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		<title>Lacking Accountability, Doing Just Fine</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 15:56:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Encouraging Words]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Op/eds]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[learning styles]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sidney Trubowitz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[test scores]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the risk of more chiding because I find encouraging words from a teacher &#8211; who may belong to a union &#8211; I am suggesting you read Lacking Accountability, Doing Just Fine, A Teacher&#8217;s First Classroom&#8211;50 Years Ago, by Sidney Trubowitz.

[The] persistent soundings about accountability and test results have caused me to look back to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Around, and around they go&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Mar 2010 17:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Writers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[common norms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diane Ravitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[No Child Left Behind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick Hess]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school choice]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Education Week blogger Rick Hess writes about the latest round of education reform and where the players are in their thinking &#8211; now:
Why Diane and Duncan Are Making the Same Mistake.
Diane [Ravitch] is now making the same mistake, in reverse, that she and so many school choice and accountability enthusiasts made in the 1990s (and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeschooled Olympians</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4296/homeschooled-olympians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Hegener</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Articles About Homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sports]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschool sports]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Katie Hoff]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Olympians]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sal Ruibal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shaun White]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Homeschooling is an option for many kids with demanding training schedules and a dedicated parent or tutor. USA Today reported in 2005 on the growing trend to homeschool elite athletes, with reporter Sal Ruibal noting that athletes who are homeschooled have the flexibility to get adequate workout time, nutrition and rest—something a traditional school would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Kindergarten-Admission Tests Are Worthless</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4225/why-kindergarten-admission-tests-are-worthless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Special Needs - Gifted]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assessments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entrance exams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[importance of parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IQ tests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meritocracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[observational assessments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A lengthy exploration of IQ testing for kindergarten placement from the New York magazine&#8217;s website adds to the growing chorus of those questioning of the role of tests in our kids lives. This article&#8217;s focus is on kindergarten placement tests but also touches on issues of class, equality, corporate influence, and, offers insights into better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska Bill Tries to Kill High School Exit Exam</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4187/education-week-alaska-bill-tries-to-kill-high-school-exit-exam/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/4187/education-week-alaska-bill-tries-to-kill-high-school-exit-exam/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AK State Board of Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alaska education news]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exit exams]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high school diploma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[standardized test]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As educational reform moves forward we see more reality based actions in the states:

A high school exit exam is keeping hundreds of Alaska students from earning diplomas and jobs for which they&#8217;re otherwise qualified, proponents of repealing the test told a state Senate committee Friday.
Educators and parents from around the state testifying in support of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Standards &#8211; Not So Incontrovertible After All</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3996/standards-not-so-incontrovertible/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3996/standards-not-so-incontrovertible/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 20:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News-Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[accoutnability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[high-stakes testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national standards]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another Education Week piece is by Alfie Kohn, who makes some core points against standards which homeschoolers should be able to identify with.

Commentary
Debunking the Case for National Standards
By Alfie Kohn
I keep thinking it can’t get much worse, and then it does. Throughout the 1990s, one state after another adopted prescriptive education standards enforced by frequent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Like Homeschooling</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3917/more-like-homeschooling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[assessment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[critical thinkers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[entrepreneurs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[J Richard Suchman]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Oregon Education Series]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[problem solvers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sit-n-get kind of instruction]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This sounds like what homeschoolers have known, valued and argued for more than a couple decades:

&#8220;In my mind the gold standard is when a kid comes up with a question on their own that they are interested in learning about &#8211; self-generated and they&#8217;re passionate about it.  And they figure out and design an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>1st Reading New Iowa Homeschool Rules</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3889/1st-reading-niowa-homeschool-rules/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3889/1st-reading-niowa-homeschool-rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:14:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Regulations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[admission requirements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daily Iowan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first reading of the policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HOLLY HINES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[home-schooling program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschool rules]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iowa City School Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lane Plugge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[policy changes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Iowa City Superintendent, Lane Plugge says, &#8220;If you want a diploma, you have to go to school here:&#8221;

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		<title>Questioning the Wisdom of New, Common Tests</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3874/questioning-wisdom-of-new-common-tests/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3874/questioning-wisdom-of-new-common-tests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:49:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research-Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Testing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[common test]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschool activists]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a Letter to the editor published online and in print, Maryann Klaus, with 40 years experience as &#8220;teacher, principal, and assistant superintendent&#8221; questions testing:

Why, when all of the research points to gains made by a focus on teaching and learning, formative assessment, teacher collaboration, and strong leadership, is the government looking to increasingly restrictive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Economy drives more parents to homeschool</title>
		<link>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3818/economy-drives-parents-to-homeschool/</link>
		<comments>http://www.homeedmag.com/newscomm/3818/economy-drives-parents-to-homeschool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:42:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Articles About Homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Trends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reasons to Homeschool]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school choice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[South Carolina homeschooling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Upstate Homeschool Co-op]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This article on The Greenville News&#8217; site points to the economy as a reasons for an increasing number of families choosing to homeschool.

With 345 students enrolled this school year, the Upstate Homeschool Co-op has seen its numbers swell dramatically since it first began as a small study group in Suzanne Brown’s Taylors home for her [...]]]></description>
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