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	<description>Exploring Options in Policy and Practice</description>
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		<title>Maintaining Traditions of Practical Wisdom: Not Becoming a “Fool.”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 18:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Practical wisdom is not musing about how someone else in a hypothetical situation ought to act. It’s about “What am I do?” -- right here and right now, with this person. A practically wise person doesn’t merely speculate about what’s proper; she does it. -- Schwartz, B &#038; Sharpe, K Practical Wisdom. The Right Way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Politics and School Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 16:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are disturbing signs that even many individuals and groups who should know better have learned little about the complexities of schools and educational improvements and are comfortable with the old bromides. Simple diagnoses and correspondingly simple solutions abound. --- John Goodlad, A Place Called School Talk is cheap. In that realm where politics and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The National Standards Problem: Chasing the Ends of Different Rainbows</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 19:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erozycki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As school districts move closer to adopting the Common Core State Standards, some educators report they feel more prepared than two years ago. The standards will go into effect in three years, but some still question whether that is enough time to prepare. There is still a long way to go, some say, and several [...]]]></description>
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		<title>“Protection”: Prevention, Extortion, Compensation?</title>
		<link>http://newfoundations.com/AltBlog/?p=50</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erozycki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[”I just bought a magic medallion!” “What does it do?” “It protects me from attack by Komodo Dragon.” “There aren’t any Komodo Dragons roaming loose within 10,000 miles from here.” “See! It really works! -- Tired, old joke. A well-recognized symbol for the idea of protection is the umbrella. An umbrella prevents rain -- to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Escaping Accountablity: selecting the “right” scapegoat.</title>
		<link>http://newfoundations.com/AltBlog/?p=62</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 21:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erozycki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is ironic that the United States should have been founded by intellectuals, for throughout most of our political history, the intellectual has been for the most part either an outsider, a servant or a scapegoat. -- Richard Hofstadter The other day I heard an interview on National Public Radio during which the guest, to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multiculturalism in America and Europe: success vs failure?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erozycki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. -- Mark Twain President Sarkozy of France has declared the country’s policy of multiculturalism a failure. His judgment is supported for their respective countries by British Prime Minister David Cameron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Australia's ex-prime minister John Howard and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Makes a Good Teacher Supervisor?</title>
		<link>http://newfoundations.com/AltBlog/?p=330</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jan 2012 22:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erozycki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good supervisor realizes that in many instances student teachers perform in a certain manner because they are expected, by superiors and parents, for example, to teach that way; not, because there are good scientific grounds for their practice. For example, language teachers may be expected to use vocabulary lists for memorization and teach about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kids Don&#8217;t Want to Learn?  Why Not Pay Them?</title>
		<link>http://newfoundations.com/AltBlog/?p=14</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erozycki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We don't need no education We don't need no thought control No dark sarcasm in the class room Teachers leave those kids alone -- Pink Floyd When students don't do their homework, don't pay attention, are disruptive, cut class, or play hooky, we talk about them as "not wanting to learn." We jump to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cosmetic Grammar: attaining &#8220;Class&#8221; through speech change?</title>
		<link>http://newfoundations.com/AltBlog/?p=276</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erozycki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a world where you are "so-so" Where competitors are few Happiness is knowing There are those worse off than you.-- Phemelistophes (BCE 8321) In the US all citizens are, so it is taught, equal before the Law. Socially, this just won't do. Nearly everyone searches to discover someone who is of a "class" lower [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Productivity vs Politics in Public Schools</title>
		<link>http://newfoundations.com/AltBlog/?p=78</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erozycki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Too many cooks spoil the broth -- Proverb Do political, rather than educational concerns determine schooling decisions? For example, a major concern in our public schools is the placement of special education students in regular classrooms. This is generally seen as involving "politics," i.e. favoritism. Although school people follow presumably equitable legal procedures, the reality [...]]]></description>
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