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		<title>Please Power Down Your White Privilege Now.</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/09/18/please-power-down-your-white-privilege-now/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2016 14:35:28 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Back to school special: I&#8217;d like to note that not every teacher who &#8220;moves to a school in the suburbs&#8221; does so for bad reasons. Some of them do so after being handed a $10,000 per annum pay cut and a contract with zero chance of a raise for the indefinite future or something else &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/09/18/please-power-down-your-white-privilege-now/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Please Power Down Your White Privilege Now.</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Jihad Engineers</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/08/26/jihad-engineers/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2016 17:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Anthropology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Engineering]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Relative Deprivation Theory]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[A disproportionate percentage of Islamist radical actors, including suicide bombers, come from an engineering background. Why? Right wing and Islamist extremism seem to share this and other traits, while left wing extremism is more commonly associated with individuals from the humanities and social sciences. This is what we learn from &#8220;Engineers of Jihad: The Curious &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2016/08/26/jihad-engineers/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Jihad Engineers</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Chaos in the classroom and how to replace it with learning</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/10/29/chaos-in-the-classroom-and-how-to-replace-it-with-learning/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Oct 2013 14:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Classroom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[K-12]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Testing]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Can we replace Classroom Chaos with Learning-Centered Education? K&#8211;12 education can be better. One of the most effective changes that could be made is to reduce the amount of chaos in the classroom and replace it with learning. I spend several hours a year in various schools giving presentations on Anthropology, Evolution, Brainzz, and other &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/10/29/chaos-in-the-classroom-and-how-to-replace-it-with-learning/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Chaos in the classroom and how to replace it with learning</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>All we need to do to fix our system of education is &#8230;</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/07/29/all-we-need-to-do-to-fix-our-system-of-education-is/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jul 2013 19:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8230; well, actually, you can start by shutting up. Then, while you are sitting there quietly read this: Why Teaching Is Harder Than It Looks. Then, add your advice about how we can fix our system of education to the comments below. But each suggestion must be paid for (with money) and fit into the &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/07/29/all-we-need-to-do-to-fix-our-system-of-education-is/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">All we need to do to fix our system of education is &#8230;</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>NCSE&#8217;s Genie Scott will Retire</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/05/06/ncses-genie-scott-will-retire/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 18:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Creationism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[My friend and colleague, executive director of the National Center for Science Education&#8217;s Genie Scott, will retire by the end of the year. She&#8217;s been director of the NCSE for 26 years. Genie is a key player, perhaps the key player, in the battle to keep science in the classroom and other things that are &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/05/06/ncses-genie-scott-will-retire/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">NCSE&#8217;s Genie Scott will Retire</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Teachers are Revolting!</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/01/23/the-teachers-are-revolting/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 00:26:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In a good way! This is a very interesting story; I&#8217;m going to pass along the press release without modification: NEA PRESIDENT SUPPORTS SEATTLE EDUCATORS WHO REFUSE TO GIVE FLAWED STANDARDIZED TEST ***Standardized test takes away from student learning*** WASHINGTON—National Education Association (NEA) members at Garfield High School in Seattle, Wash., voted to not administer &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2013/01/23/the-teachers-are-revolting/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Teachers are Revolting!</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Mitt Romney Is Jerk To Teacher</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/09/23/mitt-romney-is-jerk-to-teacher/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What a jerk! Keep that guy away from the scissors.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Can Missouri Students Skip Evolution Assignments If They Don&#039;t Believe In It?  I</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/08/11/can-missouri-students-skip-evolution-assignments-if-they-dont-believe-in-it-i/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Aug 2012 21:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Two days ago, according to the NCSE, Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved Amendment 2 which protects the right of citizens to pray and express religious beliefs, which was already the case because of the US Constitution. However, the Amendment will have other effects that were not mentioned at the voting booth. For example, &#8220;no student shall &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2012/08/11/can-missouri-students-skip-evolution-assignments-if-they-dont-believe-in-it-i/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Can Missouri Students Skip Evolution Assignments If They Don&#039;t Believe In It?  I</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ooops&#8230; we left all the children behind</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/25/ooops-we-left-all-the-children/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 13:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[no child left behind]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;No Child Left Behind&#8221; was doomed to be a failure, because it was ill concieved, politically cynical, and underfunded. But like the War in Iraq, the Patriot Act and Tax Breaks for the Rich, and all the other initiatives of the Bush Administration that never should have happened, we have been saddled with this melt &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/10/25/ooops-we-left-all-the-children/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Ooops&#8230; we left all the children behind</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Nation&#8217;s Science Report Card is out. Everything is going fine.</title>
		<link>https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/02/24/the-nations-science-report-car/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Laden]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 12:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[national report card]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Education]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Science component of &#8220;The Nation&#8217;s Report Card&#8221; was released today and clearly indicates that we have moved one step closer as a nation in two of our most important goals: Building a large and complacent poorly educated low-pay labor class, and increasing the size of our science-illiterate populace in order to allow the advance &#8230; <a href="https://gregladen.com/blog/2011/02/24/the-nations-science-report-car/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">The Nation&#8217;s Science Report Card is out. Everything is going fine.</span> <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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