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		<title>Flextronics Renews its Support of RAFT’s Mission to Inspire Hands-on Learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2013 19:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RESOURCE AREA FOR TEACHING (RAFT) RECEIVES $10,000 DONATION FROM FLEXTRONICS FOR HANDS-ON LEARNING STEM EDUCATION San Jose, January 15, 2013 – Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) announced today that Flextronics has donated $10,000 to provide continued support of RAFT’s Education Program. RAFT repurposes or “up-cycles” materials donated by local businesses&#8230;  <a href="http://www.raft.net/news/pr/2013/flextronics-renews-its-support-of-rafts-mission-to-inspire-hands-on-learning/" title="Read Flextronics Renews its Support of RAFT’s Mission to Inspire Hands-on Learning">Read More»</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) Announces the 2012 RAFT Fellows, Advocates for Hands on Teaching</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2012 06:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RAFT Fellows from around the Bay Area set to share what hands on teaching can do to enhance learning for students and teaching for educators. RAFT Is On a Mission. For the last four years, RAFT (Resource Area For Teaching) has been building a small but effective group of advocates&#8230;  <a href="http://www.raft.net/news/pr/2012/resource-area-for-teaching-raft-announces-the-2012-raft-fellows-advocates-for-hands-on-teaching/" title="Read Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) Announces the 2012 RAFT Fellows, Advocates for Hands on Teaching">Read More»</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) Honors Six Science Educators with Teacher Awards at the Synopsys Science &amp; Technology Championship</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 17:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RAFT awards science teachers from Challenger &#8211; Middlefield, Granada Islamic, Magnolia Science Academy, Merryhill, Milpitas Christian and Springer schools whose students used hands-on techniques and repurposed materials in the Synopsys Science Fair projects. San Jose, CA (April 11, 2012) &#8211; Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) recently recognized six science educators&#8230;  <a href="http://www.raft.net/news/pr/2012/resource-area-for-teaching-raft-honors-six-science-educators-with-teacher-awards-at-the-synopsys-science-technology-championship/" title="Read Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) Honors Six Science Educators with Teacher Awards at the Synopsys Science &#38; Technology Championship">Read More»</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stanford Student Partners With RAFT to Create Hands On Activity Kits for Kids With Autism</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:51:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Affordable and accessible RAFT (Resource Area For Teaching) materials help Stanford University student make educational hands on Activity Kits to effectively engage children with special needs. San Jose, CA (March 20, 2012) &#8211; Krystal Le, a sophomore at Stanford University recently worked with RAFT to develop new hands-on educational activity&#8230;  <a href="http://www.raft.net/news/pr/2012/stanford-student-partners-with-raft-to-create-hands-on-activity-kits-for-kids-with-autism/" title="Read Stanford Student Partners With RAFT to Create Hands On Activity Kits for Kids With Autism">Read More»</a>]]></description>
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		<title>FLEXTRONICS FOUNDATION SUPPORTS RAFT’S WORK ON HANDS ON EDUCATION</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 03:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RESOURCE AREA FOR TEACHING (RAFT) RECEIVES $10,000 DONATION FROM FLEXTRONICS FOUNDATION TO FACILITATE HANDS ON STEM EDUCATION Singapore, February 15, 2012 – Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) and Flextronics announced today that Flextronics Foundation has donated $10,000 to support the core component of RAFT’s Education program – creatively repurposing materials&#8230;  <a href="http://www.raft.net/news/pr/2012/flextronics-foundation-supports-raft%e2%80%99s-work-on-hands-on-education/" title="Read FLEXTRONICS FOUNDATION SUPPORTS RAFT’S WORK ON HANDS ON EDUCATION">Read More»</a>]]></description>
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		<title>RESOURCE AREA FOR TEACHING (RAFT) COLLABORATES WITH CISCO  TO EXPAND EDUCATIONAL IMPACT THROUGH ONLINE TEACHER COMMUNITY</title>
		<link>http://www.raft.net/news/pr/2012/resource-area-for-teaching-raft-collaborates-with-cisco-to-expand-educational-impact-through-online-teacher-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CISCO’S  GRANT HELPS RAFT INCREASE ITS REACH TO TEACHERS AND STUDENTS NATIONWIDE San Jose, CA (Feb 07, 2012) &#8211; Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT), a pioneer in hands-on teaching methods, has received $100,000 from Cisco, the worldwide leader in networking technology, to develop an education web platform that will enable&#8230;  <a href="http://www.raft.net/news/pr/2012/resource-area-for-teaching-raft-collaborates-with-cisco-to-expand-educational-impact-through-online-teacher-community/" title="Read RESOURCE AREA FOR TEACHING (RAFT) COLLABORATES WITH CISCO  TO EXPAND EDUCATIONAL IMPACT THROUGH ONLINE TEACHER COMMUNITY">Read More»</a>]]></description>
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		<title>United Way Silicon Valley Partners with RAFT  to Improve Local Education and Support Teachers in Honor of National Holiday</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Martin Luther King Jr. Day –United Way volunteers honor this day of service at RAFT Jan 16th, San Jose, CA &#8211; On a day when schools were closed to honor Martin Luther King, Jr., nearly 100 volunteers joined United Way Silicon Valley and Resource Area For Teaching (RAFT) to make&#8230;  <a href="http://www.raft.net/news/pr/2012/volunteers-make-martin-luther-king-holiday-a-day-of-service-united-way-silicon-valley-partners-with-raft-to-improve-local-education-and-support-teachers-in-honor-of-national-holiday/" title="Read United Way Silicon Valley Partners with RAFT  to Improve Local Education and Support Teachers in Honor of National Holiday">Read More»</a>]]></description>
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		<title>RAFT collaborates with NYSCi to explore potential in making, designing and engineering practices to enrich STEM education</title>
		<link>http://www.raft.net/news/pr/2012/raft-collaborates-with-nysci-to-explore-potential-in-making-designing-and-engineering-practices-to-enrich-stem-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RAFT participates in growing the next generation of science innovators with NYSCi Jan 17th, San Jose, CA &#8211; Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT), a non-profit organization that has been promoting hands-on interactive learning for 18 years, shared it’s expertise on hands-on teaching methods at the &#8220;Design, Make, Play: Growing the&#8230;  <a href="http://www.raft.net/news/pr/2012/raft-collaborates-with-nysci-to-explore-potential-in-making-designing-and-engineering-practices-to-enrich-stem-education/" title="Read RAFT collaborates with NYSCi to explore potential in making, designing and engineering practices to enrich STEM education">Read More»</a>]]></description>
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		<title>RAFT AND CITIZEN SCHOOLS PROVIDE AFTER-SCHOOL TRAINING IN STEM RELATED PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:19:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RAFT and Citizen Schools partners on a pilot project to evaluate effectiveness of RAFT Activity Kits San Jose, Calif. &#8211; Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT) and Citizen Schools are collaborating on a ten-week pilot project to evaluate the effectiveness of ’Hands-On’ activities in after school STEM education through December 13th,&#8230;  <a href="http://www.raft.net/news/pr/2011/raft-and-citizen-schools-provide-after-school-training-in-stem-related-professional-education/" title="Read RAFT AND CITIZEN SCHOOLS PROVIDE AFTER-SCHOOL TRAINING IN STEM RELATED PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION">Read More»</a>]]></description>
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		<title>RAFT Collaborates With ISKME to Innovate Big Ideas in Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 22:06:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RAFT to provide prototyping resources for upcoming Big Ideas Fest Action Collabs San Jose, CA (November 29, 2011) &#8211; &#8220;Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.&#8221; &#8211; Brian W. Aldiss Resource Area for Teaching (RAFT) and Institute for the Study of Knowledge Management in Education&#8230;  <a href="http://www.raft.net/news/pr/2011/raft-collaborates-with-iskme-to-innovate-big-ideas-in-education/" title="Read RAFT Collaborates With ISKME to Innovate Big Ideas in Education">Read More»</a>]]></description>
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