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	<title><![CDATA[It's About the Students, Stupid!]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/marc-lampkin/its-about-the-students-st_b_137186.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>The recent controversy over whether public school teachers can wear political buttons in the classroom highlights a significant obstacle to improving our schools: teachers' unions would rather dig in their heels in a fight over something trivial than actively work to improve learning in the classroom.</p>

<p>Should a school district seek to ban politicking within school hallways, you can bet the unions will be engaged and active. But when it comes to educating students and improving schools, the unions can be...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-11-24T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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