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	<description>Giving Guatemala&#039;s indigenous children a chance to spread their wings and fly</description>
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		<title>Raising the Stakes of Online Education</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/01/raising-the-stakes-of-online-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:08:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jazmine Rodriguez</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve written before about how my experiences after Hurricane Katrina opened my eyes to the vast inequalities in education at home in New Orleans and abroad. Katrina was the catalyst that spurred interest in education and international, but it also opened my eyes to the value of online education. After Katrina, my university population was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education Campaigns Fight Prejudice in Guatemala</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/01/education-campaigns-to-fight-prejudice-in-guatemala/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/01/education-campaigns-to-fight-prejudice-in-guatemala/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 17:55:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HarrietteRWI</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whilst I have written about the issue of inequality and prejudice in Guatemala before now, I find that the more I learn about the country, the harder it is to avoid recognising the extent of this issue as an obstacle to its development. Despite existing gender-related legislation to encourage equality, this legislation is apparently being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LibreBus: Champions of Knowledge for All</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/01/librebus-champions-of-knowledge-for-all/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/01/librebus-champions-of-knowledge-for-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:47:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jazmine Rodriguez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central_America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freedom of expression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/?p=1898</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It seemed that the Occupy movement took to the internet this week to protest SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act. Many people in the US have been calling and emailing their congressman to keep the internet uncensored and even those abroad have spoken up in support of internet freedom. Those who were not aware of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Value of a Good Teacher</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/01/the-value-of-a-good-teacher/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 20:19:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jazmine Rodriguez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teachers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/?p=1829</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I shared a USAID info-graphic that did an excellent job of explaining the broad based impact of education in overall community development, but the USAID neglected to address the important role that teachers play in students lives . Even in the United States where all students are able, and required, to attend school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Focus on Education?</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/01/why-focus-on-education/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/01/why-focus-on-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jazmine Rodriguez</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USAID]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/?p=1777</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[50 years ago, President John F. Kennedy founded the US Agency for International Development because he realized that merging many foreign aid efforts into one agency could have a much greater impact. USAID is celebrating its 50th birthday this year with a new website to chronicle it’s accomplishments over the last half century. In addition, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Bridges in Education</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/01/building-bridges-in-education/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2012/01/building-bridges-in-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:58:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CassandraRWI</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[students]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[university]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/?p=1780</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was growing up in the UK, there was only one certainty in my grumpy adolescent world: one day soon I would shed the shackles of my hometown and escape to university. In Europe, the US, and Australia university attendance is the rule rather than the exception, and an undergraduate degree is now the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Maestros Cien Puntos &#8211; Recognising Guatemala&#8217;s Top Teachers</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/12/maestros-cien-puntos-recognising-guatemalas-top-teachers/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/12/maestros-cien-puntos-recognising-guatemalas-top-teachers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HarrietteRWI</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[maestros cien puntos]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/?p=1749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In November this year, the Maestros Cien Puntos Prize was awarded to ten Guatemalan teachers in recognition of their outstanding service to education in Guatemala in the Palacio Nacional de la Cultura. Previous winners attended the ceremony along with other education officials and sponsors of the scheme. The award assesses innovation in teaching and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roots and Wings Resources</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/12/reading-with-rwi/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/12/reading-with-rwi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 21:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HarrietteRWI</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[tutoring]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/?p=1700</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This week I’ve been pondering over the ever-increasing impact of technology and how gadgets such as Kindles and iPhones are more commonly seen in the hands of commuters and suchlike, which led me to consider how easy it is to take advantage of our access to books. It saddens me to hear that public funding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bookworms in Decline</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/12/bookworms-in-decline/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/12/bookworms-in-decline/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:41:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HarrietteRWI</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/?p=1655</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned in my first ever post for RWI that I currently work in academic publishing for a well-known organisation which publishes world-famous dictionaries, journals, textbooks and a wide range of other publications. Whilst my role concentrates on courses for secondary education (ages 11-18), a large part of the company is dedicated to producing successful [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Choice for Giovanni</title>
		<link>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/11/choice-for-giovanni/</link>
		<comments>http://rootsandwingsintl.org/blog/2011/11/choice-for-giovanni/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HarrietteRWI</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Guatemala]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The five of us piled into the tatty jeep with our drenched rucksacks piled on top of us and we sat soaked to the bone all the way to the hostel. We had turned up at one of the more common hostels in the area only to find out that they had overbooked, and after [...]]]></description>
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