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	<title>The Education Report &#187; middle schools</title>
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		<title>Math meets art, music, and pop culture</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:47:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This story about a middle school math teacher appeared in the Tribune last week, and I forgot to blog about it. In case you missed it, the piece is about Robert MacCarthy&#8217;s unconventional approach to teaching mathematics &#8212; and getting his sixth-graders to love it. I recently observed one of his sixth-grade classes at Willard Middle [...]]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 23:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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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>How to teach about Sept. 11</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/08/26/how-to-teach-about-sept-11/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My colleagues and I are working on a story about how Bay Area teachers plan to cover the anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks. So tell us: What aspects of the event and its ongoing aftermath will &#8212; or should &#8212; social studies teachers address in their classrooms? Given the religious and ethnic [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>26</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lots of new principals in Oakland schools</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/07/08/lots-of-new-principals-in-oakland-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/07/08/lots-of-new-principals-in-oakland-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 00:51:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[elementary schools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Twenty of Oakland&#8217;s 98 schools will have new principals next year, according to a list that OUSD&#8217;s spokesman sent to me this afternoon (with a caveat that there might be some errors; it&#8217;s July, and the fact-checkers are on vacation). This is the longest list I&#8217;ve posted in blogging history (See 2007, 2008, 2009 or 2010, though those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nostalgia, already: A fifth-grade promotion</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/06/14/nostalgia-already-a-fifth-grade-promotion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 22:33:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a longer-term project about the summertime, I went to a fifth-grade promotion ceremony today at Joaquin Miller Elementary School. Since this just happens to be my favorite age group (Have you ever interviewed an 11-year-old?), I put together a few highlights.]]></description>
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		<title>An OUSD survey on working conditions</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/05/03/an-ousd-survey-on-working-conditions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 21:54:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[elementary schools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oakland teachers, counselors, principals and other credentialed school-based staff: Friday is the deadline for completing an anonymous online survey about what it&#8217;s like to work at each school in the district. How much time do you spend on various tasks during the school day? Outside of the regular school day? Are efforts made at your [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>A teachable moment</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/05/02/a-teachable-moment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/05/02/a-teachable-moment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 May 2011 23:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Social studies classrooms were abuzz today with debate and analysis of Osama bin Laden&#8217;s death. (See Tribune story here.) Some teachers asked students to compare media coverage of the development. Others supplied basic facts about the raid and the broader conflict with terrorist groups such as al-Qaida. They touched on a wide range of issues, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oakland schools to cancel more layoff notices</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/04/19/ousd-pink-slip-update-more-notices-canceled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/04/19/ousd-pink-slip-update-more-notices-canceled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 04:03:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A week after announcing that none of its elementary school teachers would be laid off strictly for budget reasons, the Oakland school district is gearing up to cancel more layoff notices &#8212; though not all of them. Art, English and physical education are among the subjects likely to be completely spared from layoffs based on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oakland&#8217;s pink slip imprint, by school</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/03/29/oaklands-pink-slip-imprint-by-school/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/03/29/oaklands-pink-slip-imprint-by-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 20:47:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Oakland school district has ranked its schools based on how deeply they were hit by the 657 potential layoff notices sent to its teaching staff. This spreadsheet, created by OUSD, also includes the turnover at each school between 2007 and 2010, the API gains during that period, the percentage of students who are African-American [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>Oakland students stand up for their pink-slipped teachers</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/03/28/oakland-students-stand-up-for-their-pink-slipped-teachers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/03/28/oakland-students-stand-up-for-their-pink-slipped-teachers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:43:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pictured above (left to right): E&#8217;Niyah Wilson, Lia DelVecchio and XueYong Liu. These three girls at Oakland&#8217;s Edna Brewer Middle School have decided to highlight the effect that all of the budget and staffing uncertainty is having on their school. The petition they wrote says nothing about seniority rules, experienced vs. young staff, or who [...]]]></description>
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