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		<title>Florida education results – wow!</title>
		<link>http://johndbrown.com/2010/08/florida-education-results-wow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 05:16:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jeb Bush oversaw what appears to be an amazing transformation in education results in Florida from 1999 to 2007. He came to Utah to talk to legislators to share those results and what Florida did to achieve them. The Deseret News summarized some of it. However, anyone interested in education needs to learn more. Luckily, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why we should treat schools like movie theaters</title>
		<link>http://johndbrown.com/2010/02/treat-schools-like-movie-theaters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 15:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a slightly altered version of a letter I just sent to my state senator, state congressman, and local school board members. The Utah House is discussing HJR3: Joint Resolution on Teacher Performance Pay, which sounds wonderful but fails to address the heart of the issue. Furthermore, it appears to open the gates to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ack! It&#8217;s English class</title>
		<link>http://johndbrown.com/2009/09/ack-its-english-class/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 16:33:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Brown</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[nanci atwell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Junior High and High School English = grammar, spelling, and reading Cliff Notes. Wrong. It all depends on the goal. The NY Times recently published an article about a whole other approach to language arts. Nellie is one of those who is trying this new approach with her 7th and 8th graders. She&#8217;s had experienced similar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Literary reading rates on the rise</title>
		<link>http://johndbrown.com/2009/03/literary-reading-rates-on-the-rise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Brown</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[book business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[What great news!!! Washington, D.C. &#8212; For the first time in more than 25 years, American adults are reading more literature, according to a new study by the National Endowment for the Arts. Reading on the Rise documents a definitive increase in rates and numbers of American adults who read literature, with the biggest increases [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Expertise by Ruth Colvin Clark</title>
		<link>http://johndbrown.com/2009/01/building-expertise-by-ruth-colvin-clark/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 18:12:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we find a great teacher, we prize them not only because what we learn improves our lives but also because good learning can be one of the most exhilirating things we experience. Unfortunately, a lot of teaching stinks. It&#8217;s boring, rambling, forgettable. I&#8217;ve made a study of teaching. I&#8217;ve had to. For almost 20 years I&#8217;ve taught and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Separates the Gifted from the Schlubs and How Praise Can Backfire</title>
		<link>http://johndbrown.com/2008/10/what-separates-the-gifted-from-the-schlumps-and-how-praise-can-backfire/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Brown</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Perserverance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What makes someone gifted? Raw talent? Sure. An apptitutde for something always helps. But it appears it&#8217;s not enough. True expertise takes work. And those trying to help (i.e. parents, teachers, coaches) can hinder if they give the wrong kind of praise. I wanted to share three articles reporting the results of a number of interesing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why you can&#8217;t popularize literary fiction, part 2</title>
		<link>http://johndbrown.com/2008/06/why-you-cant-popularize-literary-fiction-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://johndbrown.com/2008/06/why-you-cant-popularize-literary-fiction-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I voiced my opinions on the TC Boyle message board. Needless to say, I&#8217;m probably too aggressive in my stance. But a guy over there said: &#8220;(easy,chewable,harmless pages) shouldn&#8217;t be the goal of any writer with even the tiniest self-respect.&#8221; Here&#8217;s my response. &#8212;- I don&#8217;t know any of these successful authors who don&#8217;t have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why you can&#8217;t popularize literary fiction</title>
		<link>http://johndbrown.com/2008/06/why-you-cant-popularize-literary-fiction/</link>
		<comments>http://johndbrown.com/2008/06/why-you-cant-popularize-literary-fiction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:28:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Brown</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[T.C. Boyle is one of my favorite writers. He saved me in my undergraduate program. I was buying the The Best American Short Story, Pushcart, and O&#8217;Henry anthologies. I was reading for my coursework. And so much of it bored me to death. And then one day I began reading &#8220;The Ape Lady in Retirement&#8221; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Will readers completely die off?</title>
		<link>http://johndbrown.com/2008/06/will-readers-completely-die-off/</link>
		<comments>http://johndbrown.com/2008/06/will-readers-completely-die-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 16:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[On Teaching]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For many years people have been predicting the death of literature because the stats on the reading public  show fewer and fewer books are being sold because fewer people are reading. For an author it&#8217;s a bit depressing. However, you might find this article provides some hope: http://www.newsweek.com/id/136961. Generation R (R Is for Reader) The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nancie Atwell and Real Learning</title>
		<link>http://johndbrown.com/2008/05/nancie-atwell/</link>
		<comments>http://johndbrown.com/2008/05/nancie-atwell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 19:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Brown</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[John's Reviews - books, movies, whatever]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve read my article on the Teachers section, you know I think a good portion of what we do in our public schools is a waste of time because it&#8217;s not driven by any natural motivation. The result is that  students are bored more than they need to be. They develop a distaste for many [...]]]></description>
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