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		<title>A Mother’s Day Blog &#8211; Mothers, Board Members, Educational Leaders</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 14:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Pinney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ray Pinney &#160; My mother reaches five feet tall only in high heels – and even then it’s a stretch. Even though I’m a foot taller, I have always looked up to her. Often she was the breadwinner in the family when my father’s work was slow. She was completely devoted to her family [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The High School Testing Debate Begins in the Kitchen</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2012 13:04:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Pinney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ray Pinney I was at the top of the stairs when I heard my daughter wail, “What do they think? We don’t have enough stress as students and we should take more stupid tests!” It was the kind of rant that only a teenage daughter can produce but luckily, this time it was not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can I Get My Email Back?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 19:46:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Pinney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ray Pinney &#160; I know how to strike it rich.  All I have to do is invent software that can delete the stupid emails that people send out.  It would also be able to make your Facebook postings disappear.  Think of the market for such a software program. Haven’t we all sent an email [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Measuring Poverty there is also a Pride Factor</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:46:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Pinney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ray Pinney Did you ever have a conversation with a relative and find out something about your family that you never knew and you can’t believe you never knew?  My sister and I recently had such a conversation. I am at the point in parenthood where I have a daughter heading off to college [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rebuilding and Remaking the NJDOE</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Pinney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Ray Pinney &#160; I was once talking with someone in the home building trade about putting an addition on a house and they told me the rule of thumb that homeowners should know before starting a project. When estimating the cost and the time required to complete a project, you should go through all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank You Joanne</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 22:56:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Pinney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even when you know something is coming, reading it in black and white  somehow makes it more real. It wasn’t until I read an email to all staff recently that I realized it was actually happening: one of my mentors, colleagues and friends was retiring from NJSBA.  I didn’t expect to feel emotional over her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If You Want to Understand the Public Education Debate, You Need to Understand War and War Propaganda</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Pinney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We must remember that in time of war what is said on the enemy’s side of the front is always propaganda, and what is said on our side of the front is truth and righteousness, the cause of humanity and a crusade for peace. Walter Lippman The first casualty when war comes is Truth                         [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Staying Positive in a Negative Education World</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Pinney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I could sense my cynicism growing and I could feel my optimism shrinking.  The more I watched, reported on, and analyzed the education reform debate, the less enthralled I became with the education war that is raging in New Jersey and across the nation.  The more the two sides argued about helping students and vied [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Money Matter in Education? Changing the School Funding Formula</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:56:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Pinney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“If we want to ensure that all students succeed, we need to start pursuing a slate of bold reforms and stop chasing the promised, but mythical, funding formula that will solve our educational woes.” Education Funding Report, Acting Commissioner of Education Christopher Cerf &#160; Two days after Gov. Christie presented his state budget address, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Biggest Word in School Governance Reform is “If”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Pinney</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was working as a teacher in a high school when the district decided to move the high school to block scheduling. Much of the staff was thrown into a tizzy.  The school administration was hoping that this move would change the way the high school teachers delivered their lesson plans from a lecture format [...]]]></description>
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