need to fund adequate preschools so students get a good introduction to the joy of formal learning. Researchers have known for some […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Defending the Early Years, Funding Preschools, preschool, preschool learning, Waterford UPSTART

Toddlers & Preschool Testing? Don’t Steal the Joy of Reading!

August 1, 2018 By Nancy Bailey 5 Comments

A child three years old is still a toddler. What demands, if any, should be placed on a child this young when it comes to learning to read? Will it harm their chances of enjoying reading in the future? This is what we should ask when it comes to the new PELI testing. The same […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: DIBELS, early reading, preschool, Preschool Early Literacy Indicator (PELI), Preschool reading assessment, toddlers and reading, Toddlers and Reading Assessment

The Danger of Online (Or Any) Pre-Kindergarten Assessment

May 16, 2018 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

When did we become a nation that harshly judges how young children learn? How does such inappropriate evaluation of children make our country great? The focus should be on the children and their needs. Also, does online preschool assessment violate a young child’s right to privacy? I think parents and teachers should be concerned. I […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Florida's VPK Programs, preschool, preschool assessment, preschool online testing, privatization, Voluntary Pre-Kindergarten, VPK

FORCE & FLUNK: Destroying a Child’s Love of Reading—and Their Life

October 9, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 40 Comments

We are now in the dangerous era of FORCE & FLUNK when it comes to children and reading. Here’s how it works. FORCE A frenzy surrounding reading is caused by school reformers and the media, claiming children are not learning to read fast enough. Kindergarten is the new first grade, automatically making preschool the new […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Flunking, kindergarten, preschool, Pushing children to read too early, reading, Reading Programs, retention, Technology

What’s Behind the Obsession with Kindergarten Readiness?

August 25, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

When I was in kindergarten, I had one line in a little play. I said, I am Patrick Potato and this is my cousin, Mrs. Tomato, and I heard laughter. I wanted to be an actress from that moment on. ~Doris Roberts, American actress, author and philanthropist. Raymond’s mom on the sitcom Everybody Loves Raymond. […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: college and career ready, kindergarten pressure, kindergarten readiness, Kindergarten readiness tests, preschool, reading readiness, redshirting, school reform, self-regulation, Social skills, summer kindergarten readiness programs

Preschool Social Emotional Learning (SEL): Discipline in Disguise?

June 10, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

Social Emotional Learning is popular! But why do school reformers discuss SEL like it has been hiding under a rock someone just kicked over? Haven’t preschool teachers always worked with children on how to get along? While reading and thinking about preschool, I thought it would be interesting to explore SEL as it relates to […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: discipline, preschool, SEL, Social Emotional Learning

The Devil is in the Details, Utah

September 9, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

Some Utah parents are worried about afterschool Satan Clubs. I don’t blame them. However, and I’m no religious expert by any means, if there is a devil, I think it is always sneaking into town when and where you least expect. Utah, in my opinion, has some devil-like programs designed to eliminate public-schools. First, there’s […]

Filed Under: Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: Computers, disabilities, Online Preschool, preschool, public schools, Social Impact Bonds, socialization, special education, Utah, Waterford UPSTART

Education Mirages and Presidential Politics—Hillary Clinton

May 12, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 11 Comments

Presidential politics and education—it’s like crawling through the desert. You see the same old landscape, and then, out in the distance you see real teacher support and quality schooling! And you hear “I will make public schools great again!” We are bombarded with statements that sound supportive of public schools and teachers, parents, and students, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Autism, Bill Gates, charter schools, Disruptive Education, Eli Broad, Equal Pay, Hillary Clinton, preschool, public schools, Teach for America, Teacher Pay, Technology, The Waltons

The Loss of Special Education Teachers

February 28, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 30 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 […]

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"We are likely to find that the problems of housing and education, instead of preceding the elimination of poverty, will themselves be affected if poverty is first abolished.”

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