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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 18, 2013</title>
		<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>
		<link>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/18/state-news-roundup-for-may-18-2013/</link>
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		<title>NEWS ALERT: Senate set to act on expediting Little DREAMers&#8217; path to citizenship</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“The Senate’s bipartisan legislation is really a historic step, but it should not exclude the littlest Dreamers." - U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut]]></description>
		<link>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/17/alert-senate-to-take-action-on-expediting-little-dreamers-path-to-citizenship/</link>
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		<title>Michigan city&#8217;s schools reopen despite financial mismanagement, deep cuts by Gov. Snyder</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Buena Vista students, teachers allowed back into shuttered schools after two-week shutdown due to financial mismanagement and state punishment]]></description>
		<link>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/16/michigan-citys-schools-reopen-despite-financial-mismanagement-deep-cuts-by-gov-snyder/</link>
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		<title>Sen. Warren: Students should get the same deal as banks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Elizabeth Warren proposed that students should be able to borrow money for college at the same rate as big banks.]]></description>
		<link>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/15/sen-warren-students-should-get-the-same-deal-as-banks/</link>
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		<title>Share your story: Degrees Not Debt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Tuition, textbooks, housing, meal plans…the cost of obtaining a college degree continues to escalate with no end in sight. Tuition is rising, debt is growing and students are the ones suffering. How have rising costs affected you? Are you one of the millions of Americans affected by student debt? Whether you’re a student, a parent or an educator, please share your story. Make sure Congress and voters know how paying too much for school hurts all of us. &#160; At a time when post-secondary education has become even more important, students and their families are scrambling to pay for that education. We jeopardize our future, as a nation and as a global competitor; if we do not help our future leaders realize their potential.  We must ensure a college and post-secondary education is affordable and attainable. Over the last 20 years, the cost of higher education has shifted dramatically from the state to the student, and the burden on students and their families is growing: When the Pell Grant...]]></description>
		<link>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/15/share-your-story-degrees-not-debt/</link>
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		<title>Students, parents, educators score big win against mismatched standardized test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seattle-area education leaders respond to community voices regarding MAP tests]]></description>
		<link>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/14/students-parents-educators-score-big-win-against-flawed-standardized-test/</link>
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		<title>Help protect retirement for public servants: GPO/WEP fix introduced in Congress</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New legislation would repeal the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), which penalize people who have dedicated their lives to public service by taking away benefits they have EARNED.]]></description>
		<link>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/14/help-protect-retirement-for-public-servants-gpowep-fix-introduced-in-congress/</link>
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		<title>Educators say we need investment in STEM, not cuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Reckless, across-the-board sequester cuts will hurt science, math and technology programs in public schools. ]]></description>
		<link>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/13/support-for-stem-programs-in-danger-of-across-the-board-cuts/</link>
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		<title>Honoring moms, families starts with stable public schools for all, says Texas teacher</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fourth-grade teacher and mom Caroline Sweet says we must abandon policies that support a “haves and have nots” system.  She’s even made her case to President Obama.]]></description>
		<link>http://educationvotes.nea.org/2013/05/12/honoring-moms-families-starts-with-stable-public-schools-for-all-says-texas-teacher/</link>
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