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Spitzer'/><category term='snow'/><category term='LIFO'/><category term='money'/><title type='text'>Comments on NYC Educator: The School Report Card Twilight Zone</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nyceducator.com/feeds/7302789235074253689/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13258502/7302789235074253689/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nyceducator.com/2012/01/school-report-card-twilight-zone.html'/><author><name>NYC Educator</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12188066345722781723</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kDoyvibiZag/THQ4lAhLgsI/AAAAAAAADvY/XyEi-2UFdv4/S220/4cec56c40ae68f482e3f86d7d8252c64.jpeg'/></author><generator version='7.00' 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Great...</title><content type='html'>Your analogy - touche to everyone at Tweed!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Great points!</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13258502/7302789235074253689/comments/default/2960299785879205468'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13258502/7302789235074253689/comments/default/2960299785879205468'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nyceducator.com/2012/01/school-report-card-twilight-zone.html?showComment=1327453270564#c2960299785879205468' title=''/><author><name>I noticed that...</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://nyceducator.com/2012/01/school-report-card-twilight-zone.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13258502.post-7302789235074253689' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13258502/posts/default/7302789235074253689' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1730684136'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13258502.post-9114835050234146711</id><published>2012-01-24T19:43:34.300-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-24T19:43:34.300-05:00</updated><title type='text'>This is  definitely a punitive measure.  Bloomberg...</title><content type='html'>This is  definitely a punitive measure.  Bloomberg and Klein have wanted to destroy public schools and community schools, and yet our union helped give them control of the system.  I fear we have 2 enemies, not 1.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13258502/7302789235074253689/comments/default/9114835050234146711'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13258502/7302789235074253689/comments/default/9114835050234146711'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nyceducator.com/2012/01/school-report-card-twilight-zone.html?showComment=1327452214300#c9114835050234146711' title=''/><author><name>cl_pixie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://nyceducator.com/2012/01/school-report-card-twilight-zone.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13258502.post-7302789235074253689' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13258502/posts/default/7302789235074253689' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1730684136'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13258502.post-7725633818004694308</id><published>2012-01-24T17:03:05.196-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-24T17:03:05.196-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Great analogy. If anything, it demonstrates that n...</title><content type='html'>Great analogy. If anything, it demonstrates that not even the Tweedie birds have faith in their ridiculous evaluation system.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13258502/7302789235074253689/comments/default/7725633818004694308'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13258502/7302789235074253689/comments/default/7725633818004694308'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nyceducator.com/2012/01/school-report-card-twilight-zone.html?showComment=1327442585196#c7725633818004694308' title=''/><author><name>NYC Educator</name><uri>http://nyceducator.com/</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://nyceducator.com/2012/01/school-report-card-twilight-zone.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13258502.post-7302789235074253689' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13258502/posts/default/7302789235074253689' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-1730684136'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13258502.post-4416846818315136322</id><published>2012-01-24T12:16:29.399-05:00</published><updated>2012-01-24T12:16:29.399-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Considering the fact that A and B rated schools ar...</title><content type='html'>Considering the fact that A and B rated schools are facing turnaround I&amp;#39;m leaning towards the belief that this is all a big bluff by Bloomberg to force the UFT to give up it&amp;#39;s objection to the new teacher evaluation plan.  Why else is it taking Commissioner King so long to give the ok for turnaround?</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13258502/7302789235074253689/comments/default/4416846818315136322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13258502/7302789235074253689/comments/default/4416846818315136322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nyceducator.com/2012/01/school-report-card-twilight-zone.html?showComment=1327425389399#c4416846818315136322' title=''/><author><name>Manhattan70</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://nyceducator.com/2012/01/school-report-card-twilight-zone.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13258502.post-7302789235074253689' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13258502/posts/default/7302789235074253689' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='blogger.itemClass' value='pid-486174593'/></entry></feed>
