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	<title>The Wenatchee World &#187; Rachel Schleif</title>
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		<title>How to spot quality early childhood education</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wenatcheeworld.com/rschleif/2009/07/18/how-to-spot-quality-early-childhood-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:42:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Schleif</dc:creator>
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Early childhood matters. That fact is gaining recognition nationwide, especially after the $4.2 billion boost from the stimulus act.
We talked to Cornelia Grumman, director of the First Five Years Fund. A former reporter, she told us what to look for in good quality early childhood education. I thought parents could use this information too.

What [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sneak peak in to the Senate budget</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wenatcheeworld.com/rschleif/2009/03/27/sneak-peak-in-to-the-senate-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2009 16:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Schleif</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even the folks who&#8217;ve been in education a long time say they&#8217;ve never seen the Senate and House so tight-lipped about the budget. Mum&#8217;s been the word &#8211; until the Seattle Times published this juicy morsel this morning. It&#8217;s a sour little morsel, which we all expected.
From Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, D-Spokane:
Brown said the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire station pitch to schools</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wenatcheeworld.com/rschleif/2009/03/24/fire-station-pitch-to-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Schleif</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I walked out of the last Wenatchee School Board meeting wondering if the school board will follow through with a &#8220;resolution of support&#8221; for the fire department&#8217;s proposed station. My hunch is they might sit on it a while.
The fire department plans to put another bond proposal on the ballot this fall. The official &#8220;decision&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got lesson plan, will teach</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wenatcheeworld.com/rschleif/2009/03/17/got-lesson-plan-will-teach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:53:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Schleif</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took a road trip to Salem, Or. last week for the regional Association for Experiential Learning conference. Basically, it&#8217;s a outdoorsy get-together for teen outreach folk — think Outward Bound-like programs, adventure therapy, drug and alcohol counselors, rope course designers, etc. My significant other, a teacher, is big into this stuff.
Here&#8217;s what I saw:
1) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Covering teams: Athletics vs. academics</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wenatcheeworld.com/rschleif/2009/03/16/covering-teams-sports-vs-academics/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 21:25:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Schleif</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a classic tug-of-war on the education beat, and I&#8217;m the rope.
I got an e-mail from a proud mom of a Knowledge Bowl student, who asked that we give some well-deserved recognition to the team. They aced regionals and is headed to state for the first time in 5 years. She added:
Also, in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We be rollin&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wenatcheeworld.com/rschleif/2009/03/10/we-be-rollin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Schleif</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sweet ride, good interviews, scary mountain passes &#8211; that sums up a 14-hour whirlwind Thursday as I rode with a group of WVC students protesting budget cuts in Olympia. Here&#8217;s the students making signs on the bus in Olympia before the protest:

The trip turned out to be the highlight of my year so far. All [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eventually the Sneetches, Hortons and Whos find everyone</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wenatcheeworld.com/rschleif/2009/03/03/eventually-the-sneetches-hortons-and-whos-find-everyone/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:04:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Schleif</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My goal was to reach one kid Monday, and I think I got him.
The background: I signed up to read Dr. Suess to a class of 4th-graders Monday. I chatted up a table of students as they finished their art project before the reading. The class was learning how to draw human figures, beyond just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is that a baby in there?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wenatcheeworld.com/rschleif/2009/02/27/is-that-a-baby-in-there/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wenatcheeworld.com/rschleif/2009/02/27/is-that-a-baby-in-there/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 03:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Schleif</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General Interest]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m haunted by this 15-year-old girl I met last week at a scholarship event. She didn&#8217;t want to talk to me, and when she got up from the lunch table I could see why.
I was reporting on the College Bound Scholarship, a program that gives low-income students a full ride for four years at any [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A few things to add about WVC &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wenatcheeworld.com/rschleif/2009/02/25/a-few-things-to-add-about-wvc/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wenatcheeworld.com/rschleif/2009/02/25/a-few-things-to-add-about-wvc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 04:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Schleif</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I attended the last part of a student forum with President Jim Richardson Wednesday.
Tidbits: I found out there are some students leaving for a demonstration in Olympia next Thursday. I&#8217;m calling the organizer for details. Maybe I&#8217;ll go (yahoo!). I also heard something about stimulus dollars going to the college, I&#8217;ll ask Kathi Rivers Shannon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rumor investigations at WVC</title>
		<link>http://blogs.wenatcheeworld.com/rschleif/2009/02/25/rumor-investigations-at-wvc/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.wenatcheeworld.com/rschleif/2009/02/25/rumor-investigations-at-wvc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Schleif</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m going to kill the suspense right now: Every rumor I’ve investigated out of WVC this year was false or a half-truth.
All year long, I’ve had students stopping by the office, sending letters, leaving messages on my work phone, calling my personal cell phone (not okay!) … They’re frustrated with things they’re hearing from “faculty” [...]]]></description>
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