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It Isn’t Over in Lee County or Elsewhere! And About Common Core…

September 3, 2014 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

The Lee County School Board has backed out and students will get tests and tests and more tests. But I know parents will not give up. I’m hoping they will hold their Superintendent accountable for stating that she wanted to devise a plan. This plan should include parents. Perhaps there are some parent lawyers who […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Common Core, Courage, Lee County, parents, standardized testing, Test Validation

Striving Towards Local Control of Public Schools—A Proposal for Lee County and Beyond!

August 31, 2014 By Nancy Bailey 8 Comments

I would like to put forth a proposal.  What could the Lee County School Board do to make everyone happy or at least happier? I have an idea. Patricia Levesque, CEO of Tallahassee-based Foundation for Excellence in Education, Jeb Bush’s group, put out a long statement expressing “deep disappointment” in “abandoning” the tests. She mentioned […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Florida, Lee County, PDK/Gallup Poll, School Board, Solution, standardized testing, Superintendent, Task Force

Who Owns Your Schools? In Lee County, Florida They Belong to Parents and Children

August 28, 2014 By Nancy Bailey 2 Comments

For years now, I’ve wondered who owns school boards. Venture philanthropists come into cash-strapped districts and suddenly parents and citizens find their voices no longer matter. Anyone with the right amount of money, well-meaning or not, can take over how schools in that district will be run and what students will learn. Is that about […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Children, Citizens, Florida, Lee County, parents, School Board, standardized testing

SAT Scores Damned Public Schools and Teachers for Years—Why a Facelift NOW?

March 7, 2014 By Nancy Bailey 3 Comments

We’re told the SAT needs a facelift to level the playing field and make the test more relevant for disadvantaged students. Whoa! Let’s rewind that tape a bit shall we? The SAT has been used for years to damn public schools and teachers who were unjustly accused for not preparing all students well enough for […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Chamber of Commerce, charter schools, Chester E. Finn, college and career ready, Common Core, David Coleman, disadvantaged students, Jr., KIPP, Leaders and Laggards, Michelle Rhee, more time in school, New SAT, parents, public schools, SAT, standardized testing, teachers, The College Board, William Bennett

Are You a Coach or a Teacher?

November 23, 2013 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

The “coaching” post generated criticism. Several individuals argued that coaching can include good attributes and there is nothing wrong with the term. Some teachers, who have been or are currently called coaches, took offense. I am not criticizing teachers/coaches personally. I never said that if you have the title coach, you are not a good […]

Filed Under: Teaching Tagged With: Coach, standardized testing, Teacher

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