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		<title>Atkinson elementary celebrates student success</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 21:43:40 +0000</pubDate>
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State Schools Superintendent Susan Castillo  announced the recipients  of the 2012 Celebrating Student Success Awards at Atkinson Elementary . “Where some might [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Franklin high wins state award</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 21:43:23 +0000</pubDate>
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“PPS teachers are looking for ways to share what’s working,” said Superintendent Carole Smith as she welcomed the assembled group of parents, students, community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hillsboro school district receives $245,800 to support teacher training program</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 22:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
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Hillsboro School District announced today that it has been awarded $245,800 by the Nike School Innovation Fund (NSIF) for teacher training and ongoing support, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beaverton school district receives support for leadership programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:09:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beaverton School District has been awarded $674,389 by the Nike School Innovation Fund (NSIF) to provide continued support to two critical leadership projects: the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the grass always greener?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:57:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To ensure America’s global competitiveness, does our education system need to emulate the policies and practices from other countries?

According to Yong Zhao, those enamored [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s in our DNA</title>
		<link>http://nikeschoolinnovationfund.org/2012/01/its-in-our-dna/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past decade, students in Finland have soared on international measures of achievement. They&#8217;ve continued to post some of the best scores in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Early learning challenge grants</title>
		<link>http://nikeschoolinnovationfund.org/2012/01/early-learning-challenge-grants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 18:26:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By awarding millions of federal dollars to the states with winning bids for the Early Learning Challenge grants, the U.S. Department of Education is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>learning plans for every student</title>
		<link>http://nikeschoolinnovationfund.org/2011/11/learning-plans-for-every-student/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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According to a recent article in Education Week, barely half the school districts in states that have adopted the common standards  have begun [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oregon Education Investment Board</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Julia Brim-Edwards, Nike School Innovation Fund founder, was confirmed along with eleven other talented individuals to the Oregon Education Investment Board.  
The Oregon Education [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovation in Education</title>
		<link>http://nikeschoolinnovationfund.org/2011/11/567/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 21:54:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beaverton School District Leap Start program received the Oregon Business Association&#8217;s Innovation in Education award.  The key note speaker, Education Secretary Arne Duncan,  shared [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Student Success</title>
		<link>http://nikeschoolinnovationfund.org/2011/11/student-success/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 22:03:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students participating in the Leap Start Summer Academy, a partnership between the Beaverton School District and the Nike School Innovation Fund, receive targeted intervention [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons learned from Atlanta</title>
		<link>http://nikeschoolinnovationfund.org/2011/09/lessons-learned-from-atlanta/</link>
		<comments>http://nikeschoolinnovationfund.org/2011/09/lessons-learned-from-atlanta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[And it&#8217;s not just Atlanta, there are ongoing investigations in many other locales, most recently,  Philadelphia. According to Yong Zhao, we must understand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confession of a cheating teacher</title>
		<link>http://nikeschoolinnovationfund.org/2011/09/confession-of-a-cheating-teacher/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 14:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This compelling account says that those involved say they broke the  rules because they felt pressured to generate unrealistic test score  gains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The learning society</title>
		<link>http://nikeschoolinnovationfund.org/2011/08/the-learning-society/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Aug 2011 14:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a world of ever-accelerating competition and change in the  conditions of the workplace, of ever-greater danger, and of ever-larger  opportunities for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beaverton Public Schools Receives Support for 2011 Early Learning Summer Program</title>
		<link>http://nikeschoolinnovationfund.org/2011/08/beaverton-public-schools-receives-support-for-2011-early-learning-summer-program/</link>
		<comments>http://nikeschoolinnovationfund.org/2011/08/beaverton-public-schools-receives-support-for-2011-early-learning-summer-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 18:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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We&#8217;re happy to support the Leap Start program with  a $159,000 grant to the Beaverton school district to support its early learning summer academy. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What should tomorrow&#8217;s classroom look like?</title>
		<link>http://nikeschoolinnovationfund.org/2011/08/what-should-tomorrows-classroom-look-like/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to Prakash Nair, there is a fairly universal list of education design  principles for tomorrow’s schools, though it would be tailored to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hillsboro Public Schools Receives Support for 2011 Early Learning Summer Program</title>
		<link>http://nikeschoolinnovationfund.org/2011/08/hillsboro-public-schools-receives-support-for-2011-early-learning-summer-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 18:13:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 

 We announced the Fund is awarding a $96,476 grant to the Hillsboro school district to support its 2011 Early Learning Summer Academy. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the classroom obsolete?</title>
		<link>http://nikeschoolinnovationfund.org/2011/08/is-the-classroom-obsolete/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Aug 2011 14:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[According to a recent commentary, the classroom is a relic, left over from the Industrial Revolution,  which required a large workforce with very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>U.S. Secretary of Education in Portland</title>
		<link>http://nikeschoolinnovationfund.org/2011/08/u-s-secretary-of-education-in-portland/</link>
		<comments>http://nikeschoolinnovationfund.org/2011/08/u-s-secretary-of-education-in-portland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Annual Statesman Dinner
2011 OBA Statesman Dinner
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Oregon Convention Center
Oregon Ballroom
7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Social Hour from 6:00 – 7:00
.
2011 Keynote: U.S. Secretary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Innovative education ideas</title>
		<link>http://nikeschoolinnovationfund.org/2011/07/innovative-education-ideas/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 14:12:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kimberly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a report released by Bellwether Education Partners, a Washington consulting firm, they asked a crucial question: Was the Obama administration’s i3 grant program [...]]]></description>
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