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	<title>Parents 'n Schools</title>
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	<description>Schooling from the wondering parent's point of view</description>
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		<title>If you just twist things 90 degrees&#8230; (rebroadcast)</title>
		<link>http://www.parentsnschools.com/?p=571</link>
		<comments>http://www.parentsnschools.com/?p=571#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GLO</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[No More Money]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[To me, one of the deepest tragedies in government schooling is the  potential energy of 1 million parents (in Alberta alone) being frittered  away on fundraising to add a single penny to every taxpayer dollar (in  addition to the upwards of 20 pennies charged in fees).
I believe that energy is of much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>College is the new minimum</title>
		<link>http://www.parentsnschools.com/?p=569</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GLO</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[FastSchool]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In my grandfather&#8217;s homesteading day, graduation from high school was not common. Nor was it necessary to proceed well in life. In my father&#8217;s day, graduation from high school grew increasingly common, but college was not. Nor was it necessary to proceed well in life. In my day, going to college became increasingly common (I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parent and family as consumers of schooling (rebroadcast)</title>
		<link>http://www.parentsnschools.com/?p=570</link>
		<comments>http://www.parentsnschools.com/?p=570#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 14:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GLO</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Parents as Consumers Not Partners]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Go to www.education-consumers.com
Look all around, but particularly at the &#8220;About ECC&#8221;. I personally  appreciate every word, and every part of how it is set up and what it is  about. When I grow up, I want to be more like them.
Cherish its striving to be independent. Appreciate its priorities. Recognize its uniqueness and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lost learning may = lost schooling employment</title>
		<link>http://www.parentsnschools.com/?p=568</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GLO</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[FastSchool]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the mysteries of government schooling to me is how it can be that when so many fail to graduate in a timely fashion (one out of every three in Alberta&#8230; and that&#8217;s one of the higher rates in North America), that so few schoolers lose their jobs because of it (one out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The schooling customer drives&#8230; what? (rebroadcast)</title>
		<link>http://www.parentsnschools.com/?p=567</link>
		<comments>http://www.parentsnschools.com/?p=567#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GLO</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Parents as Consumers Not Partners]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[School Whisperer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rule #27 in Alan Webber’s new “Rules of Thumb” book articulates three  “rules” for how we all need to be in business (“all”, I have to  believe, would include the schooling business). He attributes these  three rules to Megan Smith, Google’s director of new business  development and strategy. I’m guessing here&#8230; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richer in all but graduation</title>
		<link>http://www.parentsnschools.com/?p=560</link>
		<comments>http://www.parentsnschools.com/?p=560#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GLO</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[School Whisperer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to the new book &#8220;The Rational Optimist&#8221; by Matt Ridley, we have clearly never had it so good.
&#8220;The average British working man in 1957 was earning less in real terms than his modern equivalent could now get in state benefit if unemployed with three children. Today, of Americans officially designated as &#8216;poor&#8217;, 99 per [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sticking your nose into schooling (rebroadcast)</title>
		<link>http://www.parentsnschools.com/?p=566</link>
		<comments>http://www.parentsnschools.com/?p=566#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GLO</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[School Whisperer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Things are such that they fit together in remarkable ways that  are only discovered by rude creatures, who poke their noses into other  peoples&#8217; business. I suggest that you keep your eyes open for things you  are not supposed to know about. You may have something to contribute.&#8221; &#8212; Kary B. Mullis, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The next level of schooling enrichment</title>
		<link>http://www.parentsnschools.com/?p=564</link>
		<comments>http://www.parentsnschools.com/?p=564#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 16:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GLO</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[School Whisperer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Broad schooling of the general public has enriched society for a century and more now. But to continue that enrichment, I believe schooling in North America will have to move away from monopoly government delivery to a model aimed at delivering optimum consumer value. The same model that has transformed public utilities in the increasingly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Seven Wonders of Government Schooling (rebroadcast)</title>
		<link>http://www.parentsnschools.com/?p=563</link>
		<comments>http://www.parentsnschools.com/?p=563#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GLO</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[School Whisperer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(GLO &#8212; August 2010 &#8212; Written early on in this journey, two summers ago.)
In the Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing, scientist Lewis Thomas  describes a list of science’s “Seven Wonders” not in the usual sense,  but along the lines of the things he “wondered about” the most. Number  One on his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parents improving schooling</title>
		<link>http://www.parentsnschools.com/?p=562</link>
		<comments>http://www.parentsnschools.com/?p=562#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GLO</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[PD for Parents]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Matt Ridley&#8217;s &#8220;The Rational Optimist&#8221;, he describes how IQ scores have been improving over time&#8230; or, significantly, the spread from high to low has been shrinking steadily, with the low scores catching up. It is part of a steady improvement in IQ scores that people achieve at any given age &#8212; at a rate [...]]]></description>
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