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How Stressing Preschoolers and Kindergarteners Could Lead to Mental Health Problems

March 13, 2023 By Nancy Bailey 19 Comments

There has been a pushdown of academic expectations for years, and Americans should be asking how much stress this causes all students, especially our youngest learners. If a child struggles in preschool or kindergarten, it might be due to pressure. Why force children to rush through preschool and kindergarten to learn skills that never would […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Common Core, kindergarten pressure, No Child Left Behind, Preschool pressure, public schools, School Privatization, student mental health

Teacher Appreciation: It’s More than a Free Burrito

May 7, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 1 Comment

The official Teacher Appreciation Week starts tomorrow. If you celebrated it last week—celebrate again. In fact, celebrate every day! Teacher appreciation can’t be captured in one week. Here is my 2015 list and my 2016 list of why we should appreciate teachers. If you think of something I left out let me know. Chipotle gave […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Donors Choose, edTPA, high-stakes testing, inclusion, innovation, Lead and Copper in School Drinking Fountains, Librarians, Personalized Learning, Resources, School Buildings, Schools of Education, special education, student mental health, Teach for America, Teacher Appreciation Week, Teacher Contracts, Teacher Retirement Plan, U.S. News and World Report

Less High-Stakes Testing—More Focus on Mental Health and Personalized Schooling

October 24, 2013 By Nancy Bailey 3 Comments

This past week saw yet again two horrible instances of violence—once again at schools. Two popular teachers are gone, along with a troubled student. Another student will possibly be tried as an adult and prosecuted. Again we wonder whether public schools do much to help disturbed students. In both these situations, unless something new pops […]

Filed Under: Special Education Tagged With: class size, counseling, high-stakes testing, intervention, public schools, special education, student mental health, the arts

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Pictures are paramount for children learning to read. Lately, they're getting a bad rap. Here's an outline of what children learn through picture books they like.

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28 Sep

Virginians!

This is precisely type of teacher diploma mill program, i.e., iTeach, that our Gov. Youngkin and his leadership team at the Virginia Department of Education is trying to push through without proper vetting.

Here's some vetting for you:
https://twitter.com/benjaminjriley/status/1707378957857792003

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drmaryhoward Dr. Mary Howard @drmaryhoward ·
28 Sep

"When we find a thing we can measure, in this case, how quickly a child can decode words, we make it THE measure of being literate. It is a classic, arrogant mistake that was on full display in that first grade classroom." Leigh Patel

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29 Sep

One of HISD's super's so-called innovations? Are these high expectations of students?

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Pictures are paramount for children learning to read. Lately, they're getting a bad rap. Here's an outline of what children learn through picture books they like.

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