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    <title><![CDATA[Ara in English - Public Education]]></title>
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      <title><![CDATA[People pay more taxes in Catalonia, but public services fall short. Where's the catch?]]></title>
      <link><![CDATA[https://en.ara.cat/antoni-bassas-analysis/people-pay-more-taxes-in-catalonia-but-public-services-fall-short-where-s-the-catch_8_5644917.html]]></link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p><img src="https://static1.ara.cat/clip/e3fdd1e2-0651-41fe-bc18-36f4ad900fb1_16-9-aspect-ratio_default_0.jpg" /></p><p>Not a day goes by without current events giving us a reason to think deeply about the state of the country and arrive at some pessimistic provisional conclusions.</p>]]></description>
      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Antoni Bassas]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:06:44 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[Why, despite our enormous tax effort and considerable wealth creation (approximately 20% of Spain's GDP), are healthcare, education, transportation, and housing so far below where they should be? The answer is clear: we don't have our resources. And that won't be fixed with another four billion.]]></subtitle>
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      <title><![CDATA[Breaking prejudices: What if we enroll him in a center of maximum complexity?]]></title>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Albert González Farran]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 28 Jan 2026 06:00:54 +0000]]></pubDate>
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      <media:title><![CDATA[Parents and children taking advantage of the facilities of the school playground at Prácticas 1 after the school day to socialize and build community.]]></media:title>
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      <subtitle><![CDATA[The number of highly complex Catalan schools opening additional places for 'ordinary' students to combat school segregation has increased to around twenty.]]></subtitle>
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