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Nineteen For 2019: Choose This, NOT That, to Save Public Education in the New Year!

December 31, 2018 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

1.  Kindergarten NOT The New First Grade Kindergartners should be treated like the four and five-year-old students that they are and not pushed to be first graders. The activities and instruction for this age group are well established. Real educators should take charge and ensure that there’s much free play and age appropriate activities. 2.  […]

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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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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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#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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Please join us in lifting up our dear friend @DianeRavitch who undergoes open heart surgery today. May God grant her success in this serious procedure, and full recovery and healing. @NPEaction @Network4pubEd @pastors4OKkids @pastors4kykids @pastors4tnkids @pastors4flkids

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Valerie Jablow: D.C. Has Lost a Great Education Leader, Elizabeth Davis https://dianeravitch.net/2021/04/06/valerie-jablow-d-c-has-lost-a-great-education-leader-elizabeth-davis/

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