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Universal Design for Learning or Microcosm for Destruction?

December 3, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 22 Comments

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a part of the new Every Student Succeeds Act. It promotes what is heralded as a new way to reach students with diverse needs. It sounds new agey. But what does this miracle program have that those of us who worked in special education for years don’t? You may, […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Brain Studies, Competency-Based Learning, Computers, inclusion, Personalized Learning, School Privatization, special education, teachers, Technology, UDL, Universal Design for Learning

The Loss of Special Education Teachers

February 28, 2016 By Nancy Bailey 32 Comments

Where did all the special education teachers go? Special education teachers who study and address the unique differences in students are really a part of the whole learning puzzle—necessary to a student’s future success. But alas, special education teachers are falling by the wayside. Time to update this post. In Washington State they are using […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: CAST, dyslexia, IDEA, learning disabilities, Least Restrictive Environment, Philippines Teachers, preschool, Response to Intervention, special education, Teacher Shortage, Teacher Support, Universal Design for Learning

IEPs for All—Or Something Else?

September 9, 2015 By Nancy Bailey 3 Comments

Some of us imagined a public school system that would drop special education labels and look at all children individually and collectively for their strengths and what they need to learn. We thought of it as Individual Educational Plans (IEPs) for everyone. You will likely hear about “IEPs for All” in the future, if you […]

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: Alligned, Asynchronous Learning, Blended Learning, Brick-and-Mortar Schools, Computers, Differentiated Learning, Flipped Classrooms, IEP, Individual Educational Plans, Individualize, Online Learning, Personalized Learning, Synchronous Learning, teachers, Testing Online, UDL, Universal Design for Learning, Virtual Schools

Examining Common Core’s Answer for Student Differences–UDL

November 16, 2013 By Nancy Bailey 4 Comments

All this said, here is the link to UDL so you can follow. If it makes better sense to you, by all means let me know http://www.udlcenter.org/. One issue, I would question, is found on the first link that students will “Know how to set challenging learning goals for themselves.” Do students really set learning […]

Filed Under: Common Core Tagged With: Common Core, Universal Design for Learning

Common Core is NOT Designed for Students with Disabilities or Gifted Students

September 18, 2013 By Nancy Bailey Leave a Comment

I have reviewed the Common Core Standards for students with disabilities and I am flummoxed.  All teachers have to do is provide multiple ways of learning and special accommodations. Students will master the online tests and go on to college and live happily ever after. First, certainly there are students with disabilities who, with the […]

Filed Under: Common Core, Special Education Tagged With: Common Core Standards, gifted students, students with disabilites, Universal Design for Learning

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lauranbowmanLaura Bowman@lauranbowman·
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Cherry-picking data to undermine schools 90% of us send our kids to & privatize for profit. Way to further demoralize an already beaten-down workforce & push for EVEN MORE standardized testing & data collection. Nothing new & exciting. Sounds so very dreary/ punitive/out-of-touch https://twitter.com/roanoketimes/status/1527313907034910721

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Virginia's K-12 school performance is backsliding due to reduced expectations for students and schools and a lack of transparency, resulting in widening achievement gaps, according to a critical new assessment from Virginia's superintendent of publi… https://roanoke.com/news/state-and-regional/youngkin-administration-report-finds-alarming-trends-in-virginias-k-12-performance/article_2e6f32bb-878b-5d05-b900-9b6ce2b41860.html?utm_campaign=blox&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

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cherkiesCheri Kiesecker@cherkies·
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Interesting. Wonder how the USDOE Office of Edtech will incorporate FTC's new COPPA policy statement. "Students must be able to do their schoolwork without surveillance by companies"
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The Office of EdTech is updating its national edtech plan, the strategy document outlining how technology is used in U.S. education @OfficeofEdTech https://edscoop.com/national-edtech-plan-2022-refresh/

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plthomasEdDPaul Thomas@plthomasEdD·
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Media and Political Misreading of Reading (Again): NYC Edition http://radicalscholarship.com/2022/05/19/media-and-political-misreading-of-reading-again-nyc-edition/

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NancyEBailey1Nancy E. Bailey@NancyEBailey1·
18 May

@PennBat I worry that many students with disabilities will miss out on inclusion classes with their non-disabled peers with vouchers. The best they will find are segregated charters or private schools that only focus on the disability.

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PennBatPA BATs R Pro Charter Reform@PennBat·
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1. You lost
2. Where are the Special Ed students supposed to go when all the public schools are gone and voucher schools won't accept them?

"School Choice" isn't for ALL kids. Anyone who says it is, is full of 💩 https://twitter.com/DeAngelisCorey/status/1513571301155348481

Corey A. DeAngelis@DeAngelisCorey

@RepKrajewski the money doesn't belong to the government schools.

education funding is meant for educating children, not for protecting a particular institution.

we should fund students, not systems.

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