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		<title>A Pedagogical Parable by Jason Finley ExEd &#8216;07</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jan 2009 14:58:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a story about a boy and his path.
Paulo was a boy who appeared not unlike any other boy in the village of Quilombos.
Quilombos was a village that appeared not unlike any other village in the province.
But, things are not always as they appear.
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		<title>5 Dangerous Things You Should Let KidsDo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video got me thinking about learning theory and Duckworth&#8217;s &#8220;Having Wonderful Ideas.&#8221; It seems to me that we are constantly reinventing the world and it is through that reinventing that we discover new ways fo thinking about the world. Here are 5 tried and true routes to wonderful ideas and reinvention -
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		<title>They&#8217;re listening&#8230;are you speaking up?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 16:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>antiochedblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Advocacy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Come on folks!  The water's finally just right- time to jump in and make your voice heard.  It's really the only way this democracy thing works, you know?<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=2546790&post=101&subd=growingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Love Letter</title>
		<link>http://growingteachers.wordpress.com/2008/11/17/love-letter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Nov 2008 17:28:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[School Culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love Fridays here at Antioch when classes are in session.  It’s not just the obvious TGIF thing, either. Friday means Integrated Learning students in the building. Now, I may be biased (being as how I’m an educator myself), but I think Fridays are the Best Days we have here at ANE.  (Again, I’m fully aware of the depth of my bias.)  Want to know why?  Here’s a quick list:<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=2546790&post=96&subd=growingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reaching an Autistic Teenager</title>
		<link>http://growingteachers.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/reaching-an-autistic-teenager/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Special Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Did you see this latest article in the NYTimes?
Reaching an Autistic Teenager 
The article describes D.I.R./Floortime (D.I.R. stands for developmental, individual differences, relationship-based approach.) Have any of you come across this technique?
The method seems to be involve relating to students on a direct emotional level, responding to students interests and concerns. The article contrasts D.I.R. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=2546790&post=89&subd=growingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Oyster Restoration Project</title>
		<link>http://growingteachers.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/oyster-restoration-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:48:22 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Will Smiley, Antioch New England Educating for Sustainability M.Ed. student, leads his school in an oyster restoration project in Virginia. Click the link to see the article.
http://www.ssentinel.com/index.php/news/article/ccs_realizes_sweet_taste_of_success/
 
 
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		<title>Autism on the High Seas</title>
		<link>http://growingteachers.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/autism-on-the-high-seas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>tomjulius</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Special Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read with interest this article in the NYTimes Sunday, September 14 about travel with autistic children.
Bypassing the Roadblocks of Autism 
Is it encouraging that the travel industry is creating specific packages for autism families? Or is this another way that special needs families get shunted away from others so they can be ignored? Are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=2546790&post=80&subd=growingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Heterogeneous  vs. Homogeneous Grouping, Brian Audet, ExEd Program</title>
		<link>http://growingteachers.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/heterogeneous-vs-homogeneous-grouping/</link>
		<comments>http://growingteachers.wordpress.com/2008/06/05/heterogeneous-vs-homogeneous-grouping/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jun 2008 03:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>antiochedblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[School Culture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I had the opportunity to research the effects of homogeneous and heterogeneous groupings in the classroom. Although I agree with most of the research in the articles that I read, I feel that the best way to experience the effects of such groupings is to experience it in the classroom on your own.
I have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=2546790&post=63&subd=growingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NCLB &#8211; No Culture Left Behind, Jason Finley, ExEd/Principal Certification Program</title>
		<link>http://growingteachers.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/nclb-no-culture-left-behind-2/</link>
		<comments>http://growingteachers.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/nclb-no-culture-left-behind-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 03:12:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>antiochedblogger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["...in order to eliminate the achievement gap in education the first and most important thing that needs to be done is to make education relevant to those being educated."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=2546790&post=66&subd=growingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Where Do We Come From, And Where Are We Going? Larissa Cahill, ExEd Program</title>
		<link>http://growingteachers.wordpress.com/2008/06/02/where-do-we-come-from-and-where-are-we-going/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:58:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>antiochedblogger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How can teachers teach without being offensive? It happens all the time, even in the seemingly most benign lessons. Educators are often stuck between a rock and a hard place when it comes to teaching their curriculum. In order to best serve their students and cover the depth in a certain subject matter, they end [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=growingteachers.wordpress.com&blog=2546790&post=64&subd=growingteachers&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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