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		<title>Duncan: Effective teachers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[US Secretary of Education Arne Duncan spoke to the National Education Association today, calling on its members to work with him toward the goal of ensuring that &#8220;every child in America is learning from an effective teacher—no matter what it takes.&#8221;
That&#8217;s a noble goal. In my view, it requires that educators shed their allegiance to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://TeachEffectively.com/2009/07/02/duncan_effective_teachers/</link>
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		<title>Multiple intelligences ain&#8217;t</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Howard Gardner&#8217;s Frames of Mind: The Theory of Multiple Intelligences seems to occupy a special place in the pantheon of education memes. I was reminded of this when I read &#8220;Not Every Child Is Secretly a Genius&#8221; by Christopher Ferguson. Mr. Ferguson&#8217;s essay&#8212;it appears in the Chronicle of Higher Education, the news source of record [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://TeachEffectively.com/2009/06/17/multiple-intelligences-aint/</link>
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		<title>BEE on struggling readers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Under the auspices of the Best Evidence Encyclopedia, Bob Slavin and colleagues Cynthia Lake, Susan Davis, and Nancy Madden released an analysis of the research literature on methods for teaching students who are struggling to learn to read, &#8220;Effective Programs for Struggling Readers: A Best-Evidence Synthesis.&#8221; In the synthesis they report the results of their [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://TeachEffectively.com/2009/06/16/bee-on-struggling-readers/</link>
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		<title>US gov on &#8220;smarter&#8221; investments</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Peter R. Orszag, Director of the US Office of Management and the Budget, posted an entry in the blog for his office that emphasizes points I make on Teach Effectively. Here&#8217;s the lead
Building Rigorous Evidence to Drive Policy
One of the principles motivating the President’s Budget is that, as a nation, we haven’t been making the [...]]]></description>
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