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	<title>The Education Report &#187; elementary schools</title>
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	<description>Katy Murphy&#039;s blog on Oakland schools</description>
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		<title>Happy Earth Day!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Apr 2012 14:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo by Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group I visited Peralta Elementary School in North Oakland this week to see how they are using the arts to teach children about the environment. A story about it ran in Saturday&#8217;s paper. Below, you&#8217;ll find the &#8220;Miraculous Fungi&#8221; animation last year&#8217;s fourth-graders produced with their teachers to explain [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Even in retirement, teachers bring warmth to their former Oakland school</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carrie Johnston, a teacher at Oakland&#8217;s Bella Vista Elementary School, wrote this reflection about a group of retired teachers.  Photo courtesy of Carrie Johnston. Left to right: Karen Chin, Louise Broome, and Carolyn Matson Bella Vista School teachers gathered on this last morning before spring break for a treat &#8212; breakfast prepared by three retired [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This year&#8217;s California Distinguished Schools</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2012/03/30/oakland-adds-two-california-distinguished-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 00:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[file photo of ACORN Woodland by Laura Oda/Bay Area News Group Congratulations to ACORN Woodland and Henry J. Kaiser Jr. elementary schools. They were among 22 in Alameda County and 387 statewide to be named 2012 California Distinguished Elementary Schools, an award given by Tom Torlakson, California superintendent of public instruction. Other nearby winners were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OUSD board considers charter school conversions tonight</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2012/03/07/ousd-board-considers-charter-school-conversions-tonight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:11:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: The OUSD board voted 6-0 (board member Alice Spearman wasn&#8217;t present) to approve the charter conversions of both ASCEND and Learning Without Limits. You can find the full story here. As a result of the higher-than-normal facilities rate the schools will pay OUSD to remain in their buildings ($2.50 per square foot, compared to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Team Awesome and Ice Cream Snails take on long-term problem synopses</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2012/03/01/team-awesome-and-ice-cream-snails-take-on-long-term-problem-synopses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 05:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Edna Brewer Middle School&#8217;s Odyssey Angels Normally I try to synthesize and rewrite the information that people send me, but I so enjoyed reading these coaches&#8217; descriptions of the international creative problem-solving contest called Odyssey of the Mind that I thought I&#8217;d share them with you. You can also find the &#8220;long-term problem synopses&#8221; for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kaiser Elementary School has its day</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not just leap day in Oakland. Feb. 29, 2012 has been proclaimed Henry J. Kaiser Jr. Elementary School Day. A Kaiser mom forwarded me this proclamation from Oakland Mayor Jean Quan. I didn&#8217;t know mayors did that. Has your school ever had its day? The document is admittedly hard to read in this size, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oakland considers a different kind of charter school</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2012/02/23/oakland-considers-a-different-kind-of-charter-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:19:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Oakland elementary schools whose attempted breakaway from the district was recently denied (by the district) are taking a different approach in their quest for independence. Tonight, the principals of ASCEND and Learning Without Limits turned in revised charter conversion applications &#8212; this time, for &#8220;partnership charters,&#8221; which would work closely with OUSD and its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Transitional kindergarten, California confusion</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2012/01/27/transitional-kindergarten-california-confusion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 00:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A transitional kindergarten class at Oakland&#8217;s Greenleaf Elementary. &#8212; Laura A. Oda/ Bay Area News Group The parents of 4-year-olds with fall birthdays &#8212; not yet in the public school system &#8212; have already come face to face with the topsy-turvy ways of Sacramento. Take the parents of kids born in November 2007. Since 2010, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drawing new attendance boundaries</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/11/18/drawing-new-attendance-boundaries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon, the Oakland school district posted maps showing how it might redraw its boundaries for 2012-13, after five elementary schools close. OUSD Spokesman Troy Flint is double-checking on this, but it appears that the remaining schools&#8217; boundaries would only expand &#8212; not shift &#8212; under this plan. In other words, that the only residents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Next step for families affected by Oakland&#8217;s school closures</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/11/07/next-step-for-families-affected-by-oaklands-school-closures/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/11/07/next-step-for-families-affected-by-oaklands-school-closures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:25:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As they come to terms with the upcoming closure of their schools, families from Oakland&#8217;s Lakeview, Lazear, Marshall, Maxwell Park and Santa Fe elementary schools must now decide where to send their children next fall. Typically, OUSD (and prospective OUSD) families submit their top school picks &#8212; mostly for kindergarten, sixth and ninth grades &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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