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		<title>Survey Results are in: Virginians Support School Choice - But what do we do next?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I should start off with apologies for not having a chance to write on this earlier this week, but those of you who follow us on Twitter know that we&#8217;ve been trying to keep up with sharing all the coverage of our announcement of the new survey conducted here in Virginia by the Friedman [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/11/survey-results-are-in-virginians-support-school-choice-but-what-do-we-do-next/</link>
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		<title>Friedman Foundation Survey: &#8220;Virginia’s Opinion on K-12 Education and School Choice &#8220;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ll post more on this later today, but in case you missed it yesterday, we were honored to joined the Friedman Foundation, Virginia Walden Ford and many other state and national education organizations in releasing the latest in the Friedman Foundations Surveys in the State series. 
To read more: Virginia’s Opinion on K-12 Education and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/11/friedman-foundation-survey-virginia%e2%80%99s-opinion-on-k-12-education-and-school-choice/</link>
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		<title>News Conference scheduled for release of survey results on education issues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Representatives from several state and national education, business, religious and policy organizations will hold a news conference on Monday, November 16, 2009 to discuss the results of a survey of Virginia voters on education reform and school choice issues.

At the news conference, the groups will formally release the results of a public opinion survey conducted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/11/news-conference-scheduled-for-release-of-survey-results-on-education-issues/</link>
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		<title>Congratulations!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There has already been plenty written about Tuesday&#8217;s elections here in the Commonwealth, and we have no doubt that plenty more will be written in the coming days and coming months.
We here at School Choice Virginia simply wish to extend our sincere congratulations to Governor-Elect Bob McDonnell, Lieutentant Governor Bill Bolling (on his re-election) and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/11/congratulations/</link>
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		<title>VOTE: Our Children Are Counting On Us</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this summer, I had the opportunity to have lunch with another leader in the school choice movement. As we discussed policy and reforms and all those &#8220;good ideas&#8221; we have to improve educational opportunities for our children, he stopped and asked a very poignant question.
&#8220;But what can I tell a parent they can do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/11/vote-our-children-are-counting-on-us/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Let Me Rise&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Please take the time to watch this amazingly powerful video prepared by the Heritage Foundation on the fight to save the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program- and in fact the fight to give every child the type of educational opportunities they deserve.

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		<link>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/10/let-me-rise/</link>
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		<title>The education monopoly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think most people do not believe that monopolies are not a good thing for consumers. Think about the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (now AT&#38;T)- I think most of us are at least somewhat familiar with the telephone giant&#8217;s former monopoly on phone services. According to Wikipedia, as early as 1907 the president of the company [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/10/the-education-monopoly/</link>
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		<title>You&#8217;re in the purple box</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Nothing like a bureaucrat-controlled computer program deciding where your child should go to school, right?
So the other night I was talking to a representative of the local public school district. (And yes, I refrained from my normal debates about school choice and education reforms.) Anyways, so I wanted to confirm to what school my children [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/10/youre-in-the-purple-box/</link>
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		<title>Who needs school choice anyways?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know what I don&#8217;t get? People who try to make the argument that because generally, Virginia has some good public schools, that we don&#8217;t &#8220;need&#8221; school choice. Okay, well to me that&#8217;s like making some silly argument that because Ford makes some generally good vehicles, we don&#8217;t &#8220;need&#8221; to have any other competitors. Everyone [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/10/who-needs-school-choice-anyways/</link>
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		<title>Who speaks for our children?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When the media talk about public schools, we always hear about teachers, salaries, tenure and classroom size- what I want to know is why don&#8217;t we hear more about the parents and the students? If policy is focused on students- wouldn&#8217;t they see better results?&#8221; (Steven Crowder, PJTV)
It seems jaw-droppingly obvious. When we talk about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/10/who-speaks-for-our-children/</link>
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