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		<title>&#8220;Third American Revolution&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Civil Rights Activist speaks at UTM an article from the Jackson Sun (Feb 26,2010)]]></description>
		<link>http://www.algebra.org/news/2010/03/19/third-american-revolution/</link>
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		<title>Algebra Project Teacher Professional Development Institute</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Program Announcement for the Summer 2010
Algebra Project Teacher Professional Development Institute
The Algebra Project invites you to a 2-week intensive Teacher Professional Development Institute this summer, from July 19-31, 2010 at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL.
• Week One (Monday – Saturday, 6 days) will focus on the Experiential Learning of participants: exploring key experiences and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.algebra.org/news/2010/03/11/algebra-project-teacher-professional-development-institute/</link>
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		<title>James Weldon Johnson Medal for Civil Rights</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Robert P. Moses will be receiving the James Weldon Johnson Medal for Civil Rights in early November, 2010.
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		<link>http://www.algebra.org/news/2010/03/11/medal/</link>
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		<title>Algebra Project Professional Development</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Algebra Project Professional Development for Professional Developers Institute Candidate prerequisites and expectations:
Candidates for the 2010 AP PDPD Institute should have:
1.    Participated in a National Algebra Project Teacher Institute.
2.    At least “one year of teaching or support experience within an Algebra Project high school classroom.
3.    Demonstrated some form of leadership in your professional practice, locally or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.algebra.org/news/2010/03/11/algebra-project-professional-development/</link>
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		<title>TheGrio&#8217;s 100: Omo Moses, equating things for next generation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[TheGrio's 100: Omo Moses, equating things for next generation

By Myranda Stephens

5:00 AM on 02/01/2010

Omo Moses could be called a product of activism. His parents were both civil rights leaders in Mississippi during the 1960s, then relocated to Canada to avoid the Vietnam War draft. From there, they moved to Tanzania where Moses was born. His full name, Omowale, is the same name the people of Nigeria gave to Malcolm X when the civil rights leader journeyed there. This is a fact Moses would later learn on his own.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.algebra.org/news/2010/02/09/thegrios-100-omo-moses-equating-things-for-next-generation/</link>
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		<title>AP High School Cohorts &#8211; NSF Discovery Research</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Algebra Project has completed the planning year of its Discovery Research K-12 grant from the National Science Foundation.  The award was granted for “potentially transformative” education research, and the Algebra Project was among the 17% of proposals that were successful.    The Algebra Project will test its “cohort model” for preparing students for college mathematics who are currently performing in the lowest national quartile in mathematics.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.algebra.org/news/2009/11/16/ap-high-school-cohorts-nsf-discovery-research/</link>
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		<title>Book Launch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.algebra.org/images/resources/QECR.gif" align="left" style="padding-right:9px">"Creating a Grassroots Movement to Transform Public Schools, Quality Education as a Constitutional Right" - a new book available June 30. Emerging directly from the collaborate efforts of prominent African American and Latino intellectuals and activists brought together by Robert Moses, under one roof, to discuss a proposal for a new campaign to guarantee a quality education for all children as a constitutional right.
You can purchase the book through <a href="http://www.beacon.org/productdetails.cfm?PC=2116">Beacon Press</a>
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&#160; &#160; <a href="http://www.algebra.org/news/2010/03/30/book-launch/">view details</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://www.algebra.org/news/2010/03/30/book-launch/</link>
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		<title>This summer the Algebra Project partners with YPP, the People Speak, and Beacon Press for QECR book release and accompanying tour!!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Quality Education as a Constitutional Right: Creating a Grassroots Movement to Transform Public Schools.
Editors: Theresa Perry, Robert P. Moses, Joan T. Wynne, Ernesto Cortes Jr., Lisa Delpit.
Legendary civil rights leader and education activist Robert Moses invited one hundred prominent African American and Latino intellectuals and activists to meet to discuss a proposal for a campaign [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.algebra.org/news/2010/07/14/this-summer-the-algebra-project-partners-with-ypp-the-people-speak-and-beacon-press-for-qecr-book-release-and-accompanying-tour/</link>
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		<title>Algebra Project Summer Workshops for Teachers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[June 7-18: AP Teacher PD Institute at Manual Arts High School and Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles (year 1 materials)
June 19-26: PDPD Institute at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
July 9-30: AP Teacher PD Institute at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL (year 2 materials)
August 16-20: AP Teacher PD Institute, Math for America-Los Angeles, at USC
August [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.algebra.org/news/2010/07/14/algebra-project-summer-workshops-for-teachers/</link>
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		<title>Welcome New Algebra Project Members</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bill Crombie joins the Algebra Project full-time staff as National Director for PD and PDPD activities at the high school level
William Crombie is the director of professional development for the Algebra Project, Inc.  Since 1990 Mr. Crombie has been involved in the development and delivery of curriculum and professional development programs for the Algebra [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.algebra.org/news/2010/07/14/welcome-new-algebra-project-members/</link>
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