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		<title>It is about student achievement, right?</title>
		<link>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/09/it-is-about-student-achievement-right/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Whitney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, one would hope. 
Sadly, that doesn&#8217;t always (usually?) seem to be the case. From Detroit&#8230; Detroit News Editorial: &#8220;Detroit Federation of Teachers should make school district a model of change.&#8220;
In an editorial board interview this week, he noted that the current teacher contract has about 43,000 words in it &#8212; none of which includes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A must read: teacher accountability?</title>
		<link>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/08/a-must-read-teacher-accountability/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:57:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Whitney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A long article, but well-worth the read. As Joel Klein and New York City struggles to improve the city&#8217;s schools, they face an uphill battle (to say the least) with the teachers union.
From The New Yorker: The Rubber Room: The battle over New York City&#8217;s worst teachers.
A few highlights (or should we say low-lights?):
Neither the Mayor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education as &#8220;The Way out of Poverty&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/08/the-way-out-of-poverty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:51:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Whitney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This one is definitely worth a read. Michelle D. Bernard, president and chief executive officer of the Independent Women&#8217;s Forum and Independent Women&#8217;s Voice, shares &#8220;The Way out of Poverty,&#8221; in Sunday&#8217;s edition of The Examiner.
School Choice Virginia Chairman Chris Saxman has made the point before that :
Education is the first rung on the ladder of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>These are our children</title>
		<link>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/08/these-are-our-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 13:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Whitney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Bottom line is these are our children, they are disadvantaged children, and they often return to our public schools,&#8221; said Jean Clements, president of the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers&#8217; Association. &#8220;I want them to get the best possible education, wherever they get it.&#8221;
Yes, you read that right folks. The St. Petersburg Times reports the head of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Red-herring shell games?</title>
		<link>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/08/red-herring-shell-games/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Whitney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday we shared with you the first part in our examination of some of the arguments made by opponents of school choice. In the recent article, “A parent’s right to choose,” we saw several arguments made opposing choice, so today we wanted to take a look at another of these false claims.

“It’s all a red-herring shell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best for kids or best for bureaucracies?</title>
		<link>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/08/best-for-kids-or-best-for-bureaucracies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/08/best-for-kids-or-best-for-bureaucracies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Whitney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our apologies for being a little late in posting this letter to the editor of the Washington Post, from Chris Braunlich, Vice President of the Thomas Jefferson Institute for Public Policy. Mr. Braunlich has been closely involved with School Choice Virginia from the beginning, and here he explains &#8220;Why Virginia Needs Charter Schools.&#8221;
Charter schools are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video: An Educator Speaks Up for School Choice</title>
		<link>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/08/video-an-educator-speaks-up-for-school-choice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/08/video-an-educator-speaks-up-for-school-choice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:29:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Whitney</dc:creator>
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		<title>School choice = right-wing plot? We think not&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/08/school-choice-right-wing-plot-we-think-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/08/school-choice-right-wing-plot-we-think-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Whitney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s Washington Examiner, Robert Holland examines the debate over school choice in the District, and the fate of the DC Opportunity Scholarship Program in Running out of rationales to oppose D.C. school vouchers.
Washington, D.C. is about as politically liberal a city as there is anywhere in the United States. President Barack Obama rolled up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monday School Choice Headlines</title>
		<link>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/08/monday-school-choice-headlines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2009/08/monday-school-choice-headlines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:33:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Whitney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week it was DC parents&#8230; this week, another survey shows that Kentucky voters strongly support school choice.

Survey: Kentucky voters strongly support school choice


The Wall Street Journal takes a look at Teachers Unions versus Students in:

Pay Your Teachers Well 

And we have talked before about school choice being much broader than a debate of public [...]]]></description>
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		<title>School choice and teachers</title>
		<link>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2008/10/school-choice-and-teachers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.schoolchoiceva.com/2008/10/school-choice-and-teachers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:21:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Whitney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of the time when we discuss school choice, we talk about options for students and their families. But what about school choice for teachers?
Allison Kasic at the Independent Women&#8217;s Forum takes a look at our current one-size-fits-all model of education and the impact that has on teachers.
Education is the second largest industry in the [...]]]></description>
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