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	<description>Closing the Understanding Gap Between Parents and Teachers by a Guy Who Is a Parent and a Teacher.</description>
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		<title>How to Tame the Homework Monster</title>
		<link>http://parentteacherblog.com/archives/167</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Teacher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[...how do you, as a parent, deal with it?  It’s all in the management,....Yes, at first, you will play the role of the nag.  But if you do your part well, things will smooth out and become bearable if not (dare I say) enjoyable.  Here is my grand six-step plan to homework freedom (for you). 
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		<title>New School Year Resolutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:52:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Teacher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The week before a new calendar year begins, you begin to wonder:  “What can I do to improve myself and make next year better than this one.”  We don’t often do this before a new SCHOOL year begins, but we should.  It’s a great opportunity to think about one or two things that you, as a parent, or your child can do to make this school year better than the last.  For some reading this post, the need for such resolutions are painfully obvious.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Should Parents Care About Test Scores?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 22:20:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Teacher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[...should you care about these scores?  Here’s one of those wishy-washy answers:  Yes and no.  It depends on how you answer the following questions.  Did your child do well or badly on the test?  Does your child get good or bad grades?  Do you own or rent your home?]]></description>
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		<title>Tenure:  Hate it.  Love it.  Deal with it.</title>
		<link>http://parentteacherblog.com/archives/141</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Teacher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember that teacher in high school or professor in college you made fun of?  You know, the one who didn’t have a clue; the one who dropped one acid too many; or the one you wish you could put in a bottle because you were sure he mankind’s cure for insomnia.  These are the first people that come to mind when you hear the word “tenure.”]]></description>
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		<title>Parents Have the Power to Ensure a Good Education</title>
		<link>http://parentteacherblog.com/archives/132</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Teacher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Those who experience ineffective education are parents who refuse or fail to take steps to ensure that their child gets quality learning.  Don’t like the teacher or the school?  Get a new one.  Don’t like how your child’s behaving in school?  Change their behavior.  Is your child not making the grade?  Spend more time with him on his school work.]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Confuse Lack of Consensus with Failure in Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 17:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Teacher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[...we need to arrive at a consensus on what we want K-12 education to do (since our tax dollars dictate that we all own a piece of it).  Obviously, we don’t have that now.  Hence, we feel like we’ve failed.  Just ask 25% of California’s high school students, and 33% of Los Angeles’ high school students.  They think the system sucks so bad, they just drop out. ]]></description>
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		<title>Give Me a Fair Pay-For-Performance Plan.  I&#8217;ll Take It.</title>
		<link>http://parentteacherblog.com/archives/46</link>
		<comments>http://parentteacherblog.com/archives/46#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Teacher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The current idea of “pay for performance” is invalid.  Proponents of pay-for-performance want to rate me on how my class performs on the standardized test that I give them every year.  Consider the following real scenario:  Last year I taught the “gifted class” with little or no behavior problems, family issues, or special education designations.  This year I taught the “sweat-hogs,” who were full of behavior problems, family issues, and special education designations.  How do you think my scores look this year compared to last year?  They suck.

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		<title>Obama Says Parents Are Responsible.  Yea!</title>
		<link>http://parentteacherblog.com/archives/20</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Teacher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been leaning toward John McCain, but Barack Obama said something that just might get me to vote for him:  “Only parents can instill values in their children.”  If he really means this, then I see a wonderful change of direction in this country in its attitude toward education and parenting.  In the status quo, teachers and schools seem to be the ones responsible for not only educating a child’s mind, but instilling values in children, as well.]]></description>
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		<title>What’s Wrong That Child?  It’s the Economy, Stupid.</title>
		<link>http://parentteacherblog.com/archives/19</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 16:42:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Teacher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So what’s wrong with children lately?  Like Bill Clinton used to say, “It’s the economy, stupid. “  Dad is getting laid off, families have to move because of foreclosure (or because they can’t pay the rent), or the car which takes kids to school got repossessed last night.   These are not month-long emergencies like typical family stuff.  These are months-long, if not years-long, ordeals.   If not handled correctly at home or in the classroom, the effects can be severe not only academically, but mentally, physically, and emotionally as well.]]></description>
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		<title>9 Things You Can Do This Summer to Get Your Child Ready for School in Autumn</title>
		<link>http://parentteacherblog.com/archives/18</link>
		<comments>http://parentteacherblog.com/archives/18#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:03:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Teacher</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There are simple things that you can do as a parent this summer to make sure your child stays in the groove, improves his academic skills, and makes your life easier, too.  I’ve compiled a list of things that I’ve either tried, or seen work with many other students, to get a kid ready during the summer for the first day of school.  Do you need to do all of them?  Of course not.  But, if you’ve run out of good ideas, as all of us burned-out, over-worked parents do, then let me suggest some relatively cheap and easy thoughts…]]></description>
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