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		<title>Leaders Discuss Importance of &#8220;4 C&#8217;s&#8221; in 21st Century Learning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On September 1st 2011, Partnership for Innovation in Education sponsored the Education &#38; Community Forum, “Prepared to Work: Defining ‘Career Ready’ in the 21st Century” in Cincinnati Ohio at the Cincinnati USA Regional Chamber of Commerce.* Leading professionals in Cincinnati education, business and government community took part in this forum, to discuss the importance of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Real Life Report Card?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Parents readily teach their children about the perils of getting a bad report card, living on a budget, saving money, and being punctual. Rarely, do parents teach kids about Credit reports, FICO Scores, and Interest Rates. So what happens after graduation when these now adults have no idea they are being graded on a “Real [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mary Discusses &#8220;Career Readiness&#8221; during BusinessWise Interview</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Listen to Mary discuss how teaching “career readiness” guides schools as they prepare kids for college, trade school and working life. From discussing the “dilution effect” of the college degree, to ways State Core Curriculum Standards are demanding the importance of teaching the 4 C’s (creativity, collaboration, critical thinking skills, and communication), Mary relates how [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prepared to Work: Defining ‘Career Ready’ in the 21st Century</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why should American students have any interest in learning “career ready” skills? Join the education, business, and government communities to discover why preparing kids for 21st century jobs will spur economic development and create a vibrant economy. The Association for Career and Technical Education defined career readiness and divided into three major skill areas:  1) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students Are Demanding Real-World Learning</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reprint of article originally posted on April 28, 2011 in the Cincinnati Enquirer and Cincinnati Enquirer: Community Press and Recorder. Although William and Kate aren&#8217;t corporate business leaders, events such as their Gen Y marriage are great tools to teach enterprise to American students. In this case, I encourage students to think beyond the British [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cutting Loose the Golden Goose</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reprint of article originally posted on March 23, 2011 in the Cincinnati Enquirer and  April 6, 2011 in the Enquirer: Community Press and Recorder. Golden goose, cash cow or thrifty shrew?  We aren’t talking team mascots, but the current financial strategies facing school districts across the nation.  With the recent announcement that Ohio public school districts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Case for Financial Literacy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our economy’s recovery seems to be moving toward what many call a “new normal.”  Whether this new normal will be better than the old normal will depend on how we approach fixing the problems that caused the recent economic crisis. While people disagree about the causes of our economic problems, one thing is clear:  a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Minds: Business &amp; Education Work Together at NTN</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Tech Network President Lydia Dobyns leads a national high school development organization as her encore career. At first, her journey from Silicon Valley executive might seem unusual. However, what started 16 years ago as a parent volunteer stint led to successive education roles that culminated in a complete career change. Considered a promising, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tap Young Teachers For Innovation In Schools</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Giggling babies, toddlers playing on carpeted steps, and fidgeting parents waiting their turn at the microphone. It&#8217;s not the typical crowd waiting to speak at CPS Board of Education meetings. But with schools fighting for more space, or debating admissions procedures, the Burnet auditorium has been seeing increasing numbers of young professionals who have the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building the “Habitual” Entrepreneur</title>
		<description><![CDATA[“Entrepreneur” is a hot career title for just about any high school student.  And with the popularity of youthful CEO’s leading Facebook, Twitter, Groupon and Linkedin, popular media makes it look easy to create, nurture and fund a business.  They forget to report the hard work, passion, discipline, and business skills required to transform a [...]]]></description>
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