<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>FutureReady &#124; The North Carolina New Schools Project</title>
	<atom:link href="http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog</link>
	<description>Implementing secondary innovation, scaling education reform and connecting education transformation to economic and workforce development.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 18:02:04 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Expanding Students&#8217; Horizons with 1:1 Technology</title>
		<link>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/expanding-students%e2%80%99-horizons-with-11-technology-400</link>
		<comments>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/expanding-students%e2%80%99-horizons-with-11-technology-400#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 16:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Pullen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[21st century]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college ready]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[creativity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/?p=400</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Two of the most powerful impacts of 1:1 technology can never be measured on any standardized test. As a result of having constant access to a computing device in school, students are furthering their 21st century learning skills and, in increasing numbers, are expanding their college and career goals. Let’s examine each of these in [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/expanding-students%e2%80%99-horizons-with-11-technology-400/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>What&#8217;s a Project and Why Should We Do Them?</title>
		<link>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/what%e2%80%99s-a-project-and-why-should-we-do-them-466</link>
		<comments>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/what%e2%80%99s-a-project-and-why-should-we-do-them-466#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Sears</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[STEM Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Teacher Voices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[curriculum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[project-based learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STEM]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/?p=466</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What is a project? “It’s when kids do something, or make something.”  “It ends with a PowerPoint presentation.”  “It’s kids getting outside of the classroom.” Maybe, maybe, maybe. “Project” has come to define ANYTHING that is not traditional “stand-and-deliver” instruction.  Nearly all teachers say they do projects &#8212; and under that broad definition, they do.  [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/what%e2%80%99s-a-project-and-why-should-we-do-them-466/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>North Carolina&#8217;s Electric Cooperatives See a Bright Future</title>
		<link>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/north-carolina%e2%80%99s-electric-cooperatives-see-a-bright-future-442</link>
		<comments>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/north-carolina%e2%80%99s-electric-cooperatives-see-a-bright-future-442#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 12:10:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nelle Hotchkiss</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economic and Workforce Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STEM Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[21st century]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[business partner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy and sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workforce development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/?p=442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Fractions, decimals, percentages.  Precision, efficiency, reliability.  Applied mathematics, science, technology. All are fundamental to the daily operations of NC’s 26 electric cooperatives and are key to providing our members with the power they require for their homes and businesses. The path of electricity looks pretty straightforward in pictures.  In reality, the skill set that is [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/north-carolina%e2%80%99s-electric-cooperatives-see-a-bright-future-442/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>An Education Discussion with Legs</title>
		<link>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/an-education-discussion-with-legs-449</link>
		<comments>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/an-education-discussion-with-legs-449#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:19:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mary Ann Wolf</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[21st century]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workforce development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/?p=449</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“When competing in a global economy, educating our next generation is the capital creation of the information economy.” &#8211;Jim Whitehurst, CEO, Red Hat Wow! You can often judge a meeting or event by the energy you have when you leave it, and last week I left the New Carolina New School Project&#8217;s (NCNSP) Vision 2015 [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/an-education-discussion-with-legs-449/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Repurposing Textbooks</title>
		<link>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/repurposing-textbooks-419</link>
		<comments>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/repurposing-textbooks-419#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin Lampe</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teachers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/?p=419</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many things have changed in the innovative classroom, but one thing that has held fast for years is the textbook. Its use among teachers varies from mere resource to cornerstone of foundation yet it has remained ever-present. Then last month Apple announced that it, along with Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, McGraw-Hill and Pearson, would reinvent the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/repurposing-textbooks-419/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Want to teach STEM?</title>
		<link>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/want-to-teach-stem-395</link>
		<comments>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/want-to-teach-stem-395#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyndi Soter O'Neil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[STEM Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NC New Schools Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCNSP STEP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[professional development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teachers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/?p=395</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jobs requiring a STEM background are driving the economy &#8212; in North Carolina and across the nation. STEM job growth has been three times greater than that of non-STEM jobs over the last 10 years. And throughout the next decade, STEM occupations are projected to grow by 17 percent, compared to a 9.8-percent growth rate [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/want-to-teach-stem-395/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Finland: It&#8217;s the Teachers</title>
		<link>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/finland-it%e2%80%99s-the-teachers-402</link>
		<comments>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/finland-it%e2%80%99s-the-teachers-402#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Burris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Competitveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global competitiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teachers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/?p=402</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[Photo: Participants on the Finland trip learn about teacher prep at the Viikki Teacher Training School in Helsinki.] The poor performance of U.S. students on international measures of science and math has been bemoaned by everyone from the president to concerned parents. The first Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) results were released [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/finland-it%e2%80%99s-the-teachers-402/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>How do you eat an (early college) elephant?</title>
		<link>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/how-do-you-eat-an-early-college-elephant-381</link>
		<comments>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/how-do-you-eat-an-early-college-elephant-381#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Smith</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Early College/Middle College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college ready]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[district-wide]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[early college]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[early college high school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NCNSP-affiliated school]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/?p=381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[Photo: Duplin Early College Class of 2011] How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time, right? Well, the table and place settings are prepared and the meal is about to be served for Duplin County – and this elephant will feed every child in our county and generations to come. This elephant [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/how-do-you-eat-an-early-college-elephant-381/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Student Voices: Being Part of the Program</title>
		<link>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/student-voices-being-part-of-the-program-364</link>
		<comments>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/student-voices-being-part-of-the-program-364#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:32:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Diego Hipolito</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Early College/Middle College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Student Voices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[careers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[early college]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[early college high school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health and life sciences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[personalization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[STEM]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[workforce development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/?p=364</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At Wake Early College of Health and Sciences, teaching and learning have been re-invented in a cohesive and functional atmosphere that both the student and teacher can benefit from. I am part of something that is crucial and fundamental to the development of society &#8212; education through the early college program. Through the use of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/student-voices-being-part-of-the-program-364/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Have You Heard Me Lately?</title>
		<link>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/have-you-heard-me-lately-353</link>
		<comments>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/have-you-heard-me-lately-353#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anna Outlaw</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Teacher Voices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[early college]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[early college high school]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teachers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/?p=353</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Textbooks or real world problems, students talking or teachers talking…what should a classroom look like?  As the times change and the world changes, educators are constantly having to adapt their classrooms to meet the needs of our ever transforming society. Teachers like to talk &#8212; this is a given &#8212; but how often do we [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/have-you-heard-me-lately-353/feed</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

