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		<title>Race to the Top: New Mexico Heads Back to the Drawing Board</title>
		<description><![CDATA[New Mexico was not one of 15 states and the District of Columbia the Obama administration picked today as finalists to win billions in federal education funding through the $4.35 billion Race to the Top program.
The states named as finalists today and move onto the next level are: Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Race to the Top Phase I Finalists to be Announced Today</title>
		<description><![CDATA[U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan announced that Race to the Top (RttT) Phase I finalists will be announced today (Thursday, March 4).
Each state will receive notification via email around 11:30 a.m. EST of the selected finalists. This email will be sent to the State Chief, the Governor and the RTTT contact listed on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://innovate-educatenm.org/race-to-the-top-phase-i-finalists-to-be-announced-today</link>
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		<title>Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The White House and the U.S. Department of Education have announced a new Race to the Top High School Commencement Challenge and are inviting public schools across the country to compete to have President Obama speak at their graduation.
At the beginning of the school year, the president encouraged students all across the country to take [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://innovate-educatenm.org/race-to-the-top-high-school-commencement-challenge</link>
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		<title>Race to the Top: What does it all mean?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As of this writing, there are approximately 50,800,000 results that appear on Google for the Race to the Top Program. This $4.35 billion stimulus package announced last spring created the largest “buzz” in history for education. Now, the race is on as 40 States and the District of Columbia have submitted Race to the Top [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://innovate-educatenm.org/race-to-the-top-what-does-it-all-mean</link>
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		<title>Boosting Proficiency of New Mexico Students</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Reporter Staci Matlock of the Santa Fe New Mexican, wrote a great story on Sunday focused on innovative teaching to boost proficiency of New Mexico students.
New Mexico is home to two national labs, several research universities and an estimated 10,000 professional scientists. Yet New Mexico students, including Santa Fe&#8217;s, lag well behind the national average [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://innovate-educatenm.org/boosting-proficiency-of-new-mexico-students</link>
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		<title>Are You Ready for World Maths Day?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Mathletes and human calculators get ready!
World Maths Day, (math is known as maths outside of the U.S.) is coming up Wednesday,  March 3. Students from across the globe will add, subtract, and multiply to gold-medal glory.
The 48-hour event is open to anyone ages 5 to 18. Students play opponents from around the globe in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://innovate-educatenm.org/are-you-ready-for-world-maths-day</link>
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		<title>Obama Urges States to Raise Academic Standards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama says America&#8217;s &#8220;primacy in the world&#8221; is at stake in the quest to substantially improve educational quality and global competitiveness, according to reports filed Monday by the Associated Press.
Speaking to governors gathered at the White House on Monday, Obama said he won&#8217;t &#8220;accept second place for the United States of America.&#8221; He [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://innovate-educatenm.org/obama-urges-states-to-raise-academic-standards</link>
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		<title>Who Are The Next ‘Real’ American Idols?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Awhile back we spoke with Dr. Kemi Jona regarding STEM education and published an article on WRAL Local Tech Wire based in Raleigh, N.C., that shared his insight. We would like to share that article with you now so you can gain a keen perspective of the state of STEM education in this country from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://innovate-educatenm.org/who-are-the-next-real-american-idols</link>
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		<title>More than a conference, April event is a movement</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join us for our annual conference.  Innovate-Educate and NMSTE are pleased to announce the IE/NMSTE Conference 2010 to be held on April 22 and 23 in Albuquerque, N.M.  This two-day conference will focus on the integration of technology and STEM for advancement in innovations in teaching and learning.
Last year, more than 700 executives, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://innovate-educatenm.org/more-than-a-conference-april-event-is-a-movement</link>
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		<title>U.S. DoE Releases Race to the Top Applications</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Education is providing the public with the applications it received from states applying to the Race to the Top program, according to information provided Wednesday on www.ed.gov.
In order to make the information available to the public as quickly as possible, while fulfilling legal obligations to protect certain information, including personal information [...]]]></description>
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