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		<title>It&#8217;s about our schools, stupid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Times are hard, as we all know.  Our political leaders are preoccupied, understandably, with job creation. But if they don’t put reversing the decline of public education as the highest priority, their efforts to bolster the economy by creating jobs are doomed to fail. If we want a preview of what comes when public education <a href="http://blog.chalkboardproject.org/funding/its-about-our-schools-stupid/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.chalkboardproject.org/funding/its-about-our-schools-stupid/</link>
        <authorThumb><![CDATA[<img src="http://chalkboardproject.org/wp-content/uploads/userphoto/merry-ann-moore.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Merry Ann Moore" width="49" height="49" class="photo" />]]></authorThumb>
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		<title>Change method of teachers&#8217; pay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This article was originally published in the Statesman Journal on April 14, 2012 and can be found here. Changing the way teachers are paid is a controversial topic. There are a number of reasons for this, but two are primary. First, the status quo — pay based on years of experience and educational attainment — <a href="http://blog.chalkboardproject.org/teacher-compensation/change-method-of-teachers-pay/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.chalkboardproject.org/teacher-compensation/change-method-of-teachers-pay/</link>
        <authorThumb><![CDATA[<img src="http://chalkboardproject.org/wp-content/uploads/userphoto/10.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Sue Hildick" width="48" height="49" class="photo" />]]></authorThumb>
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		<title>Reforming Teacher Supervision</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Current education reform efforts are spread over many different points of emphasis. Prominent among these is the effort to improve teacher quality. By itself, improving teacher quality is a multifaceted, complex program of innovations, including attracting more high performers to the profession, increasing the rigor of teacher education programs, differentiating workplace roles, and varying compensation <a href="http://blog.chalkboardproject.org/education-reform/reforming-teacher-supervision/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.chalkboardproject.org/education-reform/reforming-teacher-supervision/</link>
        <authorThumb><![CDATA[<img src="http://chalkboardproject.org/wp-content/uploads/userphoto/ron-smith.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Ron Smith" width="49" height="49" class="photo" />]]></authorThumb>
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		<title>Feedback on Teacher Incentive Fund: What We’ve Learned</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The US Department of Education has put out the draft priorities for the next round of the Teacher Incentive Fund and invited public feedback. The Teacher Incentive Fund provides grant dollars to school districts and partners that want to explore ways to recognize and reward effective teaching. More about TIF and the proposed priorities can <a href="http://blog.chalkboardproject.org/chalkboard-project/feedback-on-teacher-incentive-fund-what-we%e2%80%99ve-learned/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.chalkboardproject.org/chalkboard-project/feedback-on-teacher-incentive-fund-what-we%e2%80%99ve-learned/</link>
        <authorThumb><![CDATA[<img src="http://chalkboardproject.org/wp-content/uploads/userphoto/5.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Aimee Craig" width="48" height="49" class="photo" />]]></authorThumb>
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		<title>Play at school</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sarah Pope is the publications editor for the Arbor Center for Teaching. The ACT is a non-profit organization created to train teachers in the educational philosophy of the Arbor School of Arts &#38; Sciences, an independent elementary school in Tualatin serving grades K-8 in mixed-age classes. ACT apprentices teach alongside master teachers for two years while they <a href="http://blog.chalkboardproject.org/student-achievement/play-at-school/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.chalkboardproject.org/student-achievement/play-at-school/</link>
        <authorThumb><![CDATA[<img src="http://chalkboardproject.org/wp-content/uploads/userphoto/guest-blogger.thumbnail.jpg" alt="guest blogger" width="49" height="49" class="photo" />]]></authorThumb>
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		<title>The Importance of the Media Specialist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s times like these that I really miss my media specialist. A lot has changed at my school and the rock that used to ground me and set me on a steady course was the media specialist. I’m not saying that she could settle the budget, solve discipline issues or reduce class sizes, but when <a href="http://blog.chalkboardproject.org/education-technology/the-importance-of-the-media-specialist/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.chalkboardproject.org/education-technology/the-importance-of-the-media-specialist/</link>
        <authorThumb><![CDATA[<img src="http://chalkboardproject.org/wp-content/uploads/userphoto/14.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Ruth Wallin" width="80" height="80" class="photo" />]]></authorThumb>
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		<title>This is Not a Test: Evaluating for Continuous Improvement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a former teacher, principal and assistant superintendent, I know very well that educators can tend to have their own language that makes non-educators’ eyes glaze over. Differentiated instruction, common core, instructional rounds, etc. could all describe a range of activities that have nothing to do with teaching or learning. Translating the education-ease for a <a href="http://blog.chalkboardproject.org/chalkboard-project/this-is-not-a-test-evaluating-for-continuous-improvement/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.chalkboardproject.org/chalkboard-project/this-is-not-a-test-evaluating-for-continuous-improvement/</link>
        <authorThumb><![CDATA[<img src="http://chalkboardproject.org/wp-content/uploads/userphoto/40.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Kate Dickson" width="49" height="49" class="photo" />]]></authorThumb>
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		<title>Distinguished Educators Council: Looking for Applicants</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are excited to announce the formation of the Distinguished Educators Council! From our press release: Chalkboard is seeking 12-15 award-winning Oregon educators to serve on the Distinguished Educators Council. The Council’s mission will be to provide an independent platform for educator voices on reform efforts and implementation, as well as to advise Chalkboard and <a href="http://blog.chalkboardproject.org/teacher-advocacy/distinguished-educators-council-looking-for-applicants/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.chalkboardproject.org/teacher-advocacy/distinguished-educators-council-looking-for-applicants/</link>
        <authorThumb><![CDATA[<img src="http://chalkboardproject.org/wp-content/uploads/userphoto/5.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Aimee Craig" width="48" height="49" class="photo" />]]></authorThumb>
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		<title>Choosing to Participate: The Case for the Teacher Incentive Fund</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When Chalkboard applied for a Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) grant after funding and implementing the CLASS Project privately for four years, we did so knowing that there would be certain strings that came along with federal funding. Those strings, while limiting Chalkboard’s autonomy, have also allowed us, and our six partner school districts, to participate <a href="http://blog.chalkboardproject.org/chalkboard-project/choosing-to-participate-the-case-for-the-teacher-incentive-fund/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.chalkboardproject.org/chalkboard-project/choosing-to-participate-the-case-for-the-teacher-incentive-fund/</link>
        <authorThumb><![CDATA[<img src="http://chalkboardproject.org/wp-content/uploads/userphoto/10.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Sue Hildick" width="48" height="49" class="photo" />]]></authorThumb>
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		<title>Strengthening the Jobs Pipeline, Starting in Public Schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I suspect I’m like many parents nowadays, who wonder how to be helpful to high school-aged children when advising them what fields of study and career paths to consider pursuing.  As opposed to when I was getting an education, there is a much higher level of anxiety about employability for young people.  It used to <a href="http://blog.chalkboardproject.org/student-achievement/strengthening-the-jobs-pipeline-starting-in-public-schools/">Read more...</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://blog.chalkboardproject.org/student-achievement/strengthening-the-jobs-pipeline-starting-in-public-schools/</link>
        <authorThumb><![CDATA[<img src="http://chalkboardproject.org/wp-content/uploads/userphoto/merry-ann-moore.thumbnail.jpg" alt="Merry Ann Moore" width="49" height="49" class="photo" />]]></authorThumb>
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