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Caught in the Middle: Whatever Happened to the Individuals With Disabilities Education Act?

September 18, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 6 Comments

By Aaron Wright No child wants to feel like a failure. No educator wants to feel like they have failed a child. Most children in special education are identified as having a specific learning disability or language impairment. Yet nationally only 67% of children with disabilities will graduate from high school and almost one and […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Autism, Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE), Individual Educational Plan (IEP), Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), public schools, Special Education and FAPE, Students with Disabilities

Betsy DeVos’s Education Freedom: It’s Anything But

September 15, 2019 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

Betsy DeVos rarely makes a statement without referring to her idea of Education Freedom. She is, of course, referring to school vouchers. But as education secretary she has been more about denying students true education freedom. DeVos stands for the opposite of educational freedom! As she travels around the country promoting her agenda, here’s a […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Children at the border, children with disabilities, class size, College and Career, Education Freedom, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, Public Schools on Military Bases, Special Education and FAPE, Student Debt, the Military

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19 Jan

Chicago teachers continues plea to Chicago Public Schools for safe school reopening plan - Chicago Sun-Times - https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/1/18/22237242/ctu-teachers-union-cps-chicago-public-schools-reopening-plan-coronavirus-covid-19#new_tab

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18 Jan

Fully fund traditional public schools!!! https://twitter.com/chrchristensen/status/1351176316784160769

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“Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all God’s children.” -- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. #MLKDay

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18 Jan

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18 Jan

Teachers posting screenshots of children using online apps & edtech products —posting student photos, full names, grade/age, teacher and school, and sometimes login info (password!) on social media—please STOP.
#Privacy #FERPA #COPPA

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18 Jan

In order to restore students' voices we need to end the focus on high stakes standardized testing. See Nancy Bailey's six reasons why that's a good idea here:
https://nancyebailey.com/2021/01/14/6-ways-high-stakes-standardized-testing-destroys-student-voice/ #TBATs
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