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		<title>The Dr. Fil with an F show</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 12:14:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zac Bickersteth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the New Visions Journalism and Media studies weve had our share of odd videos this year, we turned Mitt Romney into Batman, did our take on the zombie apocalypse, spoofed the news in February, and now weve parodied Dr. Phil.  Starring yours truly as Dr. Fil with an F(mostly due to my baldness). I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAT Coaching: Is it worth the cost?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 23:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mia Pinnock</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although stories of students raising their scores by hundreds of points after taking SAT coaching classes abound, these anecdotes appear to be the exception and not the rule. On average, gains made from direct SAT instruction are rather small. According to a 2010, peer-reviewed study by Buchmann, Condron, and Roscigno, formal SAT coaching programs result [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Regents board expected to select Gray</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 00:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owen Gyles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gray]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Board of Regents has tapped California schools official Gregory W. Gray as the system&#8217;s new president. Board members on Thursday formally approved Gray&#8217;s recommendation and his contract, which includes an annual salary of $380,000 and use of a state vehicle. Gray is chancellor of the Riverside Community College District [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Online K-12 learning on the rise in Iowa</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 05:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owen Gyles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Learning Rise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Rhavon Cox-Bey doesn’t consider cyber-learning as home school. Rather, it’s school at home. Last year, the Davenport woman enrolled her children De-Andria, 18, Jhavon, 15, Anaiaha, 10, and niece Alesia, 17, in the newly launched Iowa Connections Academy, a tuition-free online public school for students K-12. Although the program is not for everybody, Cox-Bey said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Duke BOT elects new chairman, approves 2013-14 budget</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 18:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zac Bickersteth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[School Paragraph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Duke University Board of Trustees on Saturday elected David M. Rubenstein as its new chair, the school announced. Rubenstein, a 1970 graduate of Duke, is the co-founder and co-CEO of The Caryle Group, a private equity firm. He term as chairman will begin July 1. BOT members Jack O. Bovender Jr. and Susan M. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Genie Scott: Denialism of Climate Change and Evolution</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 12:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mia Pinnock</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Genie Scott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here is a presentation by Genie Scott of the National Center for Science Education. Far more people are climate change deniers than evolution deniers, but both camps use similar strategies to promote their views. Genie Scott explores the connections, the similarities, and the divergent ideologies. Where: New York. When: 10/23/2011. Hosted by the New York [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Broward school bus service still a problem?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 20:14:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zac Bickersteth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[School Paragraph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School Bus]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Broward County schools have been in session for seven weeks now, so the school bus nightmare should be over by now, right? Unfortunately, no, according to some parents. While there doesn’t seem to be the massive amount of problems affecting thousands of problems that plagued the district in the first few weeks of school, we’re [...]]]></description>
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		<title>B-School Chart of the Week: April 2013 Social Currency Ranking</title>
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		<comments>http://www.top-rankschools.com/university-life/b-school-chart-of-the-week-april-2013-social-currency-ranking#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 12:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owen Gyles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[April]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[April 2013]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[April showers bring matrimonial flowers for Harvard Business School MBAs. A total of five HBS brides and grooms were mentioned in the New York Times’ “Weddings/Celebrations” section this month, including alumni Jamira Cotton and Cameron Johnson—a senior associate in the New York office of McKinsey &#038; Company and an investment associate at Greystar Real Estate [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Music Monday: Emeli Sande</title>
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		<comments>http://www.top-rankschools.com/school-paragraph/music-monday-emeli-sande#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:24:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zac Bickersteth</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[School Paragraph]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emeli Sande]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.top-rankschools.com/?p=1084</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After its release in February of 2012 Emeli Sandes debut album, Our Version of Events, became the UKs best selling album of the year. Today, adding to the list of impressive accomplishments, it was reported that the album had been on the top ten for 63 consecutive weeks. Therefore Sande broke the record and beat out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Best Books On Screenwriting</title>
		<link>http://www.top-rankschools.com/courses-section/best-books-on-screenwriting</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-rankschools.com/courses-section/best-books-on-screenwriting#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Apr 2013 12:29:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mia Pinnock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Courses Section]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Books]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Students in our online filmmaking class often ask what we think the best books on screenwriting are. However, the answer to this question really depends on what type of screenwriter you are, or want to become. Some books cater to the story telling demands of the Hollywood system. Other books may focus more on TV [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wake school board opposes state lawmakers&#8217; push for redistricting</title>
		<link>http://www.top-rankschools.com/school-paragraph/wake-school-board-opposes-state-lawmakers-push-for-redistricting</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-rankschools.com/school-paragraph/wake-school-board-opposes-state-lawmakers-push-for-redistricting#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 15:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zac Bickersteth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wake County Board of Education came out Tuesday against a bill before state lawmakers that would redraw district lines and change the way school board members are elected. In a 6-2 vote, the board adopted a resolution in support of the current district maps and elections process. &#8220;What we have is a General Assembly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UF, FSU improve in the U.S. News rankings</title>
		<link>http://www.top-rankschools.com/school-paragraph/uf-fsu-improve-in-the-u-s-news-rankings-2</link>
		<comments>http://www.top-rankschools.com/school-paragraph/uf-fsu-improve-in-the-u-s-news-rankings-2#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zac Bickersteth</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[News Rankings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rankings]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The new U.S. News and World Report college rankings are out, and there’s good news for Florida’s public universities. Although none made the top 50, the state’s four highest ranked public universities – the University of Florida, Florida State University, the University of South Florida and the University of Central Florida &#8212; all climbed this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Value of Pencil and Paper (Video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 03:01:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mia Pinnock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Courses Section]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.top-rankschools.com/?p=1070</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For many virtual schooled kids, the majority of the day is spent, in one form or another, in front of a computer screen. In the case of Tennessee Virtual Academy students, entire lessons in science and history are often found online, with few offline components save those in the workbooks; the lessons themselves for their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Report finds 17 violations at school</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:07:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owen Gyles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Violations School]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[- The State Fire Marshall released a report citing several code violations at Shelton High School last month. The Mayor says they&#8217;re on top of it, but a local fire fighter disagrees. A recent preliminary report by the State Fire Marshall&#8217;s investigation looked into the fire that broke out at the school in 2008. Mayor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alaska hopes to become first state to establish a digital learning infrastructure</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Owen Gyles</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State Establish]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some educators and politicians, including Gov. Sean Parnell, want to even the playing field for students in Takotna and every other of the states approximate 500 schools by giving each student a tablet computer and establishing a unique digital learning infrastructure. Its part of a push for digital learning initiatives as a way to improve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Walking Dead</title>
		<link>http://www.top-rankschools.com/school-paragraph/the-walking-dead</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zac Bickersteth</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dead]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Walking Dead]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The season finale of AMCs The Walking Dead was tonight and boy was it strange one. Id like to give my thoughts and comments on the end of a tremendous season three. The final episode of the season surely had its twists. All week I was looking forward to a bloody hour long fight between [...]]]></description>
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