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		<title>Bringing Civics, and Social Studies, Back into Focus at School</title>
		<link>http://educationshortlist.com/2010/03/bringing-civics-and-social-studies-back-into-focus-at-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosshalde</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don’t like to admit it, but when I was a classroom teacher, I didn’t spend as much time as I wanted on social studies.  It wasn’t because I didn’t have available materials; I just didn’t have the time.  I knew that I was cheating my students by not teaching them about their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Making word problems out of real life math, OR, Erasing the fear and frustration of word problems</title>
		<link>http://educationshortlist.com/2010/03/making-word-problems-out-of-real-life-math-or-erasing-the-fear-and-frustration-of-word-problems/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosshalde</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://educationshortlist.com/?p=1086</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ahh, math word problems – the nemesis of every K-12 student.
The three things I get the most tutoring calls for is handwriting, study skills, and math, specifically math word problems.
I totally get it – word problems are difficult.  It’s only been in the past three years that I have felt comfortable with them.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just a Bang On the Head</title>
		<link>http://educationshortlist.com/2010/03/just-a-bang-on-the-head/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosshalde</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning lessons]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://educationshortlist.com/?p=1033</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I first started working in education, I was a substitute teacher.  I worked in several districts and in a variety of classroom settings.
Although I have loads of stories, perhaps the two that get told the most are of when I got a concussion.  Yep, and not only once – but twice.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Principals Fired, All Teachers Fired, School Proficiency Under Scrutiny:  What is Happening to Education?</title>
		<link>http://educationshortlist.com/2010/03/principals-fired-all-teachers-fired-school-proficiency-under-scrutiny-what-is-happening-to-education/</link>
		<comments>http://educationshortlist.com/2010/03/principals-fired-all-teachers-fired-school-proficiency-under-scrutiny-what-is-happening-to-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:38:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosshalde</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[evening news]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Katie Couric]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[KOIN 6]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCLB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhode Island]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://educationshortlist.com/?p=1065</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past two weeks there have been so many print articles and news stories about education that have gotten me fired up.  Too many for me to take them one by one and present them to you.  So here I have complied a few, with my added commentary, for you to peruse. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teachable Moment: The Winter Olympics</title>
		<link>http://educationshortlist.com/2010/02/teachable-moment-the-winter-olympics/</link>
		<comments>http://educationshortlist.com/2010/02/teachable-moment-the-winter-olympics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosshalde</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Olympics]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://educationshortlist.com/?p=1041</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Really, what about the Olympics can&#8217;t be made into a lesson?   There&#8217;s history, athletics, mathematics, geography, measurements, distance, arts, public speaking, coloring/drawing, graphs, reports, research, languages, foreign cultures, etc.
For me, as an educator, the biggest frustration I had with graduate school was that my professors wanted me to bring more to my lessons [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Schools Test Too Much?</title>
		<link>http://educationshortlist.com/2010/02/do-schools-test-too-much/</link>
		<comments>http://educationshortlist.com/2010/02/do-schools-test-too-much/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://educationshortlist.com/?p=1031</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is a bit of irony involved with this article – as the majority of public schools across the country are in the midst of their yearly dose of state testing.  Furthermore, college students have just finished up their finals for the year; at the same time, high schoolers get ready to take their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Student Stories: J</title>
		<link>http://educationshortlist.com/2010/02/student-stories-j/</link>
		<comments>http://educationshortlist.com/2010/02/student-stories-j/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:09:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosshalde</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://educationshortlist.com/?p=573</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past six years, I’ve been in a lot of classroom and met a lot of students.  As in life, there were those that stuck out in my mind; who are still in my thoughts today.
I met J when she was in the 3rd grade.  She was a tall bean pole with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Case Against Pre-School</title>
		<link>http://educationshortlist.com/2010/02/the-case-against-pre-school/</link>
		<comments>http://educationshortlist.com/2010/02/the-case-against-pre-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 18:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosshalde</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alfie Kohn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cambridge Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gaurdian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonathon Kozol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[learning lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London Observer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[school as a job]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the London Observer, a column was written in October, advocating sending children off to school at the age of four, or younger; even though a new report in Britain, by the Cambridge Review came out stating that toddlers’ brains aren’t cognitively developed enough for it.  The columnist, Barbara Ellen, who is a the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recession Schools : The Local Story</title>
		<link>http://educationshortlist.com/2010/02/recession-schools-the-local-story/</link>
		<comments>http://educationshortlist.com/2010/02/recession-schools-the-local-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 19:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosshalde</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://educationshortlist.com/?p=1026</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Starting last year I found at least five articles the discussed the cutback schools had made in order to finish out the school year.  Although I applaud districts for their creativity, I struggled to understand how our modern day society thought that these cuts were alright.  Why wasn’t anyone thinking about the impact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forcing Kids To Get Fit</title>
		<link>http://educationshortlist.com/2010/02/forcing-kids-to-get-fit/</link>
		<comments>http://educationshortlist.com/2010/02/forcing-kids-to-get-fit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:36:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosshalde</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[learning lessons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Oregonian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parade Magazine]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As if we needed more reason to encourage our kids to get healthy.
Parade Magazine
http://www.parade.com/news/intelligence-report/archive/100110-should-students-be-forced-to-get-fit.html
I think that our kids should be forced to be fit.  When I was in school, not too many eons ago, we had to do jumping jacks, sit ups, run a mile, and get dirty too.  Now, those things are [...]]]></description>
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