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Why Are Schools Still Using Response to Intervention?

September 18, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 70 Comments

Schools have only been in session for a few weeks. Already parents are troubled by reading problems their children are bringing home from school. It’s painful to hear of an otherwise happy child who succumbs to anxiety and distress over school due to reading. Reading should be a joyful experience. But for many children—reading is […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: dyslexia, intervention, learning disabilities, reading, Reading Programs, reading remediation, Resource Rooms, Response to Intervention, RTI, special education

The Loss of Special Education Teachers

February 28, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 32 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 […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: CAST, dyslexia, IDEA, learning disabilities, Least Restrictive Environment, Philippines Teachers, preschool, Response to Intervention, special education, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Support, Universal Design for Learning

Response to Intervention: Derailed!

November 13, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 11 Comments

Response to Intervention (RtI) is assessment all children get, starting early, in order to determine if they need special assistance to address learning disabilities. It has been plugged as “research” or “scientifically-based” programming to identify problems in young children so they can avoid special education. Those descriptors were often used, sometimes unjustifiably so, with programs […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: child development, learning disabilities, Response to Intervention, RTI, special education

The Destruction of Special Education

December 15, 2013 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

The firing of a special education supervisor and the subsequent elimination of the position, in Wilson County, Tennessee prompted me to address concerns about a concerted effort underway to dismantle special education. There are signs all over. Most likely you have noticed them too. In the case of Wilson County, Director of Schools Tim Setterlund […]

Filed Under: Common Core, Popular Featured, Special Education Tagged With: ADHD, Assistive Technology, Autism, budget cuts, Child Study Teams, Common Core, gifted students, inclusion, Learning Disabilities Association, New Orleans, NYS Lawsuit, Response to Intervention, Teach for America, The Council for Exceptional children, the destruction special education, TN, Wilson County

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@susanoha @NancyEBailey1 "Sell What We Do": The Manufactured Crisis to Hide the Story Being Sold https://radicalscholarship.com/2023/01/30/sell-what-we-do-the-manufactured-crisis-to-hide-the-story-being-sold/

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drmaryhoward Dr. Mary Howard @drmaryhoward ·
29 Jan

Nancy Bailey: Reading Disabilities: Focus on Public Schools NOT School Choice!

“It’s unfair to say public school teachers fail to teach reading, while charter schools show substandard results. This creates a double standard.” @NancyEBailey1

https://nancyebailey.com/2023/01/29/reading-disabilities-focus-on-public-schools-not-school-choice/

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The focus should be on lifting traditional public schools & reading programs for many students who attend those schools rather than on unproven private and charter schools. Fix IDEA by increasing options. https://nancyebailey.com/2023/01/29/reading-disabilities-focus-on-public-schools-not-school-choice/

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arizona_sos Save Our Schools AZ @arizona_sos ·
28 Jan

Special interests call ESA vouchers “scholarships” because private schools select their students. It’s not “school choice,” it’s the school’s choice 😡#AZVoucherWatch #VouchersHurt #FundOurSchools

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danwuori Dan Wuori @danwuori ·
29 Jan

On-demand standardized testing has no place in kindergarten. There are far more appropriate and meaningful methods of assessing young children. https://twitter.com/reimagschool/status/1619665302450753536

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My wife's Kindergarten students felt very stressed and were crying when they had to take a standardized test. When she reported this to administrators their solution was "test them until they cry, and then stop." #testthemtiltheycry #resisttesting

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