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			<title><![CDATA[Ruth M. Land, educator]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-06 13:18:56</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Ruth M. Land, a retired Baltimore public schools guidance counselor, died April 26 of complications from dementia at Union Memorial Hospital. She was 93.

The daughter of farmers, Ruth Margaret Williams was born and raised in Ocala, Fla. After...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[In early education, quality is what counts]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bs-ed-pre-kindergarten-20130502,0,456447.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-05-02 09:04:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[There has been a lot of conflicting information in the local and national press recently about pre-kindergarten. As longtime practitioners of the art of early childhood education, the Maryland Family Network would like to offer some perspective and...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Congress flies blind]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-29 09:42:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[What does it require to get members of Congress to take action quickly and decisively on an issue of federal spending? Now we know. The possibility that they will be delayed in an airport terminal somewhere waiting for a flight out of town is apparently...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Replace the sequester before it's too late]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bs-ed-hoyer-omalley-sequester-20130404,0,4382954.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-04-04 06:50:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Over the past six years, Maryland has taken a balanced approach when it comes to fiscal policy &mdash; making responsible cuts to spending while prioritizing investments in jobs, opportunity, and a stronger middle class. Because of this balanced approach,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[How the welfare state has grown &#8212; and sapped America's economy and culture]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-07 05:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA["I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them." &mdash; Thomas Jefferson 

My recent column on the challenges associated with the Social...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Agencies in Maryland dodge furloughs &#8212; for now]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-03-30 12:36:31</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[A month after across-the-board federal spending cuts began, there are signs that one of the most troubling potential consequences for Maryland &#8212; the furloughing of federal employees &#8212; might not be as widespread as initially feared. 

But the...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[The morality brigade]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bal-the-morality-brigade-20130326,0,1263622.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-03-27 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[We're still legislating and regulating private morality, while at the same time ignoring the much larger crisis of public morality in America. 

In recent weeks, Republican state legislators have decided to thwart the Supreme Court's 1973 decision in...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Phelps Luck paraeducator in spotlight as national honoree]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-03-21 14:09:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[For those who believe Phelps Luck Elementary School paraeducator Donna Schulze is too outspoken or too uncompromising on issues relating to her profession, she's got a message for you: Too bad. 

"If I see something, I'm going to speak up," said Schulze,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Food giveaway benefits Head Start children, families]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-03-21 15:49:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[The families of nearly 400 children in Baltimore Head Start classes received boxes packed with healthy food items Thursday from Feed the Children and the United Way of Central Maryland. 

Another 400 boxes will be distributed to low-income families this...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Invest wisely in early childhood]]></title>
			
			

			
			<link>http://www.baltimoresun.com/topic/bs-ed-child-health-letter-20130314,0,6339779.story?track=rss-topicgallery</link>
				
			
			<pubDate>2013-03-15 12:45:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[As we struggle through the fifth year of recession, facing budget cuts, austerity and now the sequester, it may be a good time to re-evaluate our national priorities. Last year, the Reach Out and Read program that distributes books to low-income...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Corporate welfare for Lockheed Martin]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-03-13 09:04:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[At this time of severe cutbacks in government funding for food stamps, early childhood education and Meals on Wheels, some Maryland legislators are hard at work looking out for the welfare of one of the world's wealthiest corporations. Under a bill...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Column on abortion doesn't answer who will support babies and mothers [Letter]]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-03-08 12:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[While I respect where Ms. Santo is coming from I can't sit by and not address some issues she neglected.  If every life begins at conception &mdash; where is that support when that baby is born? It is one thing to say every life is sacred and then stand...]]></description>
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