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	<title>StateImpact Ohio</title>
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		<title>Fordham: This Ed Reform Thing Could Blow Up in Our Face</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2013/05/17/fordham-this-ed-reform-thing-could-blow-up-in-our-face/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 13:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Molly Bloom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Core]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teacher Evaluation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Third Grade Reading Guarantee]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Ohio schools aren&#8217;t ready for major changes the state has mandated, according to the results of a survey of superintendents conducted by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute. And the rapid pace of school reform may mean Ohio policymakers risk the failure of ambitious efforts to improve schools if the pace doesn&#8217;t slow, said Fordham&#8217;s Terry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>State Public Safety Director: More Guns in Schools “Aren’t the Answer&#8221; to School Shootings</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:30:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Molly Bloom</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Law enforcement officials told Ohio&#8217;s state school board Tuesday that allowing teachers to carry guns in schools would not make schools safer. State Sen. Frank LaRose, R-Copley, told the board he&#8217;s leading a school-safety working group developing school-safety policy proposals. Those proposals are not likely to include arming teachers or other school staff, the Associated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cleveland School District Moves Towards Performance Pay</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2013/05/15/cleveland-school-district-moves-towards-performance-pay/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:16:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ida Lieszkovszky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Performance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cleveland Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cleveland School District]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cleveland Teachers Union]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Quolke]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eric Gordon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Performance Pay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teacher Compensation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last night the Cleveland school board unanimously agreed to what city and union officials are hailing as a groundbreaking teacher contract for Ohio. Union members will vote later this month. The contract spells out a new basis for teacher pay hikes. Raises merely for lasting another year in the job are out; so are automatic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EdisonLearning, K12 Inc. Among National Companies Looking To Open New Online Charter Schools In Ohio</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2013/05/15/edisonlearning-k12-among-national-companies-looking-to-open-new-online-charter-schools-in-ohio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 08:30:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Molly Bloom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alternatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charter Schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ECOT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EdisonLearning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[K12 Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mosaica Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At least four school operators plan to apply for one of the new online school spots. All but one of the new schools would be operated by national, for-profit companies that also run online schools in other states. ]]></description>
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		<title>AFT President Randi Weingarten&#8217;s New and Improved Definition of the Common Core</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2013/05/14/aft-president-randi-weingartens-new-and-improved-definition-of-the-common-core/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Molly Bloom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Teaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Federation of Teachers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Core]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Randi Weingarten]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/?p=20256</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every time I write about the Common Core, I describe it something like this: The Common Core is a set of expectations for what students should know and be able to do in math and English at each grade level. It was developed by teachers, math and language experts and others in an effort organized by state [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic Teachers Union Will Not Support Fired Gay Teacher</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2013/05/13/catholic-teachers-union-will-not-support-fired-gay-teacher/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2013/05/13/catholic-teachers-union-will-not-support-fired-gay-teacher/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 20:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ida Lieszkovszky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Teaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teachers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/?p=20296</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Carla Hale, the gay teacher recently fired from a Columbus-area Catholic school, does not have her union&#8217;s support in her efforts to get her job back. Hale was initially fired from Bishop Watterson High School after naming her girlfriend in an obituary for her mother. Hale argues she was fired for being gay. The Catholic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AFT President Randi Weingarten Explains How She Would Teach the Common Core</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2013/05/13/aft-president-randi-weingarten-explains-how-she-would-teach-the-common-core/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2013/05/13/aft-president-randi-weingarten-explains-how-she-would-teach-the-common-core/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 15:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Molly Bloom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Teaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Federation of Teachers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Core]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Randi Weingarten]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/?p=20254</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Teachers in schools in Ohio and across the nation are changing how they teach. It&#8217;s part of the switch to the Common Core, a new set of national standards for what students should know and be able to do in reading and math. By next school year, all Ohio schools are supposed be teaching the Common [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Cleveland Teachers&#8217; Contract Would Tie Pay to Performance</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2013/05/13/new-cleveland-teachers-contract-would-tie-pay-to-performance/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2013/05/13/new-cleveland-teachers-contract-would-tie-pay-to-performance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Molly Bloom</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A tentative contract between the Cleveland school district and its teachers union would replace the annual pay raises teachers get for accumulating years of experience or additional education with raises tied to their performance, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Performance will be measured partly by ratings under a new statewide model for evaluating teachers that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ohio Voucher Expansion a “Foot in the Door” for Dramatic Change on School Choice Policy</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/jp/ohio-voucher-expansion-a-foot-in-the-door-for-dramatic-change-on-school-choice-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/jp/ohio-voucher-expansion-a-foot-in-the-door-for-dramatic-change-on-school-choice-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 16:51:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Molly Bloom</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The state budget now pending in the Ohio Senate would dramatically expand publicly funded scholarships for students to attend private schools. Senate Education Committee Chair Peggy Lehner said yesterday she supported the program, but was concerned that its costs could expand exponentially beyond the initial costs of $773 million, Gongwer News Service reports. Source: Gongwer-oh [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Better Than Normal&#8221; Results for School Levies</title>
		<link>http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2013/05/08/better-than-normal-results-for-school-levies/</link>
		<comments>http://stateimpact.npr.org/ohio/2013/05/08/better-than-normal-results-for-school-levies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 20:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ida Lieszkovszky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Money]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election Results]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Levies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School Funding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[About 90 percent of the requests for renewal levies were approved in yesterday&#8217;s elections, as well 42 percent of requests for new money. “For a primary election, results were a little better than normal,&#8221; says Damon Asbury, who follows levies for the Ohio School Boards Association. He says usually about 30 percent of new levy requests [...]]]></description>
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