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		<title>History, Hubris and Humility</title>
		<link>http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/10/20/history-hubris-and-humility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Pondiscio</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over at Fordham&#8217;s Flypaper, Andy Smarick posts a remarkable piece that should be tacked to the bulletin boards of would-be ed reformers everywhere.  It&#8217;s a brief reflection on Diane Ravitch&#8217;s 2000 book, Left Back. 
If you’re not in the market for a dose of humility, this probably isn’t your bag. If read with an open mind, it’s [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>President Obama’s Standards-Based Speech</title>
		<link>http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/09/08/president-obama%e2%80%99s-standards-based-speech/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/09/08/president-obama%e2%80%99s-standards-based-speech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Pondiscio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Curriculum]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If there’s a bright side to the past week’s uproar over President Obama’s speech to schoolchildren it’s this: when was the last time we had a robust national debate about what our kids actually do in school?  A Niagara of ink was spilled debating whether the speech and a set of recommended classroom activities represented political propaganda, indoctrination or [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>No Excuses</title>
		<link>http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/07/17/no-excuses/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/07/17/no-excuses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 13:53:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Pondiscio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA["no excuses"]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[achievement gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NAACP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Obama]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the biggest applause line in President Obama&#8217;s speech to the NAACP Thursday wasn&#8217;t in his prepared remarks&#8211;it came when he exhorted parents and children to take full advantage of their educational opportunities and make &#8220;no excuses.&#8221;
We have to say to our children, Yes, if you&#8217;re African American, the odds of growing up amid [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>An Unhelpful Development</title>
		<link>http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/07/15/an-unhelpful-development/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/07/15/an-unhelpful-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 17:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Pondiscio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Curriculum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[history]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[intelligent design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Texas Board of Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wall Street Journal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The persistent battles over school curriculum in Texas have turned into a debate over how much faith belongs in American history classrooms.  It&#8217;s an unhelpful development for anyone who wants to see kids get more history in school.
The Texas Board of Education is revising the state&#8217;s social studies curriculum, the Wall Street Journal reports.  &#8220;Three reviewers, appointed [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Most Overpraised Kids Books Ever</title>
		<link>http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/07/07/the-most-overpraised-kids-books-ever/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/07/07/the-most-overpraised-kids-books-ever/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:05:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Pondiscio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children's books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicholas Kristof]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Pick a list of 15 books, call it &#8220;The Best Kids&#8217; Books Ever,&#8221; and you&#8217;re spoiling for a fight.  Especially when you publish your list in the New York Times and leave off beloved authors like Roald Dahl and Beverly Cleary in favor of Little Lord Fauntleroy.   Timesman Nicholas Kristof&#8217;s frozen-in-time list includes Anne of Green [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Raise the Age for Compulsory Ed?</title>
		<link>http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/06/08/raise-the-age-for-compulsory-ed/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/06/08/raise-the-age-for-compulsory-ed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Pondiscio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Higher Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college attendance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compulsory education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high school graduation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Memory fades, but there were New York City schools chancellors before Joel Klein, and the guy who had the job most recently takes to the New York Times op-ed page with five ways to fix education.  The first suggestion on Harold Levy&#8217;s list, however, is an eyebrow-raiser. He wants to raise the age of compulsory [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Slippery Slope of &#8220;Content&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/03/30/the-slippery-slope-of-content/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/03/30/the-slippery-slope-of-content/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Pondiscio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[21st century skills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[common core]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[content knowledge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Partnership for 21st Century Skills]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The 21st Century Skills debate is back on again.  Lynne Munson of Common Core caused a ruckus at a P21 event at the NEA last week.  That sparked a response by Paige Kuni of Intel, who chairs the P21 board, over at Flypaper.  I won&#8217;t rehash the debate, but reading it and thinking about the ongoing dustup prompted a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>PETA Protest Targets Elementary School</title>
		<link>http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/03/17/peta-protest-targets-elementary-school/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/03/17/peta-protest-targets-elementary-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Pondiscio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elementary school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regardless of how you feel about animal rights, this move by PETA to show up unannounced and uninvited at a Long Island elementary school to convince children that circuses mistreat their animals simply feels wrong-headed.  Protesters reportedly handed out coloring books to children leaving for the day with stickers that read, &#8220;Circuses are no fun for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Randi Weingarten Wants National Standards</title>
		<link>http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/02/16/randi-weingarten-wants-national-standards/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/02/16/randi-weingarten-wants-national-standards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Pondiscio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Educational Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AFT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Randi Weingarten]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With support from Arne Duncan, the editorial board of the New York Times and now AFT President Randi Weindgarten, the push for national standards can now be called a movement.  Weingarten has an op-ed in the Washington Post this morning noting &#8220;the countries that consistently outperform the United States on international assessments all have national standards, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>If Caroline Kennedy Is Looking For Work&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/01/29/if-caroline-kennedy-is-looking-for-work/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.coreknowledge.org/2009/01/29/if-caroline-kennedy-is-looking-for-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robert Pondiscio</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opinion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caroline Kennedy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Catholic schools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[She won&#8217;t have the chance to be New York&#8217;s senator, but Diane Ravitch has another job in mind for Caroline Kennedy. &#8220;She can save New York City&#8217;s Catholic schools, which are in the throes of a fiscal meltdown,&#8221; Diane writes in a smart op-ed in the NY Daily News.
The research on Catholic education is overwhelmingly positive. Children who [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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