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		<title>Summer Learning  &#8211; Are We Failing Our Kids?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 14:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The data doesn&#8217;t lie. According to the National Summer Learning Association and a 2011 study by the RAND Corporation, without summer learning kids lose, what amounts to, one month of schooling every year. For low income students it&#8217;s two months.  &#8230; <a href="https://theparentsunion.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/summer-learning-are-we-failing-our-kids/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Best and Worst Teachers Can Be Flagged Early</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 14:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As parents, we only want the very best teachers for our kids. But how can you identify who are the best teachers in your child’s school? Well, unfortunately you can’t. Sure there is parent gossip, but it’s hardly evidence-based.  A &#8230; <a href="https://theparentsunion.wordpress.com/2013/05/23/the-best-and-worst-teachers-can-be-flagged-early/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Sir Ken Robinson has a Simple Plan to Boost the American Economy by $1 Trillion Dollars</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 23:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our friend and hero, Ken Robinson was part of a recent PBS special featuring nine TED talks on education.  Hosted by singer John Legend, the speakers included Bill Gates, Harlem Children’s Zone founder Geoffrey Canada, psychiatrists, teachers and principals. You &#8230; <a href="https://theparentsunion.wordpress.com/2013/05/14/sir-ken-robinson-has-a-simple-plan-to-boost-the-american-economy-by-1-trillion-dollars/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>A Parent Welcome Center at School? A Great Idea Becomes Reality.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 23:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As part of our commitment to work where parent engagement is needed most, The Parents Union has reached out to some of the more vulnerable populations in Washington State. We thank those communities for their willingness to engage parents as &#8230; <a href="https://theparentsunion.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/a-parent-welcome-center-at-school-a-great-idea-becomes-reality/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Harlem Children’s Zone Founder, Geoffrey Canada Calls for Bold Action, Strict Accountability</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:13:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The keynote of last Friday’s Stand for Children fundraiser at the Sheraton in downtown Seattle was education reform star, Geoffrey Canada, founder of the Harlem Children’s Zone or HCZ. The HCZ Project began as a one-block pilot in the 1990s, &#8230; <a href="https://theparentsunion.wordpress.com/2013/04/30/harlem-childrens-zone-founder-geoffrey-canada-calls-for-bold-action-strict-accountability/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Atlanta School Cheating Scandal – Could it Happen Here?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:44:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Here is one parent’s nightmare come to life… As reported by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:  Justina Collins said she knew something was wrong when her daughter, in third grade at Cascade Elementary, scored poorly in reading but had exceptional scores on &#8230; <a href="https://theparentsunion.wordpress.com/2013/04/19/atlanta-school-cheating-scandal-could-it-happen-here/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Can Low Performing Public Schools Be Fixed?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 14:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Answer is Yes! UC Berkeley Professor David Kirp&#8217;s new book, IMPROBABLE SCHOLARS: The Rebirth of a Great American School System and a Strategy for America&#8217;s Schools, has just been published.  Professor Kirp spent a year studying the Union City, &#8230; <a href="https://theparentsunion.wordpress.com/2013/04/10/can-low-performing-public-schools-be-fixed/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Parents Union bringing families together</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This past Easter weekend, The Parents Union had the great opportunity to partner with Snoqualmie Ice Cream up at their yummy café in Maltby, WA for their grand Easter Egg Hunt! The Parents Union very own CEO and Chief Parent, &#8230; <a href="https://theparentsunion.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/the-parents-union-bringing-families-together-with-ice-cream-and-the-easter-bunny/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Our Schools are Being Graded</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 2009 the Washington State Legislature instructed the State Board of Education to create an annual “Achievement Index” which would allow parents and other interested folks to understand the quality of the state’s public schools. It is not a very &#8230; <a href="https://theparentsunion.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/our-schools-are-being-graded/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Fun times with The Parents Union!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 18:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This last week of March has been an exciting and eventful one for The Parents Union. We are gearing up for our last event of the week which will be this Saturday, March 30th with our partners, Snoqualmie Ice Cream! &#8230; <a href="https://theparentsunion.wordpress.com/2013/03/27/fun-times-with-the-parents-union/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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