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	<title>Education Short List &#187; K-12</title>
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		<title>The Importance, Value, and Relevance to Game Playing in the Classroom</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosshalde</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[.
 
Life and learning include a lot of difficult tasks and lessons.  So, whenever the opportunity presents itself to make that learning more interactive and creative – good educators reach for the chance to do just that.  Which is why, I believe, game playing activities are a valuable resource in a teacher’s tool [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bullying &#8211; a Teachable Moment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:44:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosshalde</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bullying has been in the news more than usual these past few weeks; and for good reason.  An Irish immigrant was bullied to death, so much that the girl who was being terrorized by her peers committed suicide because she just couldn&#8217;t take it anymore.    Another girl, who was not allowed [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<comments>http://educationshortlist.com/2010/03/bringing-civics-and-social-studies-back-into-focus-at-school/#comments</comments>
		<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>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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		<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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		<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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jenny</dc:creator>
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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>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>
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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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		<title>The Diary of a Wimpy Kid</title>
		<link>http://educationshortlist.com/2009/12/the-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid/</link>
		<comments>http://educationshortlist.com/2009/12/the-diary-of-a-wimpy-kid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:20:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosshalde</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not all adults know the name of Jeff Kinney; but if you were to ask middle school and elementary aged boys &#8211; they would tell you who Mr. Kinney is.  The author of The Diary of a Wimpy Kid books has recently released the fourth installment of the series.
As an educator, I am glad [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last Week of School in December</title>
		<link>http://educationshortlist.com/2009/12/last-week-of-school-in-december/</link>
		<comments>http://educationshortlist.com/2009/12/last-week-of-school-in-december/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 20:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosshalde</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Ahh, the last week of school before the big winter break.  I don&#8217;t envy teachers this week.  It&#8217;s a super busy week, with deadlines, papers to grade, projects to hand out or get back.  Plus, if it&#8217;s snowing &#8211; or you even have the chance of snow &#8211; there&#8217;s no way you [...]]]></description>
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