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			<title><![CDATA[Unintended Consequences of True School Choice]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I always try to make it a point to see both sides of an education issue, and as Project Runway host Tim Gunn always tells his fashion designer cast, try to make it workThe concept of true school choice fits that challenge]]></description>
			<author>no@spam.com (Stuart Nachbar)</author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:39:37 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Citizens Owe Our Soldiers a New G.I. Bill]]></title>
			<link>http://www.plastics.com/content/articles/11526/1/Citizens-Owe-Our-Soldiers-a-New-GI-Bill/Page1.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I have a novel in editing, a story of a college administration in the aftermath of the murder of a US]]></description>
			<author>no@spam.com (Stuart Nachbar)</author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:53:10 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[A Bill to Protect Military Recruiters]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I am completing Defending College Heights, a novel about an Irish Catholic family and a college administration in the aftermath of the murder of a US]]></description>
			<author>no@spam.com (Stuart Nachbar)</author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:04:42 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Do Graduation Reporting Standards Mean Anything?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.plastics.com/content/articles/10623/1/Do-Graduation-Reporting-Standards-Mean-Anything/Page1.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings introduced new proposed regulations to help clarify how schools, districts and states implement policies and business practices under No Child Left BehindAmong these proposals, Secretary Spellings has asked that high schools be required to use graduation rates that track cohorts of students as they progress through high school]]></description>
			<author>no@spam.com (Stuart Nachbar)</author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:46:53 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Endowment Tax is Unsound Public Policy]]></title>
			<link>http://www.plastics.com/content/articles/10622/1/Endowment-Tax-is-Unsound-Public-Policy/Page1.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I just read in the May 19 Christian Science Monitor that a Massachusetts legislator proposes a 25 percent tax on college endowments over $1 billion]]></description>
			<author>no@spam.com (Stuart Nachbar)</author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:04:43 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Comics For Extra Credit - Part 2]]></title>
			<link>http://www.plastics.com/content/articles/10588/1/Comics-For-Extra-Credit---Part-2/Page1.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[My first post about comics as an educational aid generated an interesting response — from the managing director of Classical Comics, a comic book company in the United Kingdom Not to be confused with Classic Comics, often teasingly referred to as a study guide for college literature classes here in the State, Classical Comics turns classical literature into high-quality visual graphic novels]]></description>
			<author>no@spam.com (Stuart Nachbar)</author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 16 Jun 2008 02:34:52 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Should The High School Military Test Be A Mandatory Test?]]></title>
			<link>http://www.plastics.com/content/articles/10188/1/Should-The-High-School-Military-Test-Be-A-Mandatory-Test/Page1.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[High school students interested in serving in our armed forces must take an entrance examination called the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) The ASVAB is used to not only assess a recruit’s aptitude for military service, but also help identify their Military Operational Specialty — service-speak for job — if they choose to serve]]></description>
			<author>no@spam.com (Stuart Nachbar)</author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:46:47 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[More Guidance Counselors Would Help More Children Get Ahead]]></title>
			<link>http://www.plastics.com/content/articles/10187/1/More-Guidance-Counselors-Would-Help-More-Children-Get-Ahead/Page1.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Before becoming a writer, I spent ten years marketing Web-based job posting and resume tools to college career centers One outcome of this experience is that I gained considerable appreciation for career counselors and guidance counselors at the high school level]]></description>
			<author>no@spam.com (Stuart Nachbar)</author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 05 Jun 2008 14:39:36 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Merit Scholarships Should Be Earned Not Handed Out]]></title>
			<link>http://www.plastics.com/content/articles/10069/1/Merit-Scholarships-Should-Be-Earned-Not-Handed-Out/Page1.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I've read about the decisions of flagship state universities to increase merit-based, not need-based scholarships to the best-of-best students, the ones who might have chosen an Ivy League school, or other highly selective private collegeThis is not an academic strategy as much as it is an economic development strategy; state politicians do not want the best students to take their talents out of state, and possibly never return]]></description>
			<author>no@spam.com (Stuart Nachbar)</author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:12:16 EDT]]></pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Caleb's Choice]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[During the last weekend in April, West Point cadet Caleb Campbell was drafted to serve in a different Army He was selected in the seventh and final round of the National Football League (NFL) draft]]></description>
			<author>no@spam.com (Stuart Nachbar)</author>
			<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:05:25 EDT]]></pubDate>
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