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		<title>Building a College Town</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I went to college in a college town.  Blacksburg, Virginia, would almost not exist without Virginia Tech, and the school almost certainly would not have prospered without the local support of the community and leaders there.  Philadelphia would not be what it is were it not for the many schools in and nearby. We are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I&#8217;m Skeptical About Apple iBooks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:59:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eBooks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Standards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Profiteering]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The recent news that Apple has a new product offering electronic text books may sound interesting, given their recent string of &#8220;gotta have it&#8221; products, but be careful about believing that Apple is doing any favors for education here. The article below expresses concern that Apple has set its sights on the open standards that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Horror of Chester-Upland Continues</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Charter Schools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We should all be horrified and saddened by what is happening in Chester-Upland.  I don&#8217;t like seeding fear, but right now, few school districts are safe from the devastation that is creeping across our educational system in PA.  Unfortunately, the cycle of buying government to create more self-serving laws and budgets will continue unless we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whew! 2011 is Over! Some Topics for 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 20:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Act I]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bullying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charter Schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Critical Thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cyberbullying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Daniel Pink]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EdTech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Educational Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Engagement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inquiry-Based Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mentoring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michelle Rhee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCLB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Campus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Private Schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Problem-Based Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project-Based Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reconstruction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Renovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Results Only]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ROLE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School Board]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STEM]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Vouchers]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a set of random thoughts that have collected over the past year, month, or so.  I wanted to gather my thoughts back up after a busy year and hope to pursue these topics more completely during the coming year. Because time is always short, I want to make my posts go more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Assessing ESEA Flexibility</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Sep 2011 15:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Achievement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EASTERN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elementary and Secondary Education Act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ESEA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCLB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[No Child Left Behind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Standards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I encourage a review of the ESEA Flexibility proposal. I was very interested in the suggestions for &#8220;Consultation&#8221; and this proposal should be great motivation for community and stakeholder discussion. There is good and bad in this proposal.&#160; It essentially guts NCLB and replaces it with state-level approaches, though generally those approaches must be based [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Youth Sports Head Trauma &#8212; Time to Take Action?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Football]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Many may have seen the October 11th, 2010 60-Minutes article on football head trauma (I don&#8217;t have a link for it anymore).&#160; There&#8217;s also a NY Times article on the NFL injury report referenced in the 60-Minutes report.&#160; The National School Boards Association also published a recent article on this important topic, which covers more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Meaningless Statistical Analysis of School Performance</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 18:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cost Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diane Ravitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Statistics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Values]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One great benefit of my having sat on a school board for the past 15 months is that it has forced me to dig into the details behind some of the bold statements made almost daily by well-meaning, but mathematically-challenged individuals who regularly tell us what&#8217;s wrong with education in the US.  As a fortunate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six of Seven District Schools Earn State Achievement Award</title>
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		<comments>http://jimbutt.com/six-of-seven-district-schools-earn-state-achievement-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Dec 2010 13:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Achievement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Awards]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to our hardworking students, families, teachers, and administrators for their efforts to make Cheltenham shine in 2010!]]></description>
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		<title>Going Beyond the Core</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Dec 2010 23:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Accountability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humanities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Language Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Liberal Arts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Math]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metrics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Project-Based Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School Board]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Almost from the start of my term on the Board, I have struggled with how to understand value and affordability metrics in education.&#160; As an engineer, I&#8217;ve been taught to analyze any system for its structure of performance, feedback, and control.&#160; This is the essence of any accountability system. Of course, the difference is that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Improving Family-School Partnerships</title>
		<link>http://jimbutt.com/improving-family-school-partnerships/</link>
		<comments>http://jimbutt.com/improving-family-school-partnerships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Oct 2010 02:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Posts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parent Involvement]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the recent PASA-PSBA School Leadership Conference, I enjoyed a good discussion on this topic by a presenter from the National PTA.&#160; True, our district is based on the National PTO group, but a good idea is a good idea, and I will &#8220;steal shamelessly&#8221; (to quote GE&#8217;s Jack Welch) when it can help. The [...]]]></description>
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