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Who’s Behind America’s Superintendents and School Transformation?

February 24, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

The School Superintendents Association (AASA) recently met in San Diego. Superintendents from around the country gathered to discuss what they saw as important to school leadership and public education. The future of education was a prominent theme of the meeting, with the overall focus on one word, transformation. They saluted digital and futuristic learning, reflected […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Pay for Success, School Privatization, School Transformation, Social-emotional learning SEL, Social-Impact Bonds SIMs, Student Privacy, Superintendents, Teacher Recruitment, teachers, teaching, Technology, The Future of Education, The Personalization of Education

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.  […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Armed Teachers, Betsy DeVos, Digital Learning, Diversity, Gun Control, kindergarten, Librarians, Lower Class sizes, Maker spaces, mental health, New Leaders, Online assessment, Partners, Personalized Learning, portfolio schools, principals, sameness, School Boards, School CEOs, school facilities, School leadership, school libraries, school mental health services, school safety, School Systems, Separation of Church and State, special education, Superintendents, Teach for America, teacher assessment, teachers, Whole Curriculum

Superintendents Going For Teacher Gold

August 27, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 6 Comments

The 2016 Summer Olympics may be over, but school superintendents in America are still going for the gold. If you are a creative teacher, you need to be careful and know your ideas will become the property of the school district. And they can make money on them. It is called “intellectual property” or IP […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: For-Profit, Intellectual Property, School Property, Superintendents, Teacher Creations, Teacher Ideas

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