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		<title>Homeroom Period for Friday, May 18, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 14:31:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Hogan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My RSS feeds blessed me with an over-abundance of education articles today. Here&#8217;s the cream of the crop. Somebody&#8217;s broken the first rule of education fight club. Education Next takes a look at an odd coupling of advocacy organizations that are working together to try and steer the direction of school reform in America. Paying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on the Glass/Mcleod ACT Challenge -by Trace Pickering</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 20:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trace Pickering</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been awhile since Dr. Jason Glass and Dr. Scott Mcleod sat through an ACT exam but I want to take some time to reflect on that event and what it says to me. It is worthwhile to read both Dr. Glass&#8216; and Dr. Mcleod&#8217;s thoughts on their experiences. Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve been thinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Useful Education Twitter Hashtags #</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 15:16:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trace Pickering</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From November Learning Group: Popular Education Hashtags This education hashtag listing is a refined list based on the one available through Cybrary Man. Please visit his site for more hashtag options. Also, follow leading educators using many of these hashtags by visiting this page of the same site. You can easily reach this listing by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Homeroom Period for Thursday, May 17, 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:52:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Hogan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello everyone. Lots of interesting links today, so let&#8217;s get down to business: Did you know the College Board, the organization behind the SATS and the AP tests has a new president? The job goes to David Coleman, who previously helped establish the Common Core state standards. The New York Times has an interesting profile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Ready, Iowa Event June 14-15 focuses on school readiness</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:01:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trace Pickering</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Don't Miss]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; &#160; get-ready-iowa-schedule Website On June 14-15, the Delta Center and the Obermann Center for Advanced Studies will be hosting a two-day workshop called, “Get Ready Iowa: Partnering to enhance the school readiness of Iowa’s children”. This workshop will bring in some of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zombie Based Learning: An Interesting Approach to Learning Geography</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trace Pickering</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Hunter, a middle school teacher in Seattle, Washington, has created &#8220;Zombie-Based Learning&#8221; projects around geography standards. Students must deal with a Zombie outbreak by learning and applying key geography concepts and ideas. He is raising funds to make this a free project under the creative commons license. &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Homeroom Period for Wednesday, May 16, 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:02:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patrick Hogan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good morning and here are today&#8217;s top links in the world of education news. The headline on this Huffington Post article asks whether or not the new Common Core standards will help improve student literacy. The story to me seems to be more about the top books read by teens in recent years. It&#8217;s interesting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virtual Reality Educational Pathfinders (VREP) Adds Popular User Social Network</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:27:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trace Pickering</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[VREP, which has grown exponentially in Iowa and across other states, has added a nifty social networking and sharing site to its efforts. To see it and join the conversation, go here.]]></description>
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		<title>The Advanced Placement Debate &#8211; Share Your Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://iowatransformed.com/2012/05/the-advanced-placement-debate/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 18:01:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trace Pickering</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Don't Miss]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With the publication of the annual &#8220;Top 500 High Schools&#8221; list a few weeks ago comes the annual debate about the merits and appropriate role for AP courses. In Iowa, Cedar Rapids is the focal point where two high schools are very focused on expanding AP for students. The district is also now opening up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rick Ackerly: Talks About the Power of Learning from Mistakes</title>
		<link>http://iowatransformed.com/2012/05/rick-ackerly-talks-about-the-power-of-learning-from-mistakes/</link>
		<comments>http://iowatransformed.com/2012/05/rick-ackerly-talks-about-the-power-of-learning-from-mistakes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 14:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trace Pickering</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Recent News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, May 3, Willowwind School had the pleasure of bringing speaker, educator and author , Rick Ackerly, to speak on “Learning, Mistakes and Failure: Crafting New Myths for Successful Kids and Better Schools.” His lecture was part of the 40th anniversary celebration at Willowwind. His talk at to the community at Willowwind School focused [...]]]></description>
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