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		<title>Must-reads for February 21, 2012</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Board member Andrea Mérida's list of must-read articles from the education policy field.  Please read, comment and share!]]></description>
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		<title>Must-reads for February 20, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Board member Andrea Mérida's must-read links on education policy.  Please read, comment and share!]]></description>
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		<title>Must-reads for February 17, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diane Ravitch writes a great discussion about the schools our kids need, using Finland as a template.  First in a series. Here&#8217;s a short but thought-provoking piece about cultural competency that offers some great food for thought about the mindset of kids. Is judging the effectiveness of teachers on their students&#8217; test scores a good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Must-reads for February 16, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Board member Andrea Mérida's picks for today's most important education policy articles.  Please read, comment and share!]]></description>
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		<title>A Plus Denver joins the ranks of Denver plan skeptics&#8230;welcome!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:56:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Denver's political elite begin to agree with parents and community, it's time for the Superintendent to sit up and listen.]]></description>
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		<title>ACTION ALERT: Tell Congress to think twice about reforming NCLB</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a hearing tomorrow on new House proposals to revise the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), and its current incarnation, NCLB.  Please contact the Colorado delegation today!]]></description>
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		<title>Must-reads for February 15, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Denver school board member Andrea Mérida's must-read links on education policy matters.  Please read, comment and share!]]></description>
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		<title>Must-reads for February 14, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Board member Andrea Merida's picks for articles on child development, ]]></description>
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		<title>Must reads for February 13, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the risk of sounding cheeky, it&#8217;s poverty, stupid.  The New York Times reports on new analysis of the widening education gap between rich and poor.  Sometimes the best school reform is a jobs program for parents. This video is a BIG DEAL.  Dr. Michio Kaku is a theoretical physicist, best-selling author, and popularizer of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is calculus really the pinnacle of math curriculum?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arthur Benjamin, a mathematician and professor at Harvey Mudd College, believes that we really should be taking a more user-friendly, hands on approach to math curriculum in our schools.  He argues that most people use statistics more than the algorithms and processes that lead to calculus.  While we do want kids to have a shot at [...]]]></description>
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