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	<title>WillBrownsberger.com &#187; independent learning</title>
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	<description>State Senator -- 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex -- Democrat</description>
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		<title>Virtual Education</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/9022</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryWhite</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[speak out]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi Will, This is my fault for not taking the time over the years to ask you about your position in person. You certainly are always available. I know others who feel the same way that I do so I thought I would ask on this snowy morning to get some clarification on this issue. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual Education Bill Moving</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/9004</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/9004#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 02:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The present House Education Chair, Rep. Alice Peisch, and her predecessor, Rep. Marty Walz, have taken a strong leadership role in shaping an approach to expanding virtual education in Massachusetts.]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual Charter Schools</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/8064</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 13:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Marty Walz and I have sponsored legislation (House 1090) to create virtual charter schools. This legislation is coming up for a hearing before the legislature's education committee next Tuesday, June 21.  Your thoughts on the legislation would be much appreciated.]]></description>
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		<title>Education Agenda</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/6474</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/6474#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 12:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My education agenda for 2011-2 is about action but also about continued discussion and reflection.]]></description>
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		<title>Local meeting on Education Technology</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/5029</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/5029#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had a good meeting on education technology directions last night in Belmont. For me, the strongest take away was that we need to think mainly about liberating creative energy.]]></description>
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		<title>Restraining Innovation in Virtual Learning</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4860</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Board of Elementary and Secondary Education is not only failing to lead, but affirmatively inhibiting progress in online learning.  ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Progress on virtual learning in Massachusetts</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4292</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/4292#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 14:19:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Massachusetts is moving forward to allow the creation of virtual schools.  The progress is good news, although we may still be moving too cautiously.]]></description>
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		<title>How can the state help local school districts without sending them more money?</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/2037</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:18:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is a summary of the answers to this question that came out during a forum in Belmont in March with Commisioner of Elementary and Secondary Education, Mitchell Chester. ]]></description>
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		<title>What is the role for institutions of higher education in the K12 online learning market</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/579</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/579#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online learning is exploding at the post-secondary level and as a result a number of post-secondary institutions are developing skills at delivering online products.  It seems inevitable that these institutions will begin to seek to break the artificial regulatory boundary between secondary and post-secondary education.  It might seem that these institutions would be likely to cater [...]]]></description>
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		<title>K12 online learning products &#8212; links</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/577</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/577#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Inventory of emerging online learning products.]]></description>
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		<title>K12 independent online learning resources &#8212; links</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/573</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/573#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inventory of resources about online learning products.]]></description>
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		<title>How are online tools being used to support independent learning at the K-12 level?</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/567</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/567#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 18:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online learning means learning that is primarily reliant on the internet &#8212; as opposed to a physical classroom &#8212; for delivery of content.  There are many varieties of online learning, involving varying degrees of personal contact.  Online learning is growing rapidly at both the K12 and post-secondary levels.  It appears that half or more of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What are the major options in adopting online learning?</title>
		<link>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/571</link>
		<comments>http://willbrownsberger.com/index.php/archives/571#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Will Brownsberger</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[independent learning]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inventory of decisions that school districts need to consider as they introduce online learning.]]></description>
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