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		<title>Newtown Requires a ‘Call to Action’</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:31:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Originally posted 12/18/12 on San Jose Inside I had several emotions and feelings running through my body and mind when I heard the horrific news about Sandy Hook Elementary School. During my time as an elementary and middle school principal, I feared the insanity of the world—at any given moment—might enter the portals of my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Santa, Please Bring Back the Arts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Originally posted 12/11/12 on San Jose Inside “Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?” Virginia O’Hanlon, 8, directed this question to the The Sun, a New York newspaper, in 1897. Here is part of the published answer she received: “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus. … He exists as certainly as love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Students Face Cliff of Their Own</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:21:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Originally posted 12/4/2012 on San Jose Inside We can argue over whether it is a fiscal cliff or slope, but the real challenge for America in the coming decades is improving the mediocre results of public education. The facts show that we are in a precarious position as a nation and as the largest state—11 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Hopes to Alter Education Status Quo</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:15:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Originally posted 11/27/12 on San Jose Inside I fear we are entering a new cycle of benign neglect of school reform, where the status quo continues and student achievement results do not match the urgency of the time. Yet there are some true education reformers that should be mentioned. One such educational reformer is former state Senator Gloria [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thankful for County’s Openness to Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 08:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Originally posted 11/20/12 on San Jose Inside Thanksgiving holidays have always been a time for self-reflection. This year is no different. My look in the mirror this week will reflect on my role as a member of the Santa Clara County Office of Education’s Board. When I was elected in 2008, I was not a proponent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Voters Make Education a Priority</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 07:58:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Originally posted 11/13/12 on San Jose Inside Election Day 2012 was good for public education in California and the nation. President Obama’s reelection means continued reform of public education through choice, quality early childhood education, meaningful teacher evaluation systems, pay for performance, career technical education and rethinking tenure. Proposition 30’s passage leads to a more stable publicly funded system [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Judgment Day for Education is Here</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 03:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Originally posted 11/6/12 on San Jose Inside I am writing this column as a pragmatic alarmist. This phrase is oxymoronic, but an accurate portrayal of how I feel at the end of my first term on the Santa Clara County Office of Education school board. It is Election Day 2012. Four years ago, 60 friends [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Next Week’s Election Will Decide Future of Education for State, County</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 03:30:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Originally posted 10/30/12 on San Jose Inside Election Day is one week away and the results will tell us the kind of schools and school leaders we will have. I have two very quick pleas for the public good: First, if Proposition 30 does not pass our public schools and safety will be adversely affected. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Charters, Obama Policy Have Dramatically Altered Landscape of Local Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 03:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Originally posted 10/23/12 on San Jose Inside As chair of the county Board of Education the last two years, I have concluded that the delivery, organization and governance of public education has changed markedly in San Jose/Silicon Valley. Much of the disequilibrium has been generated by the federal initiative called “Race to the Top,” and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education Should be Part of the Debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 02:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Originally posted 10/16/12 on San Jose Inside Quality public education should be the number one issue of our time, and the president the next four years should be leading the effort to create a public school system in America second to none. Nation building at home must be the mantra, and it needs to begin [...]]]></description>
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