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		<title>NEA grant to CEA expands Peer Assistance and Review program</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peer Assistance and Review (PAR), one of CEA's most successful programs, is now expanding. The program will now serve second-year teachers in the Briggs and Linden-McKinley feeder patterns. PAR II will be facilitated by a PAR Consulting Teacher and the building principal.


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		<title>Ohio wins Race to the Top Round 2</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 12:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Columbus Education Association is proud to announce that our signing on to Ohio's Race to the Top (RttT) grant application helped the state win $400 million. The Columbus City Schools will receive $20.5 million over the next four years.


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		<title>Video: &#8220;Bringing Learning To Life&#8221; grant announcement</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/?p=1228</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 13:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The $550,000 "Bringing Learning to Life" grant was awarded by the Corporation for National and Community Service. Grant partners include NEA, OEA, CEA, CCS and The Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology. Check out NEA's video of the grant award announcement.




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		<title>NEA President visits CCS schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 21:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel stopped in Columbus on Wednesday, Aug. 25, as part of his week-long, multi-city, back-to-school tour. The veteran high school math teacher arrived at West HS at 6:20 a.m. on the first day of the new school year to meet and greet the staff.



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<li><a href='http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/?p=1228' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Video: &#8220;Bringing Learning To Life&#8221; grant announcement'>Video: &#8220;Bringing Learning To Life&#8221; grant announcement</a></li>
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		<title>Welcome back!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We at the CEA are preparing for a great school year. However, we are starting on a bittersweet note. Seventeen teachers from Superintendent Harris' layoff list remain reduced, and we continue to fight for their jobs. However, 96 teachers have been recalled to work (or declined positions), a slight victory for our vigilance. 


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		<title>84 percent of laid-off CEA members have been given recall notices</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 21:59:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, Aug. 13, the administration of the Columbus City Schools confirmed to CEA President Rhonda Johnson that 96 of 113 CEA members that had been given layoff notices in late April have since been issued recall notices.


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		<title>Speak Out:17,000 student COTA passes deactivated by CCS</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/?p=1184</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:07:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, Columbus City Schools temporarily suspended secondary students' COTA bus passes. Until last week, the seven year-old program provided more than 17,000 high school students with free rides on COTA buses. 


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		<title>Speak Out: Web 2.0 and you</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an education professional, what Web 2.0 tools have you used to create and/or deliver learning experiences to your students? What sites would you recommend to other educators?



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		<title>Ohio is a finalist for the second round of Race to the Top</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Department of Education recently announced that due to the strength of its application, Ohio was one of a handful of second round states that earned RttT finalist status.


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		<title>Representing our members at the 2010 NEA RA: Conclusion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 19:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thirty-four delegates from the Columbus Education Association represented more than 4,500 of their colleagues as they participated in important NEA business at the 2010 Representative Assembly in New Orleans, LA.


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		<title>NEA President Dennis Van Roekel delivers 2010 NEA RA Keynote</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 21:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel called the time since the last NEA RA meeting a "tough year" in his keynote address on July 3, 2010. 


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		<title>Representing our members: CEA Delegates at the NEA RA: July 3, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 17:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delegates from the Columbus Education Association (CEA) attended the third Ohio caucus on the morning of July 3, 2010. 


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		<title>Representing our members: CEA delegates at the NEA RA July 2, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:30:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than 30 delegates representing the Columbus Education Association participated in the second Ohio Caucus for the 2010 NEA Representative Assembly (RA), held in New Orleans, Louisiana. 


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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 17:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delegates from the Columbus Education Association (CEA) attended the 2010 Summer Meeting of the National Council of Urban Education Associations (NCUEA) in New Orleans from June 26-29.


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		<title>Education by the numbers: Funding, Suspending, Reducing&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Ohio, school funding from one company could be reduced, sexters in New York City could be suspended, Ohio’s revenue shortfall is still menacing and up to 31 Ohio charter schools could be shuttered. Join The CEA Blog as it presents a sampling of facts and figures that pertain to the education world, brought to light during this past week.


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		<title>Ohio Supreme Court won’t hear pro-charter PAC’s appeal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 22:11:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a ruling released today, the Ohio Supreme Court will not hear the appeal of All Children Matter, a pro-charter school Political Action Committee (PAC). The group had been fined a record $5.2 million by the Ohio Elections Commission for violating Ohio campaign finance laws in 2006.


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		<title>Education by the numbers: RttT, CCSI and more&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Across the nation (some) states are racing, (some) students are graduating, Ohio&#8217;s revenue shortfall is menacing and one Columbus City School district high school is lamenting. Join The CEA Blog as it presents a sampling of facts and figures that pertain to the education world, brought to light during this past week. 16,000,000,000: Estimated dollar amount <a href="http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/?p=1024"><b>...Read the Rest</b></a>


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		<title>Seven CCS schools receive $20 million in SIG funds</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:33:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ohio Department of Education (ODE) announced that 42 Ohio schools will receive $95 million in School Improvement Grant (SIG) monies over the next three years. A total of seven of the 42 schools are from the Columbus City School district. 


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		<title>Up to 26 Ohio charters could be shut down in 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ohio charter schools enrolled nearly 90,000 of more than 1.3 million Ohio students during the 2008-2009 school year.  According to the charter school “Watch List”, 26 Buckeye state charter schools that enroll more than 7,800 Ohio students could be closed by the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) at the end of the 2010-2011 school year.


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		<title>39,202 Ohio students may not graduate in 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diplomas Count: Graduation by the Numbers, a report produced in conjunction with Education Week and Editorial Projects in Education (EPE) was released today. The intensive study measures high school graduation rates across the nation. The class of 2007 is the most recent graduating cohort to be profiled by the annual report. According to the study, a total of 74.6 percent of Ohio students from the class of 2007 graduated. 



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