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	<title>The A+ Activist</title>
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	<description>Helping your child get to get the most of a modern education!</description>
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		<title>Communication Breakdown</title>
		<link>http://theaplusactivist.today.com/2008/06/25/communication-breakdown/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nikkis</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[communication]]></category>

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As I was driving past the middle and the high schools yesterday, something occurred to me; the communication between teachers and parents has a tendency to fall apart or become nonexistent by the time children reach the middle school level. Once high school rolls around, many parents don’t even hear from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bold Approach Falls on My Deaf Ears</title>
		<link>http://theaplusactivist.today.com/2008/06/12/bold-approach-falls-on-my-deaf-ears/</link>
		<comments>http://theaplusactivist.today.com/2008/06/12/bold-approach-falls-on-my-deaf-ears/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 13:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nikkis</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Incentives]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Parent Activist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[issues]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[positive learning environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[public education]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[public school]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[school success]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[government]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[performance]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[red tape]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A new report released by a group of policymakers and education researchers have determined that without giving disadvantaged children access to health care, preschool and other programs will do little to improve their overall success in school.
No really? You&#8217;re kidding right? Wow. Whooda thunk that kids need more than education programs and big idea achievement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Easiest Step to Becoming a Parent Activist</title>
		<link>http://theaplusactivist.today.com/2008/06/10/the-easiest-step-to-becoming-a-parent-activist/</link>
		<comments>http://theaplusactivist.today.com/2008/06/10/the-easiest-step-to-becoming-a-parent-activist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nikkis</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Classroom help]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Education Activist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Parent Activist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Parent Involvement]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Volunteering]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Volunteering in the classroom]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[advocacy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[positive learning environment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[public education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You&#8217;ve made it this far.
You&#8217;re upset with the way certain policies are handed down in your child&#8217;s school and you are frustrated but beyond that you don&#8217;t know where to begin. I&#8217;m about to share the biggest and easiest way to become an activist for parents your child&#8217;s school. What can you do to make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change Begins with You</title>
		<link>http://theaplusactivist.today.com/2008/06/09/change-begins-with-you/</link>
		<comments>http://theaplusactivist.today.com/2008/06/09/change-begins-with-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 15:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nikkis</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Education Activist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Incentives]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mom]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rewards]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[advocacy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[issues]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[tolerance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Something I realized today as I went through my feeds and message boards.
I see a lot of parents taking issue with the way their school is run; they don’t like the teachers, the kids, the administration, and the rules.  The number of things we have problems with seems to grow and grow but in many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Separate the sexes and hope for better results?</title>
		<link>http://theaplusactivist.today.com/2008/06/07/separate-the-sexes-and-hope-for-better-results/</link>
		<comments>http://theaplusactivist.today.com/2008/06/07/separate-the-sexes-and-hope-for-better-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 02:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>nikkis</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Education Activist]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Incentives]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[bad judgment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It seems as though that is what Georgia county school district is shooting for. Greene County is separating the boys from the girls because as it stands, keeping them together doesn&#8217;t seem to work as far as school success is concerned.
Even though they&#8217;ve been advised by a leading expert in single-sex schools the district is [...]]]></description>
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