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		<title>Spotlight: Public Relations at Winthrop Intermediate School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Winthrop Intermediate School is a Marketing and Legal Studies focused school. The group, whose business “Snack Attack” has been thriving selling to other after school clubs, has a steady flow of income. Snack Attack is constantly assessing their audience, and has made a huge effort to sell healthier options like Fiber Bars and 100% fruit [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.creativec.org/2012/02/06/spotlight-public-relations-at-winthrop-intermediate-school/</link>
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		<title>School Spotlight: Bronx High School of Business</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year, we had the pleasure of beginning a partnership with Principal Rick Lizardi and his staff at the Bronx High School of Business. We completed a ten-part workshop series, collaborating with the staff on implementing our Career Connections program in their classrooms. Thank you, Principal Lizardi, for giving Creative Connections the opportunity to help [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.creativec.org/2012/01/24/school-spotlight-bronx-high-school-of-business/</link>
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		<title>Reading, Writing and College-readiness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Post two in a five-part series exploring the question: “What does it mean to be college-ready?” and “How do we help our students become college and career-ready?” Rather than presenting a lot of rubrics defining college readiness, let’s look at a real-world example of what happens: Our student walks into her first college class and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.creativec.org/2012/01/11/reading-writing-and-college-readiness/</link>
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		<title>Just read &#8220;Quants&#8221; My take: be&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just read &#8220;Quants&#8221; My take: beware of the abstract model that promises the big payoff &#38; neglects the human connection http://t.co/KYbQfRln]]></description>
		<link>http://www.creativec.org/2012/01/11/just-read-quants-my-take-be/</link>
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		<title>Field Trip: Health and Wellness Fair</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Fashion Entrepreneurship Club from Columbus High School, led by Success Coach Crystyn Wright, took an educational and relaxing field trip to the Health and Wellness Fair last week, hosted by the Hibiscus Day Spa Students met and spoke with entrepreneurs who have created and started their own businesses in the health and wellness field. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.creativec.org/2011/12/22/field-trip-health-and-wellness-fair/</link>
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		<title>Happy Holidays from Creative C&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy Holidays from Creative Connections! &#8211; http://t.co/lonNMPgm]]></description>
		<link>http://www.creativec.org/2011/12/21/happy-holidays-from-creative-c/</link>
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		<title>Are your students college-read&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Are your students college-ready? http://t.co/nz5BCETN]]></description>
		<link>http://www.creativec.org/2011/12/21/are-your-students-college-read/</link>
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		<title>Connecting Students to Digital Media</title>
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		<link>http://www.creativec.org/2011/12/16/connecting-students-to-digital-media/</link>
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		<title>Who is Really College-Ready?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Look at New York State Department of Education College-Readiness Statistics In NYC, there’s a very interesting contradiction going on between high school kids passing their regents exams and graduating from High School, yet still not being able to cut it in college. Why are so many NYC public High School graduates not college-ready? Let’s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.creativec.org/2011/12/16/who-is-really-college-ready/</link>
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		<title>First Thoughts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I first created and implemented an after school program in 1998. It was the Clinton years and the goal for after school was to provide a safe environment for students between the hours of 3pm and 6pm. Next came the Bush years and No Child Left Behind: more after school programs, more variety of activities [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.creativec.org/2011/12/15/first-thoughts/</link>
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