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		<title>NINETY SEVEN COMMENTS IN TWO DAYS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 00:49:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hate you all. That being said, 55 or so MC, 6 short answer (film reflection type), and the essay.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=1147&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Comments</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2011 17:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Folks, I am still, slowly, working my way through the comments. If you emailed me about your number of comments, I will get back to you wednesday evening, if not earlier. This software sucks.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=1143&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Waiting for Superman: Some Links</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some related links to some of the issues brought up in the film, in no particular order. I will tell you in advance that I have my own biases, and I find the film heartbreaking and tear inducing, but also anger inducing because of who they paint as the villain. I apologize for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=1140&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Final Exam Essay Question</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You have been hired by the state of Florida to lead an effort at school reform in order to massively overhaul a struggling system. Drawing on what we have read and discussed throughout the year and the arguments made in &#8216;Tinkering Toward Utopia&#8217; concerning school reform, outline your ideal of a good school system and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=328&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Waiting for Superman</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 01:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prior to our viewing of the film on Tuesday, take a look at this piece that discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the film.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=1137&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Children in America&#8217;s Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rather than have you write a full blown commentary, I am asking you to please share your thoughts here in this open forum. What, in your opinion, was most surprising or disturbing about the documentary? What did you think of the panel discussion? Finally, is there, really, any chance to actually address the problems raised [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=1121&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tinkering Toward Utopia, Question 23</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 03:24:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the themes that the authors bring up throughout the text, and return to in the epilogue, is that quite a bit of school reform has attempted to &#8216;teacher proof&#8217; the curriculum. What does this suggest, to you, about how we view the profession of teaching and what we expect from our schools? Is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=326&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tinkering Toward Utopia, Question 22</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 03:21:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8216;Business Model&#8217; of education is one which has become increasingly prominent today, with competition between teachers for merit pay, specific goal-oriented and supposedly measurable benchmarks and standards, and massive data collection in order to instruct effectively and reward success. However, there are those that suggest that businesses and schools are inherently incompatible, simply because [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=324&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tinkering Toward Utopia, Question 21</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 03:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Increasingly, computers are spreading throughout schools in order to enhance instruction and provide new educational opportunity. What danger, however, does an increasing reliance on computers pose for education, particularly if we consider allocation of resources and teaching expectations?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=322&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tinkering Toward Utopia, Chapter 20</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 03:14:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Texarcana scandal suggests some inherent flaws in the contracting for performance model, obviously, but based on what is suggested in the reading, what strengths did its proponents put forward as the reason for adoption of this sort of reform?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=320&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tinkering Toward Utopia, Question 19</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 03:09:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you see as the most significant impact of the introduction of &#8216;cost effectiveness&#8217; into the &#8216;business&#8217; of schooling?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=318&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tinkering Toward Utopia, Question 18</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 03:04:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my own favorite pieces of Chapter 5 is the following poem, from page 111: &#8220;Mr. Edison says That the radio will supplant the teacher. Already one may learn languages by means of Victrola records. The moving picture will visualize What the radio fails to get across. Teachers will be relegated to the backwoods, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=316&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tinkering Toward Utopia, Question 17</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 03:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the reforms described in this chapter, the authors explore ways in which they have impacted the grammar of schooling and how they shape the modern school system. What, in your opinion, is the most significant of the reforms described in this chapter, and why?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=314&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tinkering Toward Utopia, Chapter 16</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 02:59:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What exactly is meant by the term &#8216;the grammar of schooling&#8217;? What impact has it had on attempts at school reform?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=312&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tinkering Toward Utopia, Question 15</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 02:56:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Questions 15 and Up are from Chapters 4, 5, and the Epilogue! What, in your own opinion and based on what you have read in Chapter 4, is why there has been so little change over time?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=310&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Nation at Risk and No Child Left Behind</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:27:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are the notes on A Nation at Risk and No Child Left Behind. What impact do you believe that these two elements of school reform and concern have had on public education? Do you believe that the pendulum will ever swing away from the standards and testing movement and back toward a more progressive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=288&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>School Reform, 18th to 20th Centuries</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 01:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Read these for next week! Here is a good paper discussing school reform over the years. What do you believe was the most significant public school reform through the 1990&#8242;s, and why? What do you know about No Child Left Behind and what is going on with standards and reform today? Diane Ravitch Interview: A [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=267&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>School Funding</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2011 01:55:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Issues with School Funding: The Root of the Problem. What does this data suggest to you? What about the lottery? &#160; How would YOU choose to fund schools? What is the best option?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=1116&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tinkering Toward Utopia, Question 14</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:16:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Historically, and as discussed in a previous questions, policymakers and teachers have had an acrimonous relationship, for a variety of reasons. What, in your opinion, should be the relationship between the policymakers and the teachers? How can we get better reforms?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=304&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tinkering Toward Utopia, Question 13</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8216;Everything backfires.&#8217; This is never more true than in school reform! Think about what you have read, what we have talked about, or your own experiences. Can you think of any school reforms or policies where it was meant to do one thing, but completely backfired? It does not have to be a national policy; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=302&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tinkering Toward Utopia, Question 12</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:06:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When reforms do not work out in practice as planned, people tend to give different explanations.&#8221; How do these explanations illustrate the conflict between educational practioners (teachers) and policymakers? Can it ever really be resolved?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=300&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tinkering Toward Utopia, Question 11</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 02:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What, in your opinion, is the most important factor in preventing reforms from &#8216;sticking&#8217; in schools, and what is the most important factor in helping it last?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=298&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tinkering Toward Utopia, Question 10</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 01:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What, historically, has been the purpose of the high school, and how have reformers impacted its development? In your own experiences, did you see changes in your high school over time?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=296&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tinkering Toward Utopia, Question 9</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 01:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In considering school reform and politics, what suggestion do the authors make concerning the educational policies and proposals of the Democrats and Republicans? Based on your own understanding and familiarity with the parties, do you agree with the authors? More importantly, in your opinion, is the growing similarity a GOOD thing?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=294&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tinkering Toward Utopia, Question 8</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 01:39:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The authors explain that historically, &#8220;Americans have wanted schools to serve different and often contradictory purposes for their own children,&#8221; and these purposes have often worked at cross-purposes. What, in your opinion, should be the purpose of schooling, and how can we fulfill that purpose?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theschoolswehave.wordpress.com&amp;blog=2469428&amp;post=292&amp;subd=theschoolswehave&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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