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		<title>The Bible &amp; the Republic</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2010/08/28/the-bible-the-republic/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 02:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One need not be Christian or Jewish to embrace America&#8217;s founding principles, but there is no denying that those principles are rooted in the Old and New Testaments. So it&#8217;s strange to see individuals or institutions that profess allegiance to the Bible but disallow its relevance to the way we govern ourselves. For those who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tough love for teachers: Listen 6/3 7pm</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2010/06/02/tough-love-for-teachers-listen-63-7pm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 03:22:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bad teachers beware! Colorado now has a law that ties teacher tenure to student performance, finally. Thursday at 7:00 on 710 KNUS in Denver, I&#8217;ll explore what it means with &#8220;Tough Love for Teachers,&#8221; the latest in our monthly series of one-hour specials called Freedom University. Listen if you can, and catch up later with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher&#8217;s Desk: Cognitive Lightning Bolt</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/12/23/teachers-desk-cognitive-lightning-bolt/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/12/23/teachers-desk-cognitive-lightning-bolt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 02:39:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Kullback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much has been said about the dumbing down of America. One look at the “Let’s Make A Deal” health-care reform process in Washington shows we are not teaching problem-solving skills. Indeed, helping students learn to problem-solve and “learn to learn” is something almost all schools are failing to do, according to Jack Elliott and Larry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher&#8217;s Desk: Astroempires Winner</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/12/06/teachers-desk-astroempires-winner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 15:47:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Kullback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My loveable thug, the one I wrote about before, called me this week. When he left our school a month ago, I knew he had an upcoming trial. He called me to let me know he was okay, won his trial, and could I help him find a GED program? Working with the type of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher&#8217;s Desk: Charter Blame Game</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/11/24/teachers-desk-charter-blame-game/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 21:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Kullback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two recent education pieces have me thinking, and the second with much concern, because I had not thought of our misguided youth in quite the way the author presented. The first article was published in last Sunday’s Denver Post’s Perspective section under My Turn by Spencer Weiler, an assistant professor of educational leadership and policy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High court&#8217;s power grab may backfire</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/10/28/high-courts-power-grab-may-backfire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Hillman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Constitution]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In an audacious power grab, the Colorado Supreme Court recently embraced, by a 4-3 decision, a judicial doctrine that would relegate the other two branches of government — and the voters — to a perfunctory role. The high court&#8217;s activist majority used Lobato vs. State not only to intrude on the legislature&#8217;s constitutional authority to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher&#8217;s Desk: We Don&#8217;t Just Teach</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/10/28/teachers-desk-we-dont-just-teach/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/10/28/teachers-desk-we-dont-just-teach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:38:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Kullback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank goodness for B12, or I might’ve collapsed last Friday. My principal and I both discovered that the right hand doesn’t know what the left hand is doing; the state and local bureaucracies have no clue what it’s like to work a school building or classroom, so deadlines are mounted on top of each other. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Case for TABOR</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/10/25/the-case-for-tabor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:25:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Colorado]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Bill Moloney States with constitutional and/or statutory restraints on taxing and spending have strong financial foundations because those restraints greatly militate toward the positive business climate and robust economy that invariably generate increased revenues across the board. Colorado, which has had such restraints since 1992, is a prime example of their great benefits. California [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boggs &amp; Rush for Jeffco Schools</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/10/21/boggs-rush-for-jeffco-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jefferson County Schools, large and influential, are electing three board members this month. Laura Boggs and Rick Rush deserve your vote if you think education should be more competitive and less unionized, says our friend Ben DeGrow, policy analyst for the Independence Institute. Candidates run from districts, but all voters in the county can vote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher&#8217;s Desk: Support Seawell for DPS</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/10/16/seawell-for-denver-school-board/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/10/16/seawell-for-denver-school-board/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:58:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Kullback</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Denver]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[IEP meetings continue, and I may soon turn into a pumpkin. Meanwhile, Denver Public Schools are holding a school board election and I have an endorsement for the at-large seat: Mary Seawell. The reason I am endorsing Mary is simple. She supports doing whatever it takes to ensure student academic success. This includes programs and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four reformers for Douglas Schools</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/10/11/3266/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Andrews</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As I noted on radio today, teacher union endorsements of a Douglas County School Board slate have led to GOP endorsements for a reform slate. Here is their contact information. District B John Carson 2652 Baneberry Court Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 (303) 524-2754 &#8211; Home Email: jcarson@swlaw.com Campaign Web Site: http://www.johncarsonforschoolboard.com District D Dan Gerken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher&#8217;s Desk: When parents cop out</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/10/08/teachers-desk-when-parents-cop-out/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/10/08/teachers-desk-when-parents-cop-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 02:35:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Kullback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here I am, back to blogging. Why the hiatus? Partly because of how many special education students without current IEPs (Individual Education Plans) showed up on my school’s doorstep. Over 20% of our student population has an IEP and most of them are due now! Suffice to say, I’ve been too exhausted to even write [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Douglas GOP endorses school slate</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/10/01/douglas-gop-endorses-school-slate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 22:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guest Column</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Editor: This website has argued for the usefulness of party labels in helping voters choose leaders for public education. Kudos to Douglas County businessman, charter school organizer, and GOP officer Mark Baisley for helping put his party on record in that suburban district&#8217;s upcoming election. See our related posts on local nonpartisanship in general and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Digging the dirt on DPS</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/09/07/digging-the-dirt-on-dps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:56:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Roommates Rally</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Besides nannying, mowing the occasional lawn and the seemingly full-time job that basketball and soccer demand, neither of us had really had a “real” job until this summer when we worked for a prominent Denver businessman and private investor. While the majority of college students were basking in the freedom that comes with summer vacations, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parental boycott grows</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/09/06/bho-clumsily-polarizes-parents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 03:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David Huntwork</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the entire civilized world now knows, President Barack Obama will be addressing the nation’s school children this Tuesday. As soon as this was announced, and the accompanying Department of Education lesson plan released, a storm of controversy arose and suddenly schools were being besieged by angry parents. Bombarded principals, administrators and superintendents all across [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher&#8217;s Desk: Tough Kids</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/22/teachers-desk-tough-kids/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 22:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Kullback</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Western Civilization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[First week back in the classroom. Our new math teacher is fresh out of college and trained by Teach America. Our returning students aren&#8217;t what you&#8217;d find at most high schools. I saw two this year that I hadn’t seen for two years. One of the young men spent the last two years incarcerated. In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher&#8217;s Desk: Measuring Better</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/08/14/teachers-desk-measuring-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Kullback</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Colorado Department of Education recently unveiled a new measuring tool and made its results available to the public. Without going into a lot of mumbo jumbo, it shows three years’ growth of students, individually, as a school, and as a district. I say hurray. When I ran for the State Board of Education back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher&#8217;s Desk: Special Ed &amp; Charters</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/06/19/teachers-desk-special-ed-charters/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/06/19/teachers-desk-special-ed-charters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:30:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Kullback</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a controversy over the enrollment disparity of special education students in charter schools vis-a-vis district schools. The Denver Post editorialized about this on June 15, based on an earlier story by their own Jeremy Meyer. He found that charter schools average 7% of student enrollment identified as special education and whereas the figure for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher&#8217;s Desk: Proving Up</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/06/05/teachers-desk-proving-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:02:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Kullback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Talk big and you&#8217;d better prove up. After blogging recently about year-round school, I lamented to my principal that we help our students make major strides in literacy all year long, then summer comes and it all goes out the window. So my own summer then got a little more complicated, but why not? What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher&#8217;s Desk: Degree in Three?</title>
		<link>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/05/24/teachers-desk-degree-in-three/</link>
		<comments>http://backboneamerica.net/2009/05/24/teachers-desk-degree-in-three/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 May 2009 14:20:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathleen Kullback</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The soon-to-be graduates marched into the World Arena in Colorado Springs while the organist played &#8220;Pomp and Circumstance&#8221; and we parents watched proudly. It was amazing that so many degrees were conferred by the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. As usual, the most undergraduate degrees were conferred in the colleges of nursing, education, and [...]]]></description>
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