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		<title>Writing Outside the STAAR.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Teacher, teacher!  What are we going to write about today? Working for “Writers in The Schools”, WITS is one of the best jobs I have ever had. I love the job because it gives the writer the freedom to expand. The writer’s imagination lives without the pressures of preparing a student for the test. It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Educational Paradox &#8211; Part II (China).</title>
		<description><![CDATA[An international study that began in the year 2000 named “Programme for International Student” PISA surveys education systems worldwide by testing their skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students of different participating countries. In 2009 China participated for the first time ranking 1st in all three areas of reading, mathematics and science. PISA average scores are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reepblog.com/the-educational-paradox-part-ii-china/</link>
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		<title>Great Organizations Are Learning Organizations.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey all! A friend of mine once shared a thought-provoking comment with me that has a profound effect on my leadership journey.  She mentioned it so casually that if I wasn’t really listening I could have totally missed it. “There is no professional development like working for a great organization.” Think about that for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Educational Paradox &#8211; Part I.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A coworker told me she had heard on the news that Finland topped first in education. Curious about the subject, I found out that Finland’s style of teaching is amazingly the opposite of that from United States. I was also able to confirm that when it came to International results Finland’s Schools scored consistently at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reepblog.com/the-educational-paradox-part-i/</link>
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		<title>Teaching and Learning with Art.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH) has been awarded a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services: Museums for America: Engaging Communities program to support the initiative Teaching and Learning With Art: A Collaboration with Middle School Educators (LTA/MS). This grant will allow the MFAH to research and develop a new resource [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Language Learning Curve &#8211; Part 2.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is the Foreign Service Institute? The Foreign Language Institute (FSI) is the branch of the US Department of State that teaches foreign languages to diplomats.  So, what does the language difficulty ranking show us? What can we learn from it? Did you know Linguists say there are close to six thousand languages? This will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reepblog.com/the-language-learning-curve-part-2/</link>
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		<title>The Next Level.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last March I began a journey that was more than I ever could have imagined.  As a member of Rice REEP’s 3rd cohort, I was given a platform to re-examine some of my views, apply newly acquired knowledge with my students and teammates, and showcase my personal interests and talents.  Overall, I feel that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Farewell To Arms.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This post is going to be short, and it is going to be my last. Over the course of this past year, I have been given so many wonderful and amazing blessings, and I sit here grateful as I type this. My time at Rice was only one of the many experiences that contributed to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reepblog.com/a-farewell-to-arms/</link>
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		<title>The Language Learning Curve &#8211; Part I.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was doing my research on Chinese schools I found out that The U.S. Foreign Service and Defense Language institutes ranks languages in 3 to 5 categories based on the hours English speakers must spend to become fluent. What is the Defense Language Institute? The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center teaches foreign languages [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://reepblog.com/the-language-learning-curve-part-i/</link>
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		<title>Ready. Set. Action!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Senior Exhibition Update. As I hurtled into May, everything seemed to be happening at once. The senior class was writing and presenting speeches, senior ex groups were creating powerpoints and most importantly groups were setting out on Social Action. Social Action is a large component of the Senior Exhibition process. Because we have spent [...]]]></description>
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