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    <id>tag:blogs.edweek.org,2011-03-04:/teachers/blogboard//10</id>
    <updated>2010-04-27T19:42:40Z</updated>
    <subtitle>Teacher&apos;s read on news, developments, and blogs. </subtitle>
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    <title>Visit &apos;Teaching Now&apos;</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.edweek.org,2010:/teachers/blogboard//10.12889</id>
    <published>2010-04-27T19:39:41Z</published>
    <updated>2010-04-27T19:42:40Z</updated>
    <summary>Editors Note: Blogboard will no longer be updated as of April 26, 2010. For our take on the latest in the teacher blogosphere, please visit our new blog, Teaching Now....</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Anthony Rebora</name>
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        Editors Note: Blogboard will no longer be updated as of April 26, 2010. For our take on the latest in the teacher blogosphere, please visit our new blog, Teaching Now....
		
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    <title>A Calculated Decision?</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.edweek.org,2010:/teachers/blogboard//10.12794</id>
    <published>2010-04-21T16:18:37Z</published>
    <updated>2010-04-21T16:09:59Z</updated>
    <summary>Thanks to a few new science standards that involve math, Ms. Bluebird realized that her students can&apos;t compute without a calculator.</summary>
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        <name>Bryan Toporek</name>
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        Thanks to a few new science standards that involve math, Ms. Bluebird realized that her students can&apos;t compute without a calculator.
		
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<entry>
    <title>A Tutor&apos;s Dilemma</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.edweek.org,2010:/teachers/blogboard//10.12793</id>
    <published>2010-04-20T18:13:29Z</published>
    <updated>2010-04-20T18:15:01Z</updated>
    <summary>Ms. Cookie found herself conflicted last week, as a student with &quot;attendance issues&quot; decided to ask for tutoring help two days before the class had a test.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Bryan Toporek</name>
        <uri>http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/bryan.toporek_3687848.html</uri>
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        Ms. Cookie found herself conflicted last week, as a student with &quot;attendance issues&quot; decided to ask for tutoring help two days before the class had a test.
		
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    <title>When Teachers Learn From Comics</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.edweek.org,2010:/teachers/blogboard//10.12725</id>
    <published>2010-04-14T17:21:28Z</published>
    <updated>2010-04-14T17:23:47Z</updated>
    <summary>Harking back to his high school days, Mister Teacher recently tried applying a lesson he learned from old-school comic books to his classroom.</summary>
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        <name>Bryan Toporek</name>
        <uri>http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/bryan.toporek_3687848.html</uri>
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        Harking back to his high school days, Mister Teacher recently tried applying a lesson he learned from old-school comic books to his classroom.
		
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    <title>Jonathan Swift and Test Scores</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.edweek.org,2010:/teachers/blogboard//10.12556</id>
    <published>2010-04-01T18:17:57Z</published>
    <updated>2010-04-01T19:46:18Z</updated>
    <summary>David Cohen writes a faux letter from a student to a teacher, where the student thanks the teacher for helping raise his test scores. (Sarcasm full speed ahead!)</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Bryan Toporek</name>
        <uri>http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/bryan.toporek_3687848.html</uri>
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        David Cohen writes a faux letter from a student to a teacher, where the student thanks the teacher for helping raise his test scores. (Sarcasm full speed ahead!)
		
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<entry>
    <title>The Rogue Sub</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.edweek.org,2010:/teachers/blogboard//10.12555</id>
    <published>2010-03-31T18:09:26Z</published>
    <updated>2010-03-31T18:33:06Z</updated>
    <summary>Mei Flower figured her class would still run fine after leaving explicit instructions for a substitute while she was sick...that is, until the &quot;rogue sub&quot; came along.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Bryan Toporek</name>
        <uri>http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/bryan.toporek_3687848.html</uri>
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        Mei Flower figured her class would still run fine after leaving explicit instructions for a substitute while she was sick...that is, until the &quot;rogue sub&quot; came along.
		
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<entry>
    <title>Survey Says?</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.edweek.org,2010:/teachers/blogboard//10.12475</id>
    <published>2010-03-25T20:18:02Z</published>
    <updated>2010-03-29T19:54:27Z</updated>
    <summary>While being forced to administer the 2010 NYC School Survey to her students in class, Miss Eyre was equal parts heartened and disheartened&quot; by her students&apos; responses.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Bryan Toporek</name>
        <uri>http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/bryan.toporek_3687848.html</uri>
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        While being forced to administer the 2010 NYC School Survey to her students in class, Miss Eyre was equal parts heartened and disheartened&quot; by her students&apos; responses.
		
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    <title>A Curriculum Valuation Issue</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.edweek.org,2010:/teachers/blogboard//10.12474</id>
    <published>2010-03-24T20:15:25Z</published>
    <updated>2010-03-24T20:17:33Z</updated>
    <summary>On What It&apos;s Like on the Inside, the Science Goddess raises the inherent problem with nationwide school budget cuts: Which programs are being slashed and why? </summary>
    <author>
        <name>Bryan Toporek</name>
        <uri>http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/bryan.toporek_3687848.html</uri>
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        On What It&apos;s Like on the Inside, the Science Goddess raises the inherent problem with nationwide school budget cuts: Which programs are being slashed and why? 
		
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    <title>What Students Should Know</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.edweek.org,2010:/teachers/blogboard//10.12338</id>
    <published>2010-03-15T17:45:31Z</published>
    <updated>2010-03-18T15:48:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Inspired by another blogger&apos;s list of the &quot;Top Ten Things Every Graduating High School Student Should Know or Understand,&quot; loonyhiker posts her own list for her special education students.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Bryan Toporek</name>
        <uri>http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/bryan.toporek_3687848.html</uri>
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        Inspired by another blogger&apos;s list of the &quot;Top Ten Things Every Graduating High School Student Should Know or Understand,&quot; loonyhiker posts her own list for her special education students.
		
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    <title>Sparking School Reform Discussion</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.edweek.org,2010:/teachers/blogboard//10.12337</id>
    <published>2010-03-15T13:42:15Z</published>
    <updated>2011-12-07T19:15:27Z</updated>
    <summary>To begin her speech classes&apos; persuasion unit, Mei Flower asked her students how to fix some of their school&apos;s problems; she learned that even students recognize the flaws in NCLB.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Bryan Toporek</name>
        <uri>http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/bryan.toporek_3687848.html</uri>
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        To begin her speech classes&apos; persuasion unit, Mei Flower asked her students how to fix some of their school&apos;s problems; she learned that even students recognize the flaws in NCLB.
		
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    <title>Spring Broken</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.edweek.org,2010:/teachers/blogboard//10.12335</id>
    <published>2010-03-12T18:29:00Z</published>
    <updated>2010-03-12T18:29:55Z</updated>
    <summary>With one week of classes separating his students from spring break, Hobo Teacher wasn&apos;t very optimistic  about his chances to accomplish much in his classroom this week.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Bryan Toporek</name>
        <uri>http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/bryan.toporek_3687848.html</uri>
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        With one week of classes separating his students from spring break, Hobo Teacher wasn&apos;t very optimistic  about his chances to accomplish much in his classroom this week.
		
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    <title>Collaboration Key to Student Success</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.edweek.org,2010:/teachers/blogboard//10.12220</id>
    <published>2010-03-03T19:43:06Z</published>
    <updated>2010-03-03T19:50:37Z</updated>
    <summary>Cindy Rigsbee responds to the recent Metlife survey about teacher collaboration with delight, as the findings ring true with her.</summary>
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        <name>Bryan Toporek</name>
        <uri>http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/bryan.toporek_3687848.html</uri>
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        Cindy Rigsbee responds to the recent Metlife survey about teacher collaboration with delight, as the findings ring true with her.
		
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    <title>Off With Bad Teachers&apos; Heads?</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.edweek.org,2010:/teachers/blogboard//10.12134</id>
    <published>2010-02-24T20:08:43Z</published>
    <updated>2010-02-24T18:17:33Z</updated>
    <summary>Robert Pondiscio wonders, &quot;What would happen if we simply adopted policies of systematically removing the most ineffective teachers?,&quot; as recently proposed by Stanford University economist Richard Hanushek: </summary>
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        <name>Bryan Toporek</name>
        <uri>http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/bryan.toporek_3687848.html</uri>
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        Robert Pondiscio wonders, &quot;What would happen if we simply adopted policies of systematically removing the most ineffective teachers?,&quot; as recently proposed by Stanford University economist Richard Hanushek: 
		
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<entry>
    <title>Fun With Acrostics</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.edweek.org,2010:/teachers/blogboard//10.12133</id>
    <published>2010-02-24T17:00:24Z</published>
    <updated>2010-02-24T15:07:53Z</updated>
    <summary>Inspired by his school&apos;s newest acrostic slogan &quot;L.E.A.R.N.&quot;, Hobo Teacher creates his own acrostic which he believes to more accurately reflect his school&apos;s mission.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Bryan Toporek</name>
        <uri>http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/bryan.toporek_3687848.html</uri>
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        Inspired by his school&apos;s newest acrostic slogan &quot;L.E.A.R.N.&quot;, Hobo Teacher creates his own acrostic which he believes to more accurately reflect his school&apos;s mission.
		
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    <title>Caught You Red-Handed!</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.edweek.org,2010:/teachers/blogboard//10.12132</id>
    <published>2010-02-24T14:59:24Z</published>
    <updated>2010-02-24T15:01:30Z</updated>
    <summary>During class recently, Coach Brown noticed a student attempting to cheat on a reading quiz and taught him a valuable lesson in front of his classroom peers.</summary>
    <author>
        <name>Bryan Toporek</name>
        <uri>http://www.edweek.org/ew/contributors/bryan.toporek_3687848.html</uri>
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        During class recently, Coach Brown noticed a student attempting to cheat on a reading quiz and taught him a valuable lesson in front of his classroom peers.
		
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