• Home
  • About
  • Blog
  • Contact

Nancy Bailey's Education Website

Revive, Rally and Recover Public Schools

  • Activism
    • Anti-Charter Schools
    • Anti-Common Core State Standards
    • Anti-Corporatization of Schools
    • Anti-High-Stakes Testing
    • State Action Groups
    • School Buildings
  • School Curriculum
    • General Education
    • Educators
    • Parents
    • Reading
    • Math
    • Science
    • Social Studies
    • The Arts
    • Technology
    • Discipline
    • English Language Learners
    • Special Education
      • Autism
      • Emotional and Behavioral Disabilities
      • Learning Disabilities
      • Developmental Disabilities
      • Gifted
      • Other
    • Early Childhood Education
    • Elementary School
    • Middle School
    • High School
    • Student Careers
  • Other Countries
    • England
    • Finland
    • Australia
    • New Zealand
    • Canada

Why Not Ditch Advanced Placement (AP) Classes?

March 5, 2017 By Nancy Bailey 40 Comments

If you have a high school student with college on their mind, chances are you are saving to pay for the myriad of standardized Advanced Placement (AP) tests they will need to take at the end of their classes. Each test, one for each subject, is $93. Students in U.S. Department of Defense Dependents Schools […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Advanced Placement (AP), College Success, David Coleman, High School, testing, The College Board

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

Follow me!

Enter your email address to subscribe to my blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

My Books

front cover

NEW BOOK!
Do we really want an America where we no longer own our public schools?

Buy Now

front cover

This book says “no” to the reforms that fail, and challenges Americans to address the real student needs that will fix public schools and make America strong. Buy today and use coupon code "RLEGEN15" to save 20%!

Buy Now

Connect With Me!

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • Twitter

Archives

Tag Cloud

Arne Duncan Autism Betsy DeVos Bill Gates charter schools Children class size Common Core Common Core Digital Learning disabilities dyslexia early childhood education Florida high-stakes testing inclusion kindergarten learning disabilities mental health parents Personalized Learning play poverty preschool private schools privatization public schools reading recess retention School Choice School Privatization school reform Social Emotional Learning special education students Students with Disabilities Teacher Preparation teachers Teach for America teaching Technology testing the arts vouchers

Copyright © 2019 Nancy E. Bailey · Web Design by HNH Marketing.