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How Stressing Preschoolers and Kindergarteners Could Lead to Mental Health Problems

March 13, 2023 By Nancy Bailey 19 Comments

There has been a pushdown of academic expectations for years, and Americans should be asking how much stress this causes all students, especially our youngest learners. If a child struggles in preschool or kindergarten, it might be due to pressure. Why force children to rush through preschool and kindergarten to learn skills that never would […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Common Core, kindergarten pressure, No Child Left Behind, Preschool pressure, public schools, School Privatization, student mental health

The Murky World of i-Ready, Grading, and Online Data

February 7, 2022 By Nancy Bailey 21 Comments

Many school districts use Curriculum Associates i-Ready in their classrooms for reading and math, but there appears to be program murkiness. There’s concern that teachers might rely on iReady data for grading rather than their professional expertise. I-Ready provides teachers with data reports of student results, but teachers never see the child’s online responses. They […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Data Collection, i-Ready, i-Ready data, i-Ready grading, large class sizes, Online Learning, overcrowded classrooms, parents and i-Ready, public schools, teacher loss, teachers and i-Ready, teachers replaced by tech, the loss of teachers

Charters and Vouchers to Destroy Virginia’s Public Schools Will Involve Questionable Data Collected on Children

December 22, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 10 Comments

Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin is wasting no time setting the wheels in motion to destroy public education in Virginia, considered the fourth-best public school system in the country. If he manages to do this, it will add to America’s already ominous future of free public schooling, school ownership shifted to big business instead of constituents. Most […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Aimee Rogstad Guidera, data collection and privacy, Data Quality Campaign (DQC), Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin, Inbloom, public schools, School Privatization, students and data collection in schools, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Virginia, Virginia's new education secretary

Democrats the Education Party? Stop Promoting that Message

November 3, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 18 Comments

I’m sorry Democrats didn’t do better last night because they might be somewhat better for public education. Maybe they will regroup and come back stronger for real public education and teacher support. Last night during the election results, the media portrayed Democrats as the education party, but for years Democratic policymakers have turned on teachers […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Corporate Reform, Corporations, Democratic Party, pandemic, public schools, Republican Party, School Privatization, Teachers' Unions, universal preK

The Pictures Children Take of Their World

August 1, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

History will judge us by the difference we make in the everyday lives of children. ~Nelson Mandela What kind of pictures of the world are children taking as they get ready to return to school? We cannot control all the news, but we should be mindful of how children observe us and how we fit […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: children and teens of color, children and the news, helping children make sense of their world, Helping Children understand the news, LGBTQ, News, public schools, wearing masks, wearing masks in school

Independence Day and the Loss of America’s Democratic Public Schools

July 4, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 24 Comments

Politicians talk a lot about democracy, especially while referring to threats from other countries. What about the destruction of what should be the most democratic institution in this country—America’s public schools? Many Americans of both parties seem unworried about handing public education over to the wealthy who want to privatize those schools and use them […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: America's democratic public schools, education market place, Losing America's Democratic Public Schools, public schools, the future of public education

Green Schools: Are they Child and Teacher Friendly and Public?

June 27, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 6 Comments

Environmentally friendly school facilities are critical. Teaching students environmental awareness and how to be good stewards of the earth is imperative. But are new green school buildings encompassing a whole curriculum? Are they practical, focused on the environment and the students, supportive of real teachers, designed to be democratic and public, or are they about […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council, charter schools, Discovery Elementary School, environment, green schools, Kathleen Grim School for Leadership and Sustainability at Sandy Hook (also P.S. 62), Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEEDS), public schools

A Chat About Public Schools with Eli Broad’s Ghost

June 13, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

When someone gets to the other side, if they look back, do they question how they could have led their life differently, in this case, in particular, the late Eli Broad and his influence on public education? First, it’s troubling the United States doesn’t tax the wealthy the way they should and that Americans don’t […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Art, Broad prize for Urban education, Broad superintendency academy, charter schools, education, Eli Broad, Network for Public Education, New Leaders, public schools, science, The Broad Center at Yale, venture philanthropy

Where’s the Biden Administration on School Problems Facing Students, Teachers, and Parents?

May 16, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

The pandemic showed us that public schools are critical. Understandably, Covid-19 has been front and center. But the Biden administration glosses over or is silent on critical school issues. Sometimes these topics are front and center not in a good way in State legislatures or ignored altogether. Frustrated parents will seek alternatives, and there’s a […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: charter schools, class size, Common Core, curriculum, early childhood education, Health Care, K-12 Alignment to the Workforce, public schools, reading, school boards and partnerships, School Buildings, school safety, Social Justice, special education, standardized testing, support staff, teachers, Technology, the arts, vouchers

President Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Should Include Teachers! Here’s Why

April 3, 2021 By Nancy Bailey 9 Comments

It’s good that President Biden is focusing on updating school buildings in his infrastructure plan. But there’s another crisis his administration should address. America needs a national movement to get well-prepared teachers into our public school classrooms. The teaching profession has been in crisis mode for years. Much of this crisis has been generated by […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Campaign for a teacher profession, classroom teachers, President Biden's infrastructure plan, Professional Teachers, public schools, teachers

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helenproulx2 Helen Proulx @helenproulx2 ·
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Worrisome indeed. And read-alouds are not enough. How might we create opportunities for rich & varied experiences with texts from the start? How can we be sure that Ss are encouraged & not limited by instruction? https://twitter.com/NancyEBailey1/status/1640105213276180480

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Science of Reading camp never discusses the importance of picture books. How much time do children get to explore them? How often are they read to for enjoyment? This is worrisome. https://nancyebailey.com/2023/03/26/the-science-of-reading-and-the-rejection-of-picture-books/

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beebryhte Belinda Whyte @beebryhte ·
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https://nancyebailey.com/2023/03/26/the-science-of-reading-and-the-rejection-of-picture-books/
Not sure I could agree more...thanks @NancyEBailey1

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nancyebailey1 Nancy E. Bailey @nancyebailey1 ·
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Unstructured play has been driven out of early childhood classrooms for years! Goals are to micromanage everything a child does. Few seem to connect play's importance to learning & mental health, or they don't care if schools fail. https://twitter.com/Cabal_Educator/status/1630938079170109440

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Let them play!

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Science of Reading camp never discusses the importance of picture books. How much time do children get to explore them? How often are they read to for enjoyment? This is worrisome. https://nancyebailey.com/2023/03/26/the-science-of-reading-and-the-rejection-of-picture-books/

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nancyebailey1 Nancy E. Bailey @nancyebailey1 ·
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@BetsyDeVos So much research shows that 3rd gr retention is bad for students it's hard to believe you think this is fine. There are many alternatives. https://nancyebailey.com/2017/10/09/force-flunk-destroying-a-childs-love-of-reading-and-their-life/

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