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	<description>The thoughts and insights of Willie Lavocritz</description>
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		<title>Assessing Teacher Performance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 19:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: Washington Post Read Article Michele Kerr talks about criteria that should be met if teachers are assessed by student test scores. I agree with her completely. One of my favorite parts is what she says about her first point, only including students in teacher evaluations that are present at least 90% of the time: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cheater</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 05:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: boston.com Read Article A former Harvard University senior is facing 20 criminal charges for allegedly creating a fraudulent life history that led to his admission to Harvard, and for using forged academic materials from Harvard when he applied for the prestigious Rhodes and Fulbright scholarships. Just shameful. I hope he has to pay all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dan Meyer&#8217;s Talk on Changing The Math Curriculum</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 19:29:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to my girlfriend for this one &#8211; it&#8217;s a really good video on how to change word problems to actually encourage real problem solving rather than just blindly looking for the formula. You May Also Be Interested In:Obama&#8217;s Response to Ahmadinejad Calling Him a &#8220;Meddler&#8221;110 Yard Field Goal? I Think Not.Obama Speaks About The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stopping Bullies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 15:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: boston.com Read Article The major question this article asks: Could anti-bullying programs be more successful if they dropped their primary focus on bullies and victims and instead took aim directly at the sidekicks and other key members of the bully’s posse? After all, if a supportive audience is what fuels the bully, wouldn’t the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Milton High Lockdown</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:29:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: boston.com Read Article Milton High School went into lockdown this morning after a live shotgun round was found outside the building&#8217;s main entrance, police said. The school was locked down as a precautionary measure after a parent discovered the ammunition around 9 a.m., Police Chief Richard Wells said. I don’t know where these shotgun [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More On Central Falls</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: boston.com Read Op-Ed Article (boston.com) Read Ravitch’s Huffington Post Article Globe columnist Joan Vennochi comments on the mass teacher firings at Central Falls High School that I mentioned before (original article here, as well). She says the students might be the ones who get hurt the most from it and asks if these firings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Lesbians Here</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Source: boston.com Read Article An 18-year-old Mississippi lesbian student whose school district canceled her senior prom rather than allow her to escort her girlfriend and wear a tuxedo said she got some unfriendly looks from classmates when she reluctantly returned to campus Thursday. The district announced Wednesday it wouldn&#8217;t host the April 2 prom. The [...]]]></description>
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