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		<title>Sign Our Online Petition!</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationvoters.org/2008/07/18/sign-our-online-petition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:59:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[To:  Washington State Board of Education
We’re parents, educators, business leaders, kids and others in the community working together to do all we can to improve education in our state.
We believe that a Washington State high school diploma should mean students graduate ready for college, job training and the workforce.
Washington’s high school graduation requirements are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Performance Pay on NPR</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationvoters.org/2008/07/17/performance-pay-on-npr/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationvoters.org/2008/07/17/performance-pay-on-npr/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonnie</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[teachers]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[performance pay]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by Bonnie.
This morning there was an interesting story on NPR on the national debate on performance pay for teachers. The story reviews Obama and McCain&#8217;s education platform and looks closely at performance pay, specifically how it has played out in Colorado. Pro-Comp is one of the newer performance pay programs and they are working [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Join us on the Did You Know Campaign Bus!</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationvoters.org/2008/07/11/join-us-on-the-did-you-know-campaign-bus/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationvoters.org/2008/07/11/join-us-on-the-did-you-know-campaign-bus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
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Join students, parents and community leaders on the Did You Know Campaign Bus.  Washington&#8217;s students are counting on YOU to make your voice heard at the State Board of Education meeting in Vancouver, WA on July 23rd.  We&#8217;re going to let State Board members know that we expect our kids to be ready [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sup. Goodloe-Johnson celebrates her one year anniversary</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationvoters.org/2008/07/09/sup-goodloe-johnson-celebrates-her-one-year-anniversary/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationvoters.org/2008/07/09/sup-goodloe-johnson-celebrates-her-one-year-anniversary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonnie</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Reform talk]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Seattle]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Seattle Public Schools]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by Bonnie
My morning ritual always involves two things: tea and NPR. This morning I was drinking my tea, listening to NPR and heard a great piece on Sup. Maria Goodloe-Johnson celebrating her one year anniversary in Seattle (including quotes from our very own, Lisa Macfarlane). She has been praised by advocates and policy makers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A FRESH FACE IN THE LEV OFFICE</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationvoters.org/2008/07/07/a-fresh-face-in-the-lev-office/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationvoters.org/2008/07/07/a-fresh-face-in-the-lev-office/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 17:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katie</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Reform talk]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[education reform]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by Katie
It’s wonderful to join the LEV staff, and I look forward to being a part of the movement to improve public education in Washington’s schools. My name is Katie, and I am the new office manager at LEV.
As a former student in the Edmonds School District and as a tutor and mentor for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our exciting new addition: Katarina, A Rainier Scholar</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationvoters.org/2008/07/03/our-exciting-new-addition-katarina-a-rainier-scholar/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationvoters.org/2008/07/03/our-exciting-new-addition-katarina-a-rainier-scholar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katarina</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by Katarina.
Hi, I’m Katarina. Born here in Seattle, I am an upcoming high school junior. I have attended private school my whole life but I’m very interested and eager to learn more about issues in the public schools. Through Rainier Scholars, I was offered this opportunity to intern at the League of Education Voters [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Schools across Washington are facing budget cuts</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationvoters.org/2008/06/25/kitsap-sun-writes-about-our-states-education-funding-challenges/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationvoters.org/2008/06/25/kitsap-sun-writes-about-our-states-education-funding-challenges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:42:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Reform talk]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[school funding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Posted by Michael
This is the time of year school boards consider what to do about next year&#8217;s budget.  Unfortunately, school directors across Washington are facing cuts in order to balance the budget.  This is largely due to a combination of rising costs, inadequate state funding and an outdated education finance system.  The Kitsap Sun wrote an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>8th Annual Quality Education Conference</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationvoters.org/2008/06/18/8th-annual-quality-education-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 14:22:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Molly</dc:creator>
		
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Posted by Molly

Last week, I attended the 8th Annual Quality Education Conference in Washington, D.C. The conference explored the inequities of the educational systems in our country and efforts, both successful and failed, to bridge the gap for a more just system.

Highlights:


Progress report from the states

There were 30 states represented at the conference. Each state [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live blogging: Full Funding Coalition, round two</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationvoters.org/2008/06/10/live-blogging-full-funding-coalition-round-two/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationvoters.org/2008/06/10/live-blogging-full-funding-coalition-round-two/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonnie</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Full Funding Coalition - Round Two

Time: 3:30 p.m. - 4:21 p.m. 
Randy Parr starts off by expressing that their proposal is just that, a proposal. While it does outline clear benchmarks, these are explicitly stated only to provide an example of one way we could move forward in the short-term. To that end, the suggested [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Live Blogging: Full Funding Coalition</title>
		<link>http://blog.educationvoters.org/2008/06/10/live-blogging-full-funding-coalition/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.educationvoters.org/2008/06/10/live-blogging-full-funding-coalition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bonnie</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Basic Education Task Force]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Live blogging]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Full Funding Coalition (WSSDA, WASA, AWSP, WEA, PSEW) 
1:55p.m.  - 3: 10 p.m. 
Randy Parr, WEA, illustrates our K-12 funding crisis in a few slides. First, expenditures per-student as a percent of the national average have declined since the state took over &#8216;full&#8217; funding of basic education. Second, in terms of our student achievement, we [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Bonnie</media:title>
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