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		<title>MEMBER SPOTLIGHT: RACHEL BLESSING, SCHOOL WITHOUT WALLS</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[What do you teach at SWW? Social Studies. What motivated you to enter a career in education? I&#8217;ve always loved working with kids and I come from a long line of teachers, so it seemed like a natural fit. How long have you been a teacher? This is my 5th year. What is your favorite [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wtuteacherslounge.org&#038;blog=33526146&#038;post=3477&#038;subd=wtuteachersloungedotorg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>DCPS prepares to ‘excess’ fewer than 350 teachers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via The Washington Post, By Emma Brown D.C. Public Schools officials say they anticipate sending fewer than 350 “excess” notices to teachers whose jobs have been eliminated because of budget cuts or changes to academic programs. That number is in line with recent years despite the fact that 13 schools are slated to close in [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wtuteacherslounge.org&#038;blog=33526146&#038;post=3473&#038;subd=wtuteachersloungedotorg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SHORT READS: MONDAY, MAY 20</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 13:47:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DCPS prepares to ‘excess’ fewer than 350 teachers (Washington Post) Do new exams produce better teachers? States act while educators debate (Hechinger Report) New York City will double money for training teachers (New York Daily News) What ‘education influentials’ think will — and won’t — happen (Washington Post) Fiery Chicago teachers union president reelected (Washington [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wtuteacherslounge.org&#038;blog=33526146&#038;post=3470&#038;subd=wtuteachersloungedotorg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SHORT READS: FRIDAY, MAY 17</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 14:24:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Common Core Supporters Firing Back (Education Week) Sequestration Forces Cuts to National Social Studies Tests (Education Week) 32 summer professional development opportunities (E-School News) Teachers Union Files Lawsuits to Stop School Closings (NBC Chicago) D.C. schools try to shrink number of special education students (Washington Examiner) DC judge declines to halt school-closure plan that prompted [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=wtuteacherslounge.org&#038;blog=33526146&#038;post=3466&#038;subd=wtuteachersloungedotorg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Map: Closing Schools Are Overwhelmingly in Minority Neighborhoods</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 18:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
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