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		<title>Hotspot Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 21:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School Program]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I want to make something clear: I do not agree with the Reformist’s premise that American Public Education is broken beyond repair and must be reinvented from the ground up, nor do I agree with their methods for “fixing” it, &#8230; <a href="http://www.peavinequarter.com/hotspot-schools/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Systems, Bad Teachers</title>
		<link>http://www.peavinequarter.com/bad-systems-bad-teachers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 20:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memoir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teacher Accountability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You all have probably gathered by now from my rants that the world of school is not easily walked away from. You have probably gathered that I have little use for the school “reform” movement, which, in the cynicism of geezerhood, &#8230; <a href="http://www.peavinequarter.com/bad-systems-bad-teachers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Gates on Teacher Evaluations</title>
		<link>http://www.peavinequarter.com/bill-gates-on-teacher-evaluations/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teacher Accountability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have been critical of “Reformists” with their mantras of greater teacher accountability, putting greater pressure on teachers in order to make them shape up, and firing some as an example to the rest. And I still am critical of &#8230; <a href="http://www.peavinequarter.com/bill-gates-on-teacher-evaluations/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Pilot Programs</title>
		<link>http://www.peavinequarter.com/pilot-programs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:20:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Curriculum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.peavinequarter.com/?p=518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Idaho Statesman, 3-23-2012, reported on the “technological revolution” at Eagle Elementary in the Meridian, Idaho, school district. The district used federal funds to purchase 43 iPads and 130 iPod Touches. Parent groups raised money for another 17 iPads. Each &#8230; <a href="http://www.peavinequarter.com/pilot-programs/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Math and Science</title>
		<link>http://www.peavinequarter.com/math-and-science/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peavinequarter.com/math-and-science/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 21:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Curriculum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School Program]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am listening to NPR’s Science Friday. The panel of experts is discussing and bemoaning how few of today’s youth pursue science in high school, college, and beyond. This is nothing new. The experts were discussing and bemoaning the same &#8230; <a href="http://www.peavinequarter.com/math-and-science/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Revealing Truths about Our Nation’s Schools</title>
		<link>http://www.peavinequarter.com/revealing-truths-about-our-nation%e2%80%99s-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peavinequarter.com/revealing-truths-about-our-nation%e2%80%99s-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 02:44:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few days ago, I observed in an e-mail to a friend I heard about this [The Office for Civil Rights’ report, Reveling New Truths About the Nation’s Schools] on NPR’s Talk of the Nation today, so I looked it &#8230; <a href="http://www.peavinequarter.com/revealing-truths-about-our-nation%e2%80%99s-schools/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sleepers</title>
		<link>http://www.peavinequarter.com/sleepers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peavinequarter.com/sleepers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Historical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I read Walden many summers ago, and much of it has left me. One passage. however, has always stayed: Men think that it is essential that the Nation have commerce, and export ice, and talk through a telegraph, and ride &#8230; <a href="http://www.peavinequarter.com/sleepers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>College for All?  (2)</title>
		<link>http://www.peavinequarter.com/college-for-all-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peavinequarter.com/college-for-all-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Political]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School Program]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.peavinequarter.com/?p=500</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In “Making It in America,” Adam Davidson explores the problems of American manufacturing, using two young people as his vehicle. Maddie has no education beyond high school and no specialized skills. Luke has a good math background, three years of &#8230; <a href="http://www.peavinequarter.com/college-for-all-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>College for All?</title>
		<link>http://www.peavinequarter.com/college-for-all/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peavinequarter.com/college-for-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 19:35:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.peavinequarter.com/?p=488</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In election season, politicians love to attribute unfortunate quotes to opposing politicians, either out of context or just plain contrary to fact. The following comes from an article in Tampa Bay Times Politifact *, a column syndicated in the Cleveland &#8230; <a href="http://www.peavinequarter.com/college-for-all/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Attract and Retain the Best Teachers</title>
		<link>http://www.peavinequarter.com/attract-and-retain-the-best-teachers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peavinequarter.com/attract-and-retain-the-best-teachers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teacher Compensation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.peavinequarter.com/?p=483</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The proclaimed purpose of teacher pay scales is to attract and retain the best teachers. Like so many things in the world of public education, this is not quite as simple as it at first sounds. Attracting and retaining are &#8230; <a href="http://www.peavinequarter.com/attract-and-retain-the-best-teachers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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