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		<title>Stow Sentry: Campaign violations complaint resolved</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 5, 2012 by MARSHA MCKENNA &#124; SENIOR EDITOR A complaint filed by the school district and its levy committee with the Ohio Elections Commission alleging seven statements made by a local citizens group during the November 2010 election were &#8230; <a href="http://www.avakian.biz/educated-communicator/politics/stow-sentry-campaign-violations-complaint-resolved/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>NY Times: Pennsylvania Schools’ Financing Fight Pits District Against ‘Charter on Steroids’</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:54:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By SABRINA TAVERNISE Published: February 4, 2012 CHESTER, Pa. — The Chester Upland School District is more than $20 million in debt, its bank account is almost empty and it cannot afford to pay teachers past the end of this month. &#8230; <a href="http://www.avakian.biz/educated-communicator/education/ny-times-pennsylvania-schools-financing-fight-pits-district-against-charter-on-steroids/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Harvard Business Review: Boost Your Career with Social Media, Tips for the Uninitiated</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:36:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; 11:55 AM Tuesday December 20, 2011 by Amy Gallo &#124; Comments (8) You&#8217;ve heard the horror stories: a job applicant gets turned down because his potential employer discovered his objectionable tweets, or saw pictures of his keg party on Facebook. There &#8230; <a href="http://www.avakian.biz/educated-communicator/communication/harvard-business-review-boost-your-career-with-social-media-tips-for-the-uninitiated/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Turbines up, taxes down in Ohio</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 13:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; By Lindsay Vaughn ntprinceton@newstrib.com OHIO —Thanks to the dozens of wind turbines that have gone up around Ohio, the grade school and high school are looking forward to bringing their tax rates down. Ohio’s tax rates have been high. &#8230; <a href="http://www.avakian.biz/educated-communicator/education/turbines-up-taxes-down-in-ohio/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>You get what you ask for&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 16:37:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cathy Shaffer Olshefski, Pickerington BOE Member: &#8220;If school districts deny the public the opportunity to understand the fiscal challenges of today, then school districts can not expect the public to support future ballot issues.&#8221;]]></description>
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		<title>From Seth Godin: The difference between management and leadership</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Managers work to get their employees to do what they did yesterday, but a little faster and a little cheaper. Leaders, on the other hand, know where they&#8217;d like to go, but understand that they can&#8217;t get there without their &#8230; <a href="http://www.avakian.biz/educated-communicator/education/from-seth-godin-the-difference-between-management-and-leadership/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Case For Communications in the Public Sector</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2011 15:32:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the first things always on the chopping block in the public sector is communications.  No surprise.  School districts and municipalities have other expenses that rank higher in priority however, reducing or eliminating communications is a huge mistake.  Good &#8230; <a href="http://www.avakian.biz/educated-communicator/communication/the-case-for-communications-for-public-sector/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Public schools are competing for students, whether they like it or not.  They need to start marketing themselves ASAP.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More poverty, competition challenge Boardman Schools By Robert Guttersohn rguttersohn@vindy.com Boardman The Boardman school district is changing.  “This is not your mother’s, father’s, grandfather’s Boardman,” said Superintendent Frank Lazzeri.  Today, the district services nine subgroups and has a student body &#8230; <a href="http://www.avakian.biz/educated-communicator/education/public-schools-are-competing-for-students-whatever-they-like-it-or-not-they-need-to-start-marketing-themselves-asap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Huffington Post: Missouri Teachers Sue Over Facebook, Social Networking Law</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Sep 2011 13:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. &#8212; A Missouri teachers&#8217; union said Friday that it is challenging a new measure that restricts teachers&#8217; use of social networking sites and their contact with students, saying it violates their constitutional rights. The Missouri State Teachers &#8230; <a href="http://www.avakian.biz/educated-communicator/education/huffington-post-missouri-teachers-sue-over-facebook-social-networking-law/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Innovation Ohio: Wall Street Journal on school consolidation</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In case you missed it: Wall Street Journal on school consolidation SEPTEMBER 9, 2011 BY EDITOR That liberal bastion, the Wall Street Journal, has written an article about how government consolidation of the type being demanded by Gov. John Kasich and his allies &#8230; <a href="http://www.avakian.biz/educated-communicator/education/innovation-ohio-wall-street-journal-on-school-consolidation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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