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	<description>Education Votes engages, recruits and informs activists in the fight for public education, higher education and strengthening the middle class.</description>
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		<title>State news roundup for May 25, 2013</title>
		<link>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/25/state-news-roundup-for-may-25-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 16:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[arbitration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community schools model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[due process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[New Jersey A-3696]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Jersey S-2163]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Washington SB 5905]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week we talk about extreme cuts to educator health care coverage in Washington, a recent lobby day in California, a new community schools model in Connecticut and ESPs gaining the right to arbitration in New Jersey.]]></description>
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		<title>Retired teacher, veteran speaks out against furloughs of educators who work with military children</title>
		<link>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/24/retired-teacher-veteran-speaks-out-against-furloughs-of-educators-who-work-with-military-children/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 21:37:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kids Not Cuts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["If you go into the military, you're motivated to serve the nation. It's a similar thing for teachers. It's a calling to want to serve the community at large." - Retired teacher and veteran Bill Dooling]]></description>
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		<title>Students, public education advocates outraged over huge wave of school closings in Chicago</title>
		<link>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/23/students-public-education-advocates-outraged-over-huge-have-of-school-closings-in-chicago/</link>
		<comments>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/23/students-public-education-advocates-outraged-over-huge-have-of-school-closings-in-chicago/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 20:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Board of Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[school closings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[School closings put Chicago students at risk]]></description>
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		<title>Victory! DREAMers, families, educators applaud bipartisan Senate immigration milestone</title>
		<link>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/22/victory-dreamers-families-educators-applaud-senate-bipartisan-immigration-bill-milestone/</link>
		<comments>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/22/victory-dreamers-families-educators-applaud-senate-bipartisan-immigration-bill-milestone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 20:55:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fperez</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moving in Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gang of Eight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Little DREAMers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Education Association President Dennis Van Roekel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[senate judiciary committee]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Senator Richard Blumenthal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["We welcome the DREAM Act provision granting a five-year path to citizenship for those who entered the U.S. before age 16," said teacher Dennis Van Roekel.]]></description>
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		<title>Degrees Not Debt: Student loan debt affects students, parents and educators alike</title>
		<link>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/21/degrees-not-debt-student-loan-debt-affects-students-parents-and-educators-alike/</link>
		<comments>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/21/degrees-not-debt-student-loan-debt-affects-students-parents-and-educators-alike/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 21:23:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Future Educators]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Readers share their stories about student loan debt. ]]></description>
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		<title>Educators apply pressure to lawmakers to pass bipartisan IL pension fix</title>
		<link>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/20/educators-apply-pressure-to-lawmakers-to-pass-bi-partisan-il-pension-fix/</link>
		<comments>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/20/educators-apply-pressure-to-lawmakers-to-pass-bi-partisan-il-pension-fix/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 20:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bwashington</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Illinois]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pensions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retirement security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate Bill 2404]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[we are one illinois]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[IL Educators join other public service workers to support Senate pension fix]]></description>
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		<title>Our armed forces members shouldn&#8217;t have to worry about the education of their children</title>
		<link>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/20/our-armed-forces-members-shouldnt-have-to-worry-about-their-childrens-education/</link>
		<comments>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/20/our-armed-forces-members-shouldnt-have-to-worry-about-their-childrens-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>treed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kids Not Cuts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moving in Congress]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chuck Hagel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Department of Defense]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Education Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[furloughs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Warner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sequestration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tell your elected officials to reject furloughs of DoD educators and ensure the children of our armed forces get the education they deserve.]]></description>
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		<title>Retired 103-year-old teacher never misses an election</title>
		<link>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/19/retired-103-year-old-teacher-never-misses-an-election/</link>
		<comments>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/19/retired-103-year-old-teacher-never-misses-an-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 15:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cflaherty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Educator Voices]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Texas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[voting rights]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A retired teacher from El Paso shares the importance of voting, no matter what age.]]></description>
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		<title>State news roundup for May 18, 2013</title>
		<link>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/18/state-news-roundup-for-may-18-2013/</link>
		<comments>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/18/state-news-roundup-for-may-18-2013/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 15:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>treed</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Utah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blaise Messinger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education Funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lobbying]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Massachusetts Senate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[teacher pensions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week we talk about the Utah leadership academy looking at teacher evaluations, the dismal Massachusett’s Senate education budget, and feature video of Connecticut’s Teacher of the Year on activism and the recent lobby day in Illinois.]]></description>
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