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	<title>The CEA Blog</title>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 04:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Eduwonkette: A Nation At Risk</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/05/07/eduwonkette-a-nation-at-risk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 04:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[ Eduwonkette is the pseudonym for an as-yet unidentified education blogger who &#8220;takes a serious, if sometimes irreverent look at some of the most contentious education policy debates&#8221;. Eduwonkette posts on her eponymous blog at Education Week.
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Over the past month, the education world has wrangled over the legacy of A Nation at Risk.  Some love it. Others [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Leo Casey: A Nation At Risk</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/05/06/leo-casey-a-nation-at-risk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 04:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Leo Casey is Vice President of Academic High Schools in United Federation of Teachers in New York City. He is a frequent contributor to Edwize, the UFT Blog. 
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Criticizing A Nation At Risk is akin to spearing fish in a barrel. A document filled with extravagant hyperbole and vast unsupported generalizations, it is a target rich [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education On Governor Strickland&#8217;s Agenda</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/05/06/education-on-governor-stricklands-agenda/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 04:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[When you ask Ohio Governor Ted Strickland who has left an indelible mark on who he is today, he’s quick to answer.
“The most important influences in my life have been teachers.”
“Teachers have incredible power and monumental influence. What’s most important…is that (teachers) need to be respected by the government.”
Governor Strickland has begun to speak publicly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ed Muir: A Nation At Risk</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/05/05/ed-muir-a-nation-at-risk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 04:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ed Muir is Assistant Director of Research for the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and a frequent contributor to Let&#8217;s Get It Right, the AFT&#8217;s blog.
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Fewer Talking Points, Less Accountability Run Amok, but Fewer Standards Too
What if a nation at Risk hadn’t happened?  My first thought is that there would be hundreds fewer education reports and analyses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Nation At Risk: The McFly Principle</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/04/30/a-nation-at-risk-the-mcfly-principle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The blogosphere has been awash recently with posts about the 25th anniversary of &#8220;A Nation At Risk&#8221; (ANAR). For the uninitiated, ANAR was a report received by President Ronald Reagan that American schools were lacking compared to other nation&#8217;s educational systems. Without reform, the report said, American students would be in a race&#8211; for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AFT: Ohio Has Model K-12 Math, Science Standards</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/04/28/aft-ohio-has-model-k-12-math-science-standards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:58:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The American Federation of Teachers (AFT) recently released &#8220;Sizing Up State Standards 2008&#8243;, a report that analyzes the content standards written by individual states. Ohio&#8217;s K-12 Math and Science standards were ranked as &#8220;model&#8221; standards, but English and Social Studies weren&#8217;t ranked. You can read what AFT wrote about it on their blog, or download [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bus Drivers, Custodians, Maintenance Workers All Fired.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/04/23/bus-drivers-custodians-maintenance-workers-all-fired/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/04/23/bus-drivers-custodians-maintenance-workers-all-fired/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 21:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Southfield Board of Education in East Lansing, Michigan voted recently to place pink slips in the mailboxes of all of the district&#8217;s bus drivers, aides, maintenance workers and custodians&#8211; over 350 union jobs in total.
The district isn&#8217;t leaving those positions unfilled, however. In the same vote, they decided to privatize those jobs, outsourcing them to two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 167th Carnival of Education!</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/04/15/the-167th-carnival-of-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 02:51:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the Carnival of Education! This is the 167th carnival, and the second time The CEA Blog has hosted this wonderful collection of rantings, musings, quotations, ideas, thoughts, inspirations, realizations and the like. The 168th edition will be hosted by the Education Wonks; email them at owlshome {at} earthlink {dot} net, or use this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>55 Reasons To Attend Capital Day 2008!</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/04/14/55-reasons-to-attend-capital-day-2008/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/04/14/55-reasons-to-attend-capital-day-2008/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
		
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		<title>Approve The AFL-CIO Partnership: A Proven Track Record</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/04/10/approve-the-afl-cio-partnership-a-proven-track-record/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/04/10/approve-the-afl-cio-partnership-a-proven-track-record/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Apr 2008 00:38:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Talking about working for economic and social justice is one thing, but the AFL-CIO has a proven track record. They have brought about substantive change that benefits working families. The AFL-CIO has been able to effect change at the local and the state level through grassroots activism and supporting progressive candidates.
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Click on the jump below [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pro-Charter School PAC Fined $5.2 Million; White Hat&#8217;s Brennan A Donor</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/04/04/pro-charter-school-pac-fined-52-million-white-hats-brennan-a-donor/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/04/04/pro-charter-school-pac-fined-52-million-white-hats-brennan-a-donor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[All Children Matter, a Michigan-based pro-charter Political Action Committee (PAC) violated Ohio campaign finance laws by funneling $870,000 to its affiliated PAC in Ohio in 2006 and was assessed a record $5.2 million fine by the bipartisan Ohio Elections Commission in a unanimous ruling publicized yesterday.
White Hat founder and CEO David Brennan contributed $200,000 to the group. Ohio campaign laws [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hope Academies, According To The Ohio Department of Education</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/03/28/hope-academies-according-to-the-ohio-department-of-education/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/03/28/hope-academies-according-to-the-ohio-department-of-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 18:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ohio Federation of Teachers (OFT) sent the IRS a letter asking it to investigate whether charter schools managed by White Hat Management, Inc. and its affiliates can properly claim 503(c) tax-exempt status.
White Hat Management and its affiliates operate the “Life Skills” and “Hope Academy” charter schools in Ohio, Florida and Arizona. OFT states that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OFT&#8217;s IRS Letter About White Hat Garners Press, Bloggers&#8217; Attention</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/03/28/ofts-irs-letter-about-white-hat-garners-press-bloggers-attention/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The CEA Blog wrote a post about the Ohio Federation of Teachers (OFT) who wrote a letter to the IRS, asking for an investigation of Akron-based White Hat Management&#8217;s 503 (c) tax-exempt status. The management firm operates numerous &#8220;Life Skills Centers&#8221; and &#8220;Hope Academies&#8221; in three states, pulling in an estimated $85 million annually in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OFT: IRS Should Take A Closer Look At Charter School Chains</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/03/27/oft-irs-should-take-a-closer-look-at-charter-school-chains/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/03/27/oft-irs-should-take-a-closer-look-at-charter-school-chains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ohio Federation of Teachers (OFT) sent the IRS a letter asking it to investigate whether charter schools managed by White Hat Management, Inc. and its affiliates can properly claim 503(c) tax-exempt status.
 
White Hat Management and its affiliates operate the “Life Skills” and “Hope Academy” charter schools in Ohio, Florida and Arizona. OFT states [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NCLB Gains Official Pop Culture Status With &#8220;Not On The Test&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/03/26/nclb-gains-official-pop-culture-status-with-not-on-the-test/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/03/26/nclb-gains-official-pop-culture-status-with-not-on-the-test/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Grammy award winning musical jack-of-all-trades Tom Chapin and songwriting partner John Forster aim their guitar and songwriting skills at satirizing No Child Left Behind and the testing mania that has engulfed the nation. “Not On The Test” is available for free download with the lyrics here. 
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 Check out the embedded video after the jump.
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		<title>Spellings To NCLB: You Will Be Differentiated</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/03/24/spellings-to-nclb-you-will-be-differentiated/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/03/24/spellings-to-nclb-you-will-be-differentiated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Education Secretary Margaret Spellings announced last week that up to 10 states can begin to use the progress of students&#8217; test scores rather than their actual scores in meeting federal progress goals for No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Interested states would have to submit their proposal to the Department of Education; states with a strong [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Plethora Of Interesting Edu-Thoughts&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/03/22/a-plethora-of-interesting-edu-thoughts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 16:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The CEA Blog would like to wish everyone a happy, safe and restful spring break. Some recent highlights from around the edu-blogosphere: merit pay for wardens at prisons, students engaging in civil disobedience, using mixed numbers in real life, and the achievement gap between college basketball teams participating in March Madness.
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		<title>CCS, CEA Dispute Anti-Teacher Group&#8217;s &#8220;Facts&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/03/12/ccs-cea-dispute-anti-teacher-groups-facts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:18:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Read the full story here.
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		<title>CEA Responds To Anti-Union Group&#8217;s Smear Campaign</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/03/10/cea-responds-to-anti-union-groups-smear-campaign/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent campaign launched by the Center For Union Facts (CUF) has wrongly placed the highly qualified and hard-working teachers of the Columbus Education Association in its crosshairs with the release of its anti-teacher smear campaign. 
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		<title>Columbus Teacher: Required Tests Aren&#8217;t Worth The Lost Time In Classroom</title>
		<link>http://blog.ceaohio.org/wordpress/index.php/2008/03/08/columbus-teacher-required-tests-arent-worth-the-lost-time-in-classroom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:38:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Philip Hayes</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This letter to the editor appeared in the Columbus Dispatch on Saturday, March 8th.
As a middle-school Pre-Algebra and Algebra I teacher, I strongly agree with the teachers&#8217; concerns expressed in the Feb. 13 Dispatch article &#8220;Teachers disgruntled over volume of tests.&#8221; However, some of the information was incomplete or inaccurate.
Not only elementary but also middle-school [...]]]></description>
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