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		<title>What&#8217;s Missing in Friedman&#8217;s Op-Ed on Education from Humane Connection</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:15:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following blog post comes from Zoe Weil on the Institute for Humane Education&#8217;s blog, Humane Connection:
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Thomas Friedman&#8217;s recent New York Times op-ed, &#8220;The New Untouchables,&#8221; brings up an important point: that the failures in our educational system and the current recession are related. He ends his editorial with this:
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		<title>Outspoken public schools advocate Bracey dies at 69</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Greg Toppo, USA TODAY
Gerald Bracey, a longtime education researcher, public schools advocate and tenacious Washington gadfly, died early Tuesday, his wife Iris said. He was 69 and in apparently good health, she said. He passed away in his sleep.
A native of Williamsburg, Va., Bracey had recently moved to Port Townsend, Wash., with his wife.
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Call to Teaching: Secretary Arne Duncan&#8217;s Remarks at The Rotunda at the University of Virginia
New schools born on YouTube
The future of college may be virtual
Another Path Is Possible
Decentralizing Educational Authority
Astra Taylor: &#8216;Unschool&#8217; was cool in her youth
The Late Gerard Bracey&#8217;s Blog Posts
One in three children feel some distress most of the time
Living in Dialogue
No [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aeroeducation.org&blog=2520542&post=663&subd=educationrevolution&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Memoriam: Theodore Ryland Sizer June 23, 1932 &#8211; October 21, 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Coalition of Essential Schools:
With great sadness, the Coalition of Essential Schools shares the news of the passing of our founder Theodore R. Sizer on October 21, 2009. Surrounded by his family, Ted died at home in Harvard, Massachusetts, after a long, fierce battle with cancer. Ted leaves his beloved wife Nancy Faust Sizer, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aeroeducation.org&blog=2520542&post=667&subd=educationrevolution&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering Ted Sizer by George Wood</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:10:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Ted Sizer
(June 23, 1932 &#8211; October 21, 2009)
It is with great sadness that we at The Forum share with you the news of the death of our friend and mentor, Ted Sizer.  Ted lost his battle with cancer on Wednesday while at home with his family.
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		<title>Hungry to learn across the world: The &#8216;youngest headmaster in the world&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://aeroeducation.org/2009/10/18/hungry-to-learn-across-the-world-the-youngest-headmaster-in-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From BBC News:
Around the world millions of children are not getting a proper education because their families are too poor to afford to send them to school. In India, one schoolboy is trying to change that. In the first report in the BBC&#8217;s Hunger to Learn series, Damian Grammaticas meets Babar Ali, whose remarkable education [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aeroeducation.org&blog=2520542&post=642&subd=educationrevolution&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Modern School Movement Week!</title>
		<link>http://aeroeducation.org/2009/10/12/modern-school-movement-week/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Modern School Movement started with &#8220;La Escuela Moderna&#8221; founded September 8th, 1901 by Franciso Ferrer.  La Escuela Moderna aimed to &#8220;educate the working class in a rational, secular and non-coercive setting.&#8221;  La Escuela Moderna lasted for five years eventually closing in 1906.  On October 13th, 1909 in Barcelona Francisco Ferrer was executed by orders [...]<br /><a href='http://aeroeducation.org/2009/10/12/modern-school-movement-week/'><img width='160' height='120' src='http://cdn.videos.wordpress.com/TKK0DpaN/modernschool-nelliedick_std.original.jpg' /> </a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aeroeducation.org&blog=2520542&post=589&subd=educationrevolution&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Global Village School Founder Earns Peace Award</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sally Carless  Honored on International Day of Peace

Sally Carless, founder and  Executive Director of Global Village School, recently received the Ojai  Peace Coalition’s Noble Peace Prize. Each year, the Coalition honors  a local individual who works for and exhibits peace in their lives. 
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		<title>News from our Twitter Feed</title>
		<link>http://aeroeducation.org/2009/09/28/news-from-our-twitter-feed-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dignity in schools: an unexcused absence
Classroom Bullies: Teachers are supposed to prevent harassment of students. But in a controversial case, they were allegedly the harassers.
Why Unschoolers Don&#8217;t Support Public Education
Slow Learning
Nine Myths About Public Schools
Smacking hits kids&#8217; IQs
Failing to educate girls costs poor countries billions
Punishing children with love
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		<title>News from our Twitter Feed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:01:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mass Teacher Layoffs in D.C. Amount To One Hell of a Power Play by Michelle Rhee
The Need for a Moratorium on High-stakes Testing
Parenting by Lying
Researchers describe txt sp3ak as &#8220;brain workout&#8221; for kids
Under ‘accountability’: Blame the bricks
More than 500 extra teachers rated &#8220;unsatisfactory&#8221; this year
Education&#8217;s Rotten Apples
Police allow six tents to protesters in front of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=aeroeducation.org&blog=2520542&post=529&subd=educationrevolution&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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