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	<description>Exposing negative changes in education implemented under the hidden agenda of the New World Order</description>
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		<title>Obama escalates assault on public education</title>
		<link>http://journalofeducation.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/obama-escalates-assault-on-public-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday, President Barack Obama announced an assault on public education that would go beyond the Bush administration’s “No Child Left Behind” program. He outlined an education “reform” that would link teacher pay to the test performance of students and force state governments to shift funding from established public schools to so-called charter schools.  Read [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journalofeducation.wordpress.com&blog=5368695&post=467&subd=journalofeducation&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reinventing No Child Left Behind</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enacted on January 8, 2002, the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act&#8217;s (NCLB) sponsors claimed it would close the achievement gap between inner city and rural schools and more affluent suburban ones by setting high reading and math standards, then testing to assure they&#8217;re achieved. However, the law&#8217;s real aim is to commodify public education, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journalofeducation.wordpress.com&blog=5368695&post=465&subd=journalofeducation&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>US Courts &#8211; Enemies of Education?</title>
		<link>http://journalofeducation.wordpress.com/2009/08/25/us-courts-enemies-of-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:41:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there a &#8220;constitutional right to education&#8221;?
Legal scholar and civil rights advocate Erwin Chemerinsky says there is. &#8220;There has to be a right to education in the Constitution,&#8221; he declares, &#8220;and equal protection is a Constitutional imperative.&#8221;
But according to Chemerinsky, this right has been fundamentally undermined by the Supreme Court. With the retirement of Justice [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journalofeducation.wordpress.com&blog=5368695&post=463&subd=journalofeducation&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Military Invades U.S. Schools: How Military Academies Are Being Used to Destroy Public Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past four years, I have observed the military occupation of the high school where I teach science. Currently, Chicago&#8217;s Senn High School houses Rickover Naval Academy (RNA). I use the term &#8220;occupation&#8221; because part of our building was taken away despite student, parent, teacher and community opposition to RNA&#8217;s opening.
Senn students are made [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journalofeducation.wordpress.com&blog=5368695&post=461&subd=journalofeducation&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit schools “financial czar” orders teachers to reapply for their jobs</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[2,600 Detroit Public School teachers, counselors and administrators from nearly 50 schools have been forced to reapply for their jobs at the schools where they teach. All of these supposedly “failed” schools are being “reconstituted” as mandated under the Bush administration’s 2001 No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).
The punitive provisions of NCLB are being ruthlessly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journalofeducation.wordpress.com&blog=5368695&post=460&subd=journalofeducation&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Education and the New World Order</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:39:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An organization called the National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) which is an offshoot of the National Education Association and a promoter of the New World Order, has claimed power to determine what students should learn and should not learn in history, geography, government, economics, religion, psychology, etc.. These subjects were consolidated decades ago [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journalofeducation.wordpress.com&blog=5368695&post=453&subd=journalofeducation&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Corporatization of Public Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Education Secretary Arne Duncan&#8217;s pledge to put more big-city mayors in charge of their school districts would exclude democratic forms of school governance and let big businesses decide the fate of public schools.

Before an audience of big-city mayors and school superintendents in late March, Secretary of Education Arne Duncan offered an early &#8211; and troubling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journalofeducation.wordpress.com&blog=5368695&post=448&subd=journalofeducation&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Home School Versus Public or Private Education: Which is Better?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 06:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents usually ask themselves if home schooling actually works, or if public schools are such a problem, maybe working to afford private schools may be a better option for their children&#8217;s education. Parents are reasonably cautious when considering something as important as their progeny&#8217;s learning environment.

Parents can be assured that many high quality studies and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journalofeducation.wordpress.com&blog=5368695&post=400&subd=journalofeducation&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Artificial Food Additives Affect Children’s Behavior</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 04:16:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Years of research finally supports what many parents already knew: Junk foods – loaded with artificial food dyes and preservatives – cause behavioral problems in children.

Research from a study of 297 children published in The Lancet found a significant number of children became more inattentive, impulsive and hyperactive when given a test drink with artificial [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journalofeducation.wordpress.com&blog=5368695&post=394&subd=journalofeducation&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Privatization Numbers Up Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of public school districts that contract with private firms to provide at least one major support service increased by a rate of nearly 5 percent in the past year, according to a survey conducted by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy. The Center&#8217;s sixth survey showed that 42 percent of the 550 conventional [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journalofeducation.wordpress.com&blog=5368695&post=389&subd=journalofeducation&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>California Education Cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A million dollars here, a million dollars there, pretty soon it adds up to real money. We know that California faces a serious budget crisis and that K-12 and higher education will face severe budget cuts. We are shocked by the governor’s proposals to cut $31.6 million from the CSU as of Oct 20, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journalofeducation.wordpress.com&blog=5368695&post=383&subd=journalofeducation&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Education: Test From a Curriculum, Not a List of Standards</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:09:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What will President-elect Obama do about No Child Left Behind (NCLB)?
It has become difficult to keep track of all the things that have gone wrong with the law. States are gaming the system by lowering standards. The predicted response to “failing schools” has not come about: few students leave them, and few take advantage of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journalofeducation.wordpress.com&blog=5368695&post=363&subd=journalofeducation&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NCLB : a Diminished View of School Reform</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear President-Elect Obama,
As one of the millions of Americans thrilled by your historic victory, I am heartened by your pledge to pay long-overdue attention to improving – and adequately funding – America’s schools.
Your comments on reforming the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) have been especially welcome. As you know, the misguided use of “high-stakes” [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journalofeducation.wordpress.com&blog=5368695&post=357&subd=journalofeducation&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pledge of Allegiance Flap Divides Vermont Town</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[WOODBURY — No one’s for sure when daily recitations of the Pledge of Allegiance fell by the wayside at Woodbury Elementary School. But efforts to restore them have erupted into a bitter dispute in this tiny town, with school officials blocking the exercise from classrooms amid concerns that it holds nonparticipating children up to scorn. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journalofeducation.wordpress.com&blog=5368695&post=341&subd=journalofeducation&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;No Zero&#8221; Middle Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 06:18:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several middle schools in Knox County are experimenting with a new grading policy. Instead of a zero, students will get a 60 for missing or failed work. If the work is completed, the grade can be raised partially. The idea is to make success a possibility that always exists. If a student doesn&#8217;t do their [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journalofeducation.wordpress.com&blog=5368695&post=328&subd=journalofeducation&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Confusing Harder With Better</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Never underestimate the power of a catchy slogan and a false dichotomy. When a politician pronounces himself a supporter of &#8220;law and order&#8221; or &#8220;a strong defense,&#8221; you may protest that it&#8217;s not that simple, but even as you start to explain why, you&#8217;ve already been dismissed as soft on crime or unwilling to defend [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journalofeducation.wordpress.com&blog=5368695&post=320&subd=journalofeducation&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do We Ask Too Much of Teachers?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 03:07:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Schools in England are already amongst the most scrutinised and accountable in the world, yet now a whole new burden of responsibilities is being heaped on them. 
First, schools were told they have a responsibility to look out for any indications that their pupils are falling into the grip of extremists and fanatics.
This involves teachers [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journalofeducation.wordpress.com&blog=5368695&post=312&subd=journalofeducation&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Students Rally Against Commercialization Of Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Victoria, BC - University of Victoria and Camosun College International students concerned with the commercialization of education gathered at the legislature for a rally today. Students for a democratic society say public education is under attack with increasing tuition fees, new standardized testing, public private partnerships and the commercialization of education.
Group spokesperson scott nunn says public [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journalofeducation.wordpress.com&blog=5368695&post=297&subd=journalofeducation&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Destroying Public Education in America</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Nov 2008 01:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Diogenes called education &#8220;the foundation of every state.&#8221; Education reformer and &#8220;father of American education&#8221; Horace Mann went even further. He said: &#8220;The common school (meaning public ones) is the greatest discovery ever made by man.&#8221; He called it the &#8220;great equalizer&#8221; that was &#8220;common&#8221; to all, and as Massachusetts Secretary of Education founded the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journalofeducation.wordpress.com&blog=5368695&post=34&subd=journalofeducation&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Test Today, Privatize Tomorrow: Using Accountability to &#8220;Reform&#8221; Public Schools to Death</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just about fell off my desk chair the other day when I came across my own name in an essay by a conservative economist who specializes in educational issues. The reason for my astonishment is that I was described as being “dead set against any fundamental changes in the nation’s schools.” Now having been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=journalofeducation.wordpress.com&blog=5368695&post=217&subd=journalofeducation&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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