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Parents and Teachers United: A Force for Students, Public Education, and America!

November 28, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 14 Comments

On this Thanksgiving, I am remembering parents and teachers, Republicans and Democrats, who work together to create public schools that serve all children. This relationship is sacred and critical for children to learn. Without this bond there’s little hope for public education and America’s future. The corporate reform, dystopian goal is to destroy public education […]

Filed Under: Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: Amplify, Astroturf parent groups, IDEA, Parents across america, Parents and teachers, PTA, Red for Ed, science of reading, Thanksgiving, The Waltons

Teacher Appreciation As School Starts

September 7, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 5 Comments

Teachers are starting the 2017-18 school year. While the focus appears to be on transforming teaching into digital competency-based instruction, or personalized learning, real human teachers are what make learning for every child personalized. That title was stolen from them. Teachers work to bring students together. They let them know that every child, no matter […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Good Luck Teachers, Helpful Hints for Teachers, PTA, public schools, School Privatization, Support Public School Teachers as School Starts, Teacher Appreciation as School Starts

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

The End of the Road for PUBLIC SCHOOL Teachers? I Don’t Think So!

March 28, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 10 Comments

Is it the end of the road for public school teachers? It seems like a bad sign when a respected teacher wins an award for teaching, and during a conversation afterwards on CNN, tells young people to go into teaching only if they enter the private sector. Last week Main teacher Nancie Atwell became the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Collaboration, Common Core, Guidance Counselors, high-stakes testing, Librarians, PTA, Public Relations, special education, Student Teachers, support staff, teaching, the arts, Value Added Assessment

Pushing Common Core State Standards: Educational Professional Associations We Once Loved

January 9, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 9 Comments

It is sad, for many, to watch professional associations, long trusted to care for and support students, parents and teachers, sign on to propagandizing Common Core as  great for schools and children. Many parents and educators see through this. In addition, and this is most important, why do those selling Common Core continue claiming it […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: American Library Association, Common Core, Council for Exceptional Children, National Association for the Education of Young Children, Professional Organizations, PTA

Teacher In-Service: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

July 30, 2014 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

Many teachers are starting back to work already. And along with the new school year comes in-service training.  In-service is either good, it is bad, or it is downright ugly. The good in-service is really professional development. School districts should always aim for professional development and not waste teachers’ time with anything less important. The […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: In-service Training, Professional Development, PTA, teachers

It’s Not A Wonderful Life for Millions of School Children

December 18, 2013 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

“…I know right now, and the answer’s no. No Doggone it! You sit around here and you spin your little webs and you think the whole world revolves around you and your money! Well, it doesn’t, Mr. Potter! In the, in the whole vast configuration of things, I’d say you were nothing but a scurvy […]

Filed Under: Common Core Tagged With: AFT, American Library Association, budget cuts, Common Core, Coporatists, Council for Exceptional Children, George Bailey, high-stakes testing, National Council of Teachers of English, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, NEA, poverty, PTA, school reform, Scrooge

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skrashenStephen Krashen@skrashen·
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@susanoha @NancyEBailey1 Krashen, S. 1998. Phonemic awareness training for prelinguistic children: Do we need prenatal PA? Reading Improvement 35: 167-171. http://www.sdkrashen.com/content/articles/prenatal_pa_training.pdf

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susanohaSusan Ohanian@susanoha·
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The last time I looked Norway was at top on international tests. They didn't start to teach reading until age 8 or 9 and then kids get a playtime break every hour.
Every hour. https://twitter.com/NancyEBailey1/status/1381335214711050240

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@buchananshelle3 @susanoha Good pt. And PreK and K reading assessments have been taking place for YEARS! Along with drills and more tests. If it worked why do children still have reading problems? Maybe bring back PLAY!

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leoniehaimsonleonie haimson@leoniehaimson·
10 Apr

There should no longer be any excuse for not lowering class size, which has been proven thru rigorous research to benefit all kids but especially those who are poor. Teachers know this, parents too, but where are those who control policies in our schools? https://www.chalkbeat.org/2021/4/9/22375692/biden-proposes-doubling-title-i-sending-high-poverty-schools

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10 Apr

With so many worrying about learning loss in young children, I thought it important to dig out this old post about reading. Please remember that formal reading instruction used to begin in first grade. https://nancyebailey.com/2014/02/02/setting-children-up-to-hate-reading/

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raepica1Rae Pica@raepica1·
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#edchat #ece #earlyed #AskingWhatIf https://twitter.com/Screensandkids/status/1380184169653878794

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#ECE expert @RaePica1 responds to VA digital device guidelines, "Why subject our children to all the health risks of digital devices when learning w/out devices is superior? The more senses we use in the learning process, the more information we retain." https://tinyurl.com/zay4c69z

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