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		<title>National Sexuality Standards for K -12 for all Public Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:57:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, you read that correctly.  The National Sexuality Standards for K &#8211; 12 have been released.  Under Race To The Top, (RttT),  all states which have signed on to RttT will have to implement instructional materials and programs that meet these Sexuality standards in all of their public schools. {see UPDATE below} Virginia schools will [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pwceducationreform.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5763624&amp;post=2743&amp;subd=pwceducationreform&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Independent Learning is Out &#8211; Group Think is In</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:30:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the lists of &#8220;What&#8217;s in / What&#8217;s out&#8221; that I saw at the end of the year, education trends seems to be consistently missing. One trend in particular, group learning, was conspicuously absent. From Susan Cain, author of “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking.” in her op-ed The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pwceducationreform.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5763624&amp;post=2738&amp;subd=pwceducationreform&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NH Legislation Votes to Give Parents Control Over their Child&#8217;s Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In overriding the Governor&#8217;s veto, Legislators in New Hampshire voted to give parents control over what their children are taught. The bill, HB 542, says “Require school districts to adopt a policy allowing an exception to specific course material based on a parent’s or legal guardian’s determination that the material is objectionable. Such policy shall [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pwceducationreform.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5763624&amp;post=2736&amp;subd=pwceducationreform&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>School to Punish Kids For Its Failures</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parents sometimes send us things they receive from their schools that set their teeth on edge.  Sometimes the things are misunderstandings and other times the things make our blood boil.  We received one such letter a few days ago that still has me wishing I&#8217;d cut out the caffeine.  The letter was sent in December [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pwceducationreform.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5763624&amp;post=2710&amp;subd=pwceducationreform&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Join us on Facebook!</title>
		<link>http://pwceducationreform.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/join-us-on-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PWC Education Reform blog is now a group on Facebook.  Join us!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pwceducationreform.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5763624&amp;post=2706&amp;subd=pwceducationreform&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Could the School Year Start Before Labor Day?</title>
		<link>http://pwceducationreform.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/could-the-school-year-start-before-labor-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:54:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could the School Year Start Before Labor Day for students in Virginia?  Yes, if the bill repealing the &#8220;King&#8217;s Dominion&#8221; law passes the General Assembly. In Virginia the schedule a school district follows is established at the district level, which means that each school district selects the schedule its students and teachers follow, with the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pwceducationreform.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5763624&amp;post=2702&amp;subd=pwceducationreform&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Parents&#8217; Rights in Prince William County Schools</title>
		<link>http://pwceducationreform.wordpress.com/2012/01/09/parents-rights-in-prince-william-county-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can parents review the information the public schools hold about them and their children?  Can they access their child&#8217;s locker?  Can the public schools distribute a student&#8217;s information outside the local school district without the parents&#8217; consent, for instance to the state or federal Department of Education or other organizations / institutions? The first, can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pwceducationreform.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5763624&amp;post=2697&amp;subd=pwceducationreform&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>CIP Updates Underway for PWCS</title>
		<link>http://pwceducationreform.wordpress.com/2012/01/05/cip-updates-underway-for-pwcs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 01:41:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PWCS has announced that they will begin updating the CIP shortly and citizen comments are welcomed.  Here&#8217;s the announcement and link: Capital Improvement Planning Begins; Community Input Opportunities to Come January 5, 2012 Preliminary work is underway on the ever-evolving Prince William County Public Schools (PWCS) Capital Improvements Program (CIP). School Board Members last night [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pwceducationreform.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5763624&amp;post=2695&amp;subd=pwceducationreform&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>PWCS &#8220;Debt&#8221; and Budget</title>
		<link>http://pwceducationreform.wordpress.com/2012/01/01/pwcs-debt-and-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 16:54:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year about this time the school division begins preparing its budget for next year.  The budget is a little confusing, and with over 100 pages of detail, kind of cumbersome.  We&#8217;ll try to keep you aware of things we notice as the budget is released.  Before we get into the details of the budget [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pwceducationreform.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5763624&amp;post=2687&amp;subd=pwceducationreform&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>SAT Scores By Ethnicity</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PWCS students under perform their peers on the SAT in US, VA, Fairfax, and Loudoun Counties in just about every ethnicity. Various officials in PWCS have asserted that the reason PWCS lags behind the US, VA, and our neighboring jurisdictions on the SAT is our diversity.  PWCS just posted SAT scores for the district by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pwceducationreform.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5763624&amp;post=2679&amp;subd=pwceducationreform&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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