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		<title>Why did you stop writing blog posts?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The short answer: I took a normal white-collar workaholic job.  The kind where you have to get on an airplane every week and work with other people in an office setting wearing business attire, and you can’t just write about &#8230; <a href="http://sarahdillard.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/why-did-you-stop-writing-blog-posts/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sarahdillard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16893290&amp;post=643&amp;subd=sarahdillard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diabetes: Gluballoon update</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I wrote about the need for better real-time data on blood glucose and its determinants for diabetics and their doctors.  I mentioned a startup, Gluballoon, that is working on a product to do just that.  Today, I wanted to &#8230; <a href="http://sarahdillard.wordpress.com/2012/01/26/diabetes-gluballoon-update/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sarahdillard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16893290&amp;post=632&amp;subd=sarahdillard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diabetes Management: The Doctor Called, and He&#8217;d Like an Appointment</title>
		<link>http://sarahdillard.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/diabetes-management-the-doctor-called-and-hed-like-an-appointment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:26:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarahdillard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Doctor: “How have your numbers been over the past day or two?” Diabetes patient: “They were a little high in the morning, but I gave myself a correction and they went down, and now they’re at 92 [good].” This diabetes &#8230; <a href="http://sarahdillard.wordpress.com/2012/01/25/diabetes-management-the-doctor-called-and-hed-like-an-appointment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sarahdillard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16893290&amp;post=622&amp;subd=sarahdillard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Can Freemium Work in Ed Tech?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 03:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarahdillard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A number of edtech startups are experimenting with the freemium models that have been successful in other verticals.  One of the popularizers of this model was Marc Benioff at Salesforce.com.  Instead of selling enterprise software to senior executives, he (initially) &#8230; <a href="http://sarahdillard.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/can-freemium-work-in-ed-tech/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sarahdillard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16893290&amp;post=618&amp;subd=sarahdillard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Two Ways to Improve the EdTech Market</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 01:12:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarahdillard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I wrote about how the K-12 education technology market is, structurally, a crappy one.  Today, I’m writing about two ways we can improve it: Increase demand for better teaching by using daily assessment.  As I wrote about earlier this &#8230; <a href="http://sarahdillard.wordpress.com/2012/01/15/two-ways-to-improve-the-edtech-market/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sarahdillard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16893290&amp;post=610&amp;subd=sarahdillard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why EdTech is a Crappy Market (Structurally)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 00:56:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarahdillard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I wrote about how inequality stems from market structure, so more redistributive taxation doesn’t fix the root problem—how the market is structured.  It also means that entrepreneurs seeking return for their risk pursue opportunities that may not be socially &#8230; <a href="http://sarahdillard.wordpress.com/2012/01/14/how-educations-market-structure-impedes-entrepreneurship/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sarahdillard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16893290&amp;post=602&amp;subd=sarahdillard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Inequality Comes from Market Structure, Not Tax Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 22:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarahdillard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ezra Klein&#8217;s Wonkblog has a great set of stats from Alan Krueger&#8217;s remarks on inequality.  For example: “According to research by Karen Dynan and coauthors, the top 1 percent of households saves about half of the increases in their wealth, &#8230; <a href="http://sarahdillard.wordpress.com/2012/01/13/inequality-comes-from-market-structure-not-tax-policy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sarahdillard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16893290&amp;post=596&amp;subd=sarahdillard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Decreasing Cycle Time Decreases Politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarahdillard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve spent the last few days on a riff on the value of lowering cycle time.  I’m continuing that today.  &#8211; The Harvard Kennedy School and the Harvard Business School run separate admissions processes.  To get into both schools you &#8230; <a href="http://sarahdillard.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/decreasing-cycle-time-decreases-politics-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sarahdillard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16893290&amp;post=592&amp;subd=sarahdillard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Three More Reasons for More Testing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I wrote about how more frequent assessment (lower cycle time) accelerates feedback and learning.  But that’s not the only benefit of lowering cycle time in education, and today I want to write about three others: 1.       There is pressure &#8230; <a href="http://sarahdillard.wordpress.com/2012/01/11/three-more-reasons-for-more-testing/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sarahdillard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16893290&amp;post=586&amp;subd=sarahdillard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Testing: Please Sir, Could I Have Some More</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:36:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not so many years ago, educational testing was federally required just twice—once in fourth grade and once in eighth grade.  With No Child Left Behind, it increased to end of year assessments in reading and math for every grade from &#8230; <a href="http://sarahdillard.wordpress.com/2012/01/10/testing-please-sir-could-i-have-some-more/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sarahdillard.wordpress.com&amp;blog=16893290&amp;post=578&amp;subd=sarahdillard&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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