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		<title>Repurposing Textbooks</title>
		<link>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/repurposing-textbooks-419</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 20:12:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin Lampe</dc:creator>
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		<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>
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		<title>Want to teach STEM?</title>
		<link>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/want-to-teach-stem-395</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyndi Soter O'Neil</dc:creator>
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		<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>
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		<title>Finland: It&#8217;s the Teachers</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:51:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Burris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Competitveness]]></category>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<title>Student Voices: Early College Experience</title>
		<link>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/student-voices-early-college-experience-335</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 13:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Hart-Williams</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Photo: Wake Early College of Health and Sciences student Christopher Hart-Williams] I started my high school career just five years ago, after being accepted to Wake Early College of Health and Sciences (WECHS). Little did I know what effect such a small school would have on me and my peers. I have enjoyed my high [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Coaching for Professional Excellence</title>
		<link>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/coaching-for-professional-excellence-284</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 14:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sofi Frankowski</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/?p=284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[[Photo: Brunswick Early College High School ] What do surgeons, musicians and teachers have in common? According to a recent article in The New Yorker, they can all benefit from professional coaching—just like elite athletes. Before I joined the staff of the NC New Schools Project, I was a high school social studies teacher.  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Private Support Needed to Bring $15 million grant to NC</title>
		<link>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/private-support-needed-to-bring-15-million-grant-to-nc-296</link>
		<comments>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/private-support-needed-to-bring-15-million-grant-to-nc-296#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:41:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cyndi Soter O'Neil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s always exciting to win. But it’s even more exciting when winning means the potential to receive $15 million to help move North Carolina forward in its efforts to ensure that every student graduates from high school ready for college, careers, and life. This month, we received word that the U.S. Department of Education has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Imagination in Innovation</title>
		<link>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/imagination-in-innovation-281</link>
		<comments>http://newschoolsproject.org/blog/imagination-in-innovation-281#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gene Pinder</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[STEM Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Photo: Students collaborate at Wayne School of Engineering] The passing of Steve Jobs gives us all an opportunity to evaluate his accomplishments and what we can learn from them. One takeaway that stands out is this: perhaps nobody in recent memory better combined &#8220;left-brain&#8221; and &#8220;right-brain&#8221; thinking than Jobs, who joined his love for the [...]]]></description>
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