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Who’s Teaching America’s Students?

August 7, 2022 By Nancy Bailey 14 Comments

Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth.  ~Helen Caldicott, Australian physician, author, and anti-nuclear advocate. Students need professional teachers with subject degrees if they’re to graduate and gain acceptance to universities or enter the workforce capable of a trade. With […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Deprofessionalizing teachers, Horizons National, Online Learning, Teach Plus, teacher qualifications, Teachers from the Military

Students with Disabilities: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

January 7, 2020 By Nancy Bailey 6 Comments

Parents with students who have disabilities are troubled by the problems their children face in public schools. They may turn to charter schools believing they will finally get the services they find lacking in public school. But charter schools are not an acceptable answer in most cases. We’ve known for years that students with disabilities […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Caps on special education, charter schools, Free appropriate Public education, New Orleans, special education, teacher qualifications, Texas

It’s Time to Erase Harmful, Recycled Education Policy!

October 4, 2019 By Nancy Bailey 5 Comments

Serious education issues in public schools are recycled because the ulterior motive of some is to end public education. Research is repeatedly ignored. Why are school administrators clueless? How is it that legislators repeatedly recreate policy we know is harmful for students? Each heading contains a link to proof. End Retention. Research is clear that […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: 3rd Grade Retention, Alternative Strategies to Retention, high-stakes testing, Homework/busywork, Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, kindergarten, Kindergarten is the New First Grade, libraries and librarians, nonstop online testing, online behavioral data, retention, teacher qualifications, the arts

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doctorsam7 Dr. Sam Bommarito @doctorsam7 ·
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Thanks to @eriuqse695 for bringin this article to ur attention. Chall's views @ChaseJYoung1 @NarelleLyn @londonjohn9 @LRobbTeacher @ericlitwinbooks @pvalleybooks @JPageLiteracy @TCRecord @RacheGabriel @ssvincent @MicheleDufresne @plthomasEdD @EllinKeene @TimRasinski1 https://twitter.com/DoctorSam7/status/1640376017809289219

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@KJWinEducation Also, consider this well-researched piece indicating that the views of the extreme phonics folks don't square the views of Jean Chall, the researcher who championed the use of phonics during the last reading wars. https://nancyebailey.com/2023/03/26/the-science-of-reading-and-the-rejection-of-picture-books/?fbclid=IwAR3K0fz-cWKbAh-mitL347hMrWGEjC0Gtd_PIxegTc0RiuzPoXxXSdoW7Cg

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"Good teaching has always been – even if unacknowledged – about applying new knowledge and challenging beliefs." @NancyEBailey1 @janresseger https://bit.ly/42Hw3td

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Remember the days when Arne Duncan insisted that having different ‘goal posts’ in every state was preventing us from improving public schools in America? Good times.

I wish I could say we’ve evolved since 2015, when Duncan stepped down. https://teacherinastrangeland.blog/2023/03/25/the-absolute-folly-of-standardization/

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leoniehaimson leonie haimson @leoniehaimson ·
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Reminder: join us tonight at 7PM EST for #TalkoutofSchool @wbai with Rep. @JamaalBowmanNY discussing his new bill #MoreTeachingLessTesting; & 2 PEP members @tomcsheppard & @OuterBoroHero explaining why they voted no on the Mayor's education budget.

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nancyebailey1 Nancy E. Bailey @nancyebailey1 ·
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Science of Reading camp never discusses the importance of picture books. How much time do children get to explore them? How often are they read to for enjoyment? This is worrisome. https://nancyebailey.com/2023/03/26/the-science-of-reading-and-the-rejection-of-picture-books/

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