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		<title>Paterson Vetoes Education Budget</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Education Voters of New York Executive Director Glynda Carr has issued a statement in response to Governor Paterson's veto of the education budget.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edvotersofny.org/paterson-vetoes-education-budget/</link>
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		<title>Education Champions Celebration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On June 15, 2010, Education Voters was pleased to celebrate Gerry and Lilo Leeds as the first recipients of our Education Champions Award.  For decades, they have been philanthropic leaders in pioneering approaches to improve public schools for children in low-income communities. We join many other civil and social justice organizations in recognizing the service [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edvoters.org/news/education-champions-celebration</link>
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		<title>When our kids go back to school this fall, will the teachers be there?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The federal stimulus has helped a lot of states keep a lot of school doors open. But now that those dollars are running out, state budgets will come up short. That means governors are looking for ways to trim their budgets, and education funding is on the chopping block. As many as 300,000 teachers and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edvoters.org/actions/when-our-kids-go-back-to-school-this-fall-will-the-teachers-be-there</link>
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		<title>Charter Schools on “Watch List” for Closure</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As many as 26 Ohio charter schools could face mandatory closure next year, according to a “watch list” released today by the Forum for Education and Democracy and Education Voters of Ohio.]]></description>
		<link>http://edvotersofohio.org/charter-schools-on-watch-list-for-closure</link>
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		<title>America’s Future Now</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Education Voters President Beth Sullivan is attending the three-day America’s Future Now conference in Washington, DC.  Here’s her report: This morning, several leaders in education were asked to join Chairman George Miller in a discussion of where we are with federal education policy.  The President of the Alliance for Excellent Education, Governor Bob Wise, started [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edvoters.org/news/america%e2%80%99s-future-now</link>
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		<title>Strengthening NYC’s public education system – Join us for a discussion Saturday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Education Voters is excited to join the Mission Society&#8217;s Community Conversations in Education Project &#8211; Summit on Innovation in Education this Saturday.  Please join us for a rich conversation featuring some of our city&#8217;s leading voices and minds in public education in a dialogue about the current state of our school system, promising educational innovations, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edvotersofny.org/strengthening-nycs-public-education-system-join-us-for-a-discussion-saturday/</link>
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		<title>Will Pennsylvania&#8217;s next governor make education a priority?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In yesterday&#8217;s primary election, Pennsylvania&#8217;s Republicans and Democrats chose their nominees for governor.  Democrat Dan Onorato  and Republican Tom Corbett will now face one another in the general election.  Education Voters congratulates both nominees on their victories. Pennsylvanians can click here to sign our petition, and ask County Executive Dan Onorato and Attorney General Tom [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edvoters.org/actions/will-pennsylvanias-next-governor-make-education-a-priority</link>
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		<title>Young professionals’ dialogue on education, May 20</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#60;p&#62;Next week,&#60;b&#62; Thursday May 20&#60;/b&#62;, Education Voters invites you to share your thoughts and ideas in an honest dialogue on how we can transform the way we teach our young people.&#38;#160;&#38;#160; We will share some of the challenges that exist within our public schools and brainstorm solutions that will let young professionals effect change &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edvotersofny.org/young-professionals-dialogue-on-education-may-20/</link>
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		<title>Taking the next steps together</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We all know that our public education system needs help, and we&#8217;re all ready to step up and do our parts. All across the country, education voters from every walk of life have taken part in civic dialogues, written their representatives, signed the Ed Voters petition, talked with school administrators, and worked to improve our [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edvoters.org/actions/taking-the-next-steps-together</link>
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		<title>Thanks for making the YPN launch party a success!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last night was amazing.  Thank you for attending the launch of the next generation of the education movement!  It was an opportunity to connect with other young professionals interested in taking an active role in fixing our public schools.  Even if you weren&#8217;t able to attend the event in person, we know you are as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.edvotersofny.org/thanks-for-attending-the-ypn-launch-party/</link>
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