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		<title>Ford PAS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Need help preparing a new generation for 21st century workforce success?  Consider teaming up with Ford PAS  Next Generation Learning Communities (Ford PAS NGL).  Sponsored by the Ford Motor Company Fund this innovative program is working with whole communities to: transform teaching and learning redesign high schools and sustain change through business and civic leadership [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Edutopia</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wonder no more about what works in education. Edutopia, a website sponsored by the George Lucas Educational Foundation, provides inspiring, in the trenches ideas for energizing 21st century classrooms. With blogs, case studies, webinars, and lots of been there/done that advice for all grades and most core subject areas&#8211;infused with healthy doses of project-based learning, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACTE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Association of Career and Technical Education (ACTE) has been preparing America&#8217;s youth for workforce success since 1926. Some 30,000 members strong, the organization provides a variety of advocacy, training and support services for CTE and career academy leaders.  Don&#8217;t miss the 2010 Annual Convention and Career Tech Expo in Las Vegas! Find out more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It all started with a Craigslist ad&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Summer social media intern needed to help author find audience of teachers and other professionals trying to help students discover what they want to be when they grow up.” My email box quickly filled with promising replies from young professionals looking to exert some social media muscle. The candidates were impressive. First came Yoonmi, an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://brightfuturespress.com/2010/08/it-all-started-with-a-craigslist-ad/</link>
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		<title>Coming Soon! Free Career Resources!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We are working on creating some great Free Career Resources! Check back soon to see our ever evolving and growing downloads!]]></description>
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		<title>Why Democrats Like Career Academies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Sandy Mittelsteadt (co-author, The CareerAcademy Toolkit) Democrats are in the process of realigning educational reform to their beliefs. Their main goal is to move students out of schools which are failing students and which parents would not willing send their children. However, the real challenge for Democrats will be not to bow to political [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ten Reasons Why You Should Start a Career Academy in Your High School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reason Number One: Your school has over a student population of one thousand students. Students tend to be safer and more engaged if they are in a smaller group within a big high school. Reason Number Two: Your school wants to connect the rigor of college-prep courses with the relevancy of the “real” world. If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What’s the Big Deal about Career Academies?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This question can be answered in two words: THEY WORK! Career academies are responsive both to the changing needs of students the global economy. They are also an answer to high school improvement. Research increasingly supports the idea that bigger isn’t necessarily better when it comes to educating teenagers (or people of any age for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Benefits of Career Academies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Sandy Mittelsteadt To address the high school drop out rate and improve the number of students graduating from high school, educators, policymakers and community business leaders are supporting the strategy of career academies in high schools. Career academies are not the latest fad; they have been around for at least forty years. Career academy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://brightfuturespress.com/2010/01/the-benefits-of-career-academies/</link>
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		<title>Seven New Year Resolutions for Career Academies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Sandy Mittelsteadt Resolution #1: Resolve to get the word out about your career academy to the local community. Start tweeting or blogging. Write an editorial for your local newspaper or have your students write articles and submit them on a regular basis. Create a public service ad. Resolution #2: Resolve to communicate more to [...]]]></description>
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