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The Dangerous End of School Libraries and Public Education

February 18, 2022 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

School libraries are critical to maintaining great democratic public schools. The loss of school libraries threatens their existence and a student’s right to receive information. See the American Library Association and The Universal Right to Free Expression: An Interpretation of the Library Bill of Rights.  Many public schools no longer have functioning school libraries or qualified […]

Filed Under: Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: Boston Public Schools, Corporate Agenda for Public Schools, Corporate education reform, future ready schools, Online Learning, Philadelphia Public Schools, Public School Privatization, Public School Transformation, School Librarians, school libraries

Public School “Reimagine” and “Revolution” Hypocrisy: Put Them Out to Pasture!

April 19, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 18 Comments

Teachers and parents on the frontlines of this pandemic should be given control of how their schools are reimagined in the future. When this crisis ends, they should be given the voice on how to bring back democratic public schools and make them their own. Any revolution surrounding schools is theirs. Those who foisted unproven and […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: a public school revolution, charter schools, Common Core, counselors, high-stakes testing, One-size-fits-all, Online Instruction, past school reforms, reimagine public schools, School Librarians, school libraries, School Nurses, teachers, vouchers

Problematic “Scientific Based” Phonics: The Flawed National Reading Panel

October 16, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 16 Comments

It’s odd and detrimental that the National Reading Panel is highlighted in reports as science, used to promote phonics and criticize how teachers teach reading. It has become so intense that teachers are being advised to drop certain reading methods to focus solely on “systematic, explicit phonics!” The NRP was discredited long ago. Why it’s […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Common Core, IDEA, Loss of School Librarians, National Reading Panel, NCLB, No Child Left Behind, NRP, phonics, Reading Instruction, School Librarians, school libraries, science readiing, Technology

11 Problems Facing Students as They Return to School

August 24, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

If you support our students, the next generation, and a democratic public education system that we all own, it’s tough to watch the changes corporate reformers have caused in schools. They’re not the ideas that most parents and teachers support, so we wonder why they’re implemented. Most of the problems that exist in public schools […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: art music drama and dance in school, better safety measures in school, crumbling school buildings, kindergarten expectations, Lead in school drinking water, School Librarians, school libraries, shooting drills in schools, strict rules in school, Zero Tolerance

California’s Reading Crisis: Why Aren’t U.S. Kids Reading Well?

December 10, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

Children in California are not reading well. The New York Times reports that lawyers are suing the state on behalf of three schools, one a charter, for not following state literacy experts who are concerned about students learning English, those with disabilities, and African American and Hispanic students. Here are some thoughts when it comes […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: California, child health care, child homelessness, Child Hunger, civil rights, Common Core, libraries, phonics, public schools, reading, School Librarians, school libraries, U.S. reading

How Students Are Hurt By Replacing School Librarians and Libraries with Computers

April 8, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 20 Comments

There are many ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all. ~Jacqueline Kennedy Happy School Library Month to school librarians across the country! We have always known librarians and libraries provide vital support to students and teachers in our public schools. But for years school districts have let go […]

Filed Under: Featured, Uncategorized Tagged With: Academic Searches, Basic Information, Boston Public Schools, Chicago Public Schools, Digital Devices, Duval County, Evaluating Resources, Information Specialists, Jacksonville Florida, Literacy Skills, Loss of School Librarians, Loss of School Libraries, Media Centers, Media Specialists, School Librarians, school libraries, State of Illinois, State of Massachusetts, Technology

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lauranbowmanLaura Bowman@lauranbowman·
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Cherry-picking data to undermine schools 90% of us send our kids to & privatize for profit. Way to further demoralize an already beaten-down workforce & push for EVEN MORE standardized testing & data collection. Nothing new & exciting. Sounds so very dreary/ punitive/out-of-touch https://twitter.com/roanoketimes/status/1527313907034910721

The Roanoke Times@roanoketimes

Virginia's K-12 school performance is backsliding due to reduced expectations for students and schools and a lack of transparency, resulting in widening achievement gaps, according to a critical new assessment from Virginia's superintendent of publi… https://roanoke.com/news/state-and-regional/youngkin-administration-report-finds-alarming-trends-in-virginias-k-12-performance/article_2e6f32bb-878b-5d05-b900-9b6ce2b41860.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

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cherkiesCheri Kiesecker@cherkies·
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Interesting. Wonder how the USDOE Office of Edtech will incorporate FTC's new COPPA policy statement. "Students must be able to do their schoolwork without surveillance by companies"
https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2022/05/ftc-crack-down-companies-illegally-surveil-children-learning-online https://twitter.com/EdScoop_news/status/1527373549198946327

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The Office of EdTech is updating its national edtech plan, the strategy document outlining how technology is used in U.S. education @OfficeofEdTech https://edscoop.com/national-edtech-plan-2022-refresh/

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plthomasEdDPaul Thomas@plthomasEdD·
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Media and Political Misreading of Reading (Again): NYC Edition http://radicalscholarship.com/2022/05/19/media-and-political-misreading-of-reading-again-nyc-edition/

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NancyEBailey1Nancy E. Bailey@NancyEBailey1·
18 May

@PennBat I worry that many students with disabilities will miss out on inclusion classes with their non-disabled peers with vouchers. The best they will find are segregated charters or private schools that only focus on the disability.

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PennBatPA BATs R Pro Charter Reform@PennBat·
18 May

1. You lost
2. Where are the Special Ed students supposed to go when all the public schools are gone and voucher schools won't accept them?

"School Choice" isn't for ALL kids. Anyone who says it is, is full of 💩 https://twitter.com/DeAngelisCorey/status/1513571301155348481

Corey A. DeAngelis@DeAngelisCorey

@RepKrajewski the money doesn't belong to the government schools.

education funding is meant for educating children, not for protecting a particular institution.

we should fund students, not systems.

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