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	<description>Katy Murphy&#039;s blog on Oakland schools</description>
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		<title>In Oakland, transitional kindergarten is still a go</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 19:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[photo of transitional kindergarten pilot at Greenleaf Elementary by Laura A. Oda/Staff It&#8217;s been a confusing few months for families with children who are turning 5 in November &#8212; kids who, until this year, would have been eligible to start kindergarten. First, they hear that their local district will be required to offer a two-year [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The end of NCLB?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:29:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wonk alert! Here is a look at the (major) changes a bipartisan group of lawmakers have proposed for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, otherwise known as No Child Left Behind. The law was up for renewal in 2007, but the process has moved so slowly that President Barack Obama announced last month his administration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Former Oakland teacher a lead organizer for Save Our Schools March</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/07/27/former-oakland-teacher-a-lead-organizer-for-save-our-schools-march/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 05:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[achievement gap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[initiatives]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anthony Cody, an Education Week blogger and former math and science teacher and coach in OUSD, is one of the organizers of Saturday&#8217;s Save Our Schools March in Washington, D.C. March participants don&#8217;t like the direction in which education reform is headed; among other demands, they are calling for an end to the practice of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cyberbullies, beware</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[safety and discipline]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[violence]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bullying is grounds for suspension or expulsion in California, whether it&#8217;s done face to face or through electronic media. And if there was any doubt that Facebook and other social networks came under the state&#8217;s definition of electronic media, there isn&#8217;t anymore. Assemblymember Nora Campos (D-San Jose) introduced the Cyber Bully Prevention bill, AB 746, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A pending budget deal, but no change to OUSD plan</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/06/28/despite-pending-budget-deal-no-changes-to-ousd-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/06/28/despite-pending-budget-deal-no-changes-to-ousd-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 02:50:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: California&#8217;s main budget bill has passed both houses of the state Legislature, John Myers of KQED reports. (He&#8217;s posting live Twitter updates here.) *********************************************** This might be the first time in the history of my education reporting that California lawmakers pass a budget before the Oakland school district (or any school district) does. The proposal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CA budget proposal: More funding for schools</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/05/16/ca-budget-proposal-more-funding-for-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 21:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Because of rising tax revenues, California&#8217;s public schools (k-12) would get $3 billion more than expected in 2011-12 under Gov. Jerry Brown&#8217;s May budget revision. At a news conference this morning, Brown said the amount of money guaranteed to public schools under Proposition 98 &#8212; a Constitutional amendment that voters approved in 1988 &#8212; increased [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video of Oakland bank protest, teacher arrests</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/05/12/video-of-oakland-bank-protest-teacher-arrests/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/05/12/video-of-oakland-bank-protest-teacher-arrests/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 06:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oakland teacher and union leader Craig Gordon took this video of a demonstration this evening at a Wells Fargo branch at 12th Street and Broadway. Gordon reported in a mass email that seven teachers were arrested during a sit-in to demand that the rich pay higher taxes. I&#8217;ll post those names once I&#8217;ve been able [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AFT president visits East Bay, defends union rights</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/03/28/aft-president-visits-east-bay-defends-union-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/03/28/aft-president-visits-east-bay-defends-union-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 05:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten came to the Bay Area today. I heard her on KQED this morning and again tonight, at a Commonwealth Club event in Lafayette. Weingarten appeared in the &#8220;Waiting for Superman&#8221; documentary about the state of public education in the country; UC Berkeley Professor Bruce Fuller, who moderated this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin lawmakers cut union bargaining rights</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/03/09/wisconsin-lawmakers-cut-union-bargaining-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/03/09/wisconsin-lawmakers-cut-union-bargaining-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 05:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The standoff is over, the New York Times reports. Tonight, while the state&#8217;s Democratic senators were out of state in an attempt to block the vote on a proposal to curtail the rights of public workers, their Republican counterparts managed to push it through in less than 30 minutes. Here&#8217;s how the Times summarizes the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will Oakland&#8217;s teachers union stand against the tax extension?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/03/04/will-oaklands-teachers-stand-against-the-tax-extension/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/03/04/will-oaklands-teachers-stand-against-the-tax-extension/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UPDATE: Betty Olson-Jones, the Oakland teachers union president, said the OEA executive board&#8217;s anti-tax extension position has since been revised to a more neutral stance. The union&#8217;s official position will depend on how the representative council votes Monday evening. *********************************************************** The fate of a proposed ballot measure to extend temporary sales, vehicle and income taxes [...]]]></description>
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