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	<description>Katy Murphy&#039;s blog on Oakland schools</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>A Promise Neighborhood in Hayward</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 02:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, in its first round of five-year Promise Neighborhoods grants, the U.S. Department of Education handed out just five awards. One of the recipients was a project focused on the Jackson Triangle neighborhood in Hayward, down the hill from Cal State East Bay. Last year, I wrote about Hayward&#8217;s $500,000 Promise Neighborhoods planning grant. Out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Race to Nowhere showing at Oakland&#8217;s Grand Lake</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 19:32:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have yet to watch the &#8220;Race to Nowhere&#8221; education documentary, but I hope to catch it this week, when it plays at the Grand Lake Theater, 3200 Grand Ave. You can see it today through Sunday at 4 p.m., 6 p.m., 8 p.m. or 10 p.m. From Monday through Thursday it screens at 6 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sobering statistics on child poverty</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/11/30/sobering-statistics-on-child-poverty/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 05:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number of school-age children living in poverty soared by 30 percent(!) in California between 2007 and 2010, according to new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau. In the United States, nearly 2 million more children between the ages of 5 and 17 fell into poverty during that time. I wrote about that depressing trend [...]]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[elementary schools]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[enrollment]]></category>
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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>
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		<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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		<title>Elementary school to join Occupy Oakland strike</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/10/28/schools-to-take-part-in-occupy-oaklands-general-strike/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 00:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The staff at Bridges Academy at Melrose sent a bilingual flier home to families, inviting them to join them in Wednesday&#8217;s general strike in support of Occupy Oakland &#8212; and informing them that teachers would not be in their classrooms that day. They&#8217;re meeting at the East Oakland elementary school in the morning and traveling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rumors (and denials) of a rogue charter school opening next week</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/10/25/a-new-charter-school-opening-in-october-maybe-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/10/25/a-new-charter-school-opening-in-october-maybe-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 00:25:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes when I write about the American Indian Public Charter School I feel like I&#8217;ve entered an alternative reality. This is one of those times. For that reason, I can&#8217;t tell you definitively whether an unauthorized elementary charter school will open on American Indian&#8217;s downtown campus on Halloween, as rumored &#8212; though it&#8217;s looking unlikely. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whooping cough shots: Time&#8217;s running out!</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/09/27/time-running-out-to-get-those-whooping-cough-shots/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/09/27/time-running-out-to-get-those-whooping-cough-shots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[families]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Friday, all Oakland Unified students in grades 7 to 12 must show proof that their Tdap, or whooping cough, vaccinations are up to date &#8212; or be turned away from school, as required by a new state law. Since the spring, nurses have given shots to thousands of kids who&#8217;ve provided parental consent forms, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parent Trigger: Coming to a school near you?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/09/16/parent-trigger-coming-to-a-school-near-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/09/16/parent-trigger-coming-to-a-school-near-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 22:11:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[charter schools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[People who follow education news in California probably have heard of the new law known as the &#8220;Parent Trigger.&#8221; It allows parents to unionize &#8212; and to petition to convert eligible low-performing schools into charters or force major staffing shake-ups, among other interventions. It was enacted in January 2010, but it wasn&#8217;t until this summer [...]]]></description>
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