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		<title>A Shining Example (?)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 22:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Curriculum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A friend recently sent me this link: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/13/education/mooresville-school-district-a-laptop-success-story.html?_r=2&#38;emc=eta1 Fascinating if true, I thought. I read something like this and think “If only Herb Grosdidier could have had access to this technology in 1968.”  Herb, as I’m sure you all know &#8230; <a href="http://www.peavinequarter.com/a-shining-example/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dicta</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:04:40 +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[The primary dictum that should guide all policy, all practice, and all reform of them is, of course, as it is in medicine: Do No Harm. The next and most proximate dictum: It’s the Curriculum, Stupid! All else must follow &#8230; <a href="http://www.peavinequarter.com/dicta/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>An Overwhelming Question</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:50:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Career]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teacher Accountability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Overwhelming Question that hangs heavy over every thoughtful teacher as he nears the end of his career is “Have I made a difference?” And then the tense changes and the question becomes “Did I make a difference?” The answer &#8230; <a href="http://www.peavinequarter.com/an-overwhelming-question/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Study: Once-a-year teacher evaluations not enough</title>
		<link>http://www.peavinequarter.com/study-once-a-year-teacher-evaluations-not-enough/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:19:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teacher Accountability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So says the head of an article in the January 6 Idaho Statesman. I deplore much of what is said about us in the media, but to my surprise I found myself agreeing with most points in this article and &#8230; <a href="http://www.peavinequarter.com/study-once-a-year-teacher-evaluations-not-enough/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>First Person Plural, Present Tense</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 20:09:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I seem to be having a grammar problem. Or perhaps it is an identity problem. I keep lapsing into first person plural as if I were part of the NHS Language Arts department, as I was for some 28 years. &#8230; <a href="http://www.peavinequarter.com/first-person-plural-present-tense/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Teachers as Brain-Changers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 18:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Psychology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A colleague at another school (there I go in the present tense again) recently sent me this link: http://www.edweek.org/tm/articles/2011/12/20/tln_pillars.html?tkn=MNWFw6Gc56MQLTP7CTsnFgg1v329SIPC4r3o&#38;cmp=clp-sb-ascd By the time I retired, “brain science” had become the big thing. Every one, visiting mavens and administrators alike do obeisance &#8230; <a href="http://www.peavinequarter.com/teachers-as-brain-changers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Reading Notes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 23:23:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I was in college, I was not a good note-taker. My notes were by no means thorough, nor did I make good use of them, so I am probably not a credible authority on the matter. I am still &#8230; <a href="http://www.peavinequarter.com/reading-notes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>R. I. P. National Board Certification in Idaho</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 02:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teacher Accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teacher Compensation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 12/23/2011 Idaho Statesman reports that as a result of legislation passed in the 2010 session, Idaho will discontinue funding the stipend ($2000/year for 5 years) that is paid to teachers who receive National Board Certification, having completed all of &#8230; <a href="http://www.peavinequarter.com/r-i-p-national-board-certification-in-idaho/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Trains</title>
		<link>http://www.peavinequarter.com/trains/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 23:56:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literary]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I recently made my annual round-trip to Rochester, Minnesota. When we were still teaching, we always flew – well, most of the way, once we learned that the 100 mile hop from the Twin Cities to Rochester by air cost &#8230; <a href="http://www.peavinequarter.com/trains/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>K12 and the Corporatization of American Education</title>
		<link>http://www.peavinequarter.com/k12-and-the-corporatization-of-american-education-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.peavinequarter.com/k12-and-the-corporatization-of-american-education-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a footnote to Lee Fang’s article in The Nation, an article in The Idaho Statesman, December 6, 2011, focuses specifically on K12, one of the major players in the virtual education industry. K12 is of particular interest in Idaho &#8230; <a href="http://www.peavinequarter.com/k12-and-the-corporatization-of-american-education-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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