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    <pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 03:31:56 -0500</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gates Foundation Blog Profiles How Cristo Rey's University Partnerships Tackle Low College Success Rates]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The academic, social, and economic challenges facing low-income high school graduates in their transition to and through college remain formidable and well documented. Though the value of a college degree has never been greater, rates of college success for low-income students remain virtually unchanged over the last several decades &#8211; in 2008, the college attainment rates of low-income Americans stood at 10 percent. ]]></description>
		
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 14:16:05 -0000</pubDate>

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		<title><![CDATA[The Alain Locke Initiative to Train Cristo Rey Network Principals]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cristo Rey Network is pleased to announce a partnership with The Alain Locke Initiative to train Cristo Rey Network principals to leverage the key capabilities critical to accelerating student achievement. ]]></description>
		
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 17:59:50 -0000</pubDate>

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		<title><![CDATA[Cristo Rey Network Awarded $1.6 Million from Walton Family Foundation]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the Cristo Rey Network announced that the Walton Family Foundation is investing $1.6 million in Cristo Rey with the goal of doubling the number of member schools across the country. In addition to this investment, the Foundation will be providing access to start up grants to new Cristo Rey schools.]]></description>
		
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:11:50 -0000</pubDate>

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		<title><![CDATA[Cristo Rey to launch study for potential Cristo Rey Milwaukee High School]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A national network of Catholic high schools that caters to low-income students - and has a track record of getting many of them to college - is eyeing Milwaukee as an expansion site, with help from Marquette University and the Bradley Foundation.]]></description>
		
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2012 15:59:28 -0000</pubDate>

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		<title><![CDATA[Duke University Divinity School features Cristo Rey Network in Faith and Leadership publication]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[With demanding academics and an innovative work-study program, Cristo Rey Catholic schools have thrived, sending thousands of disadvantaged students to college and creating a new and sustainable model of Catholic education.]]></description>
		
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 19:15:24 -0000</pubDate>

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		<title><![CDATA[Cristo Rey Network highlighted as high-performing school network]]></title>
		<link>http://www.cristoreynetwork.org/page.cfm?p=346&amp;newsid=83</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Houston and across the country, the cry for education reform has been buttressed by evidence of an academic achievement gap for low-income and minority children - data showing lower test scores, lower high school graduation rates, lower levels of college readiness and, tragically, lower expectations and leveled aspirations.]]></description>
		
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:50:52 -0000</pubDate>

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		<title><![CDATA[Black Enterprise features Cristo Rey Network]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wouldn't it be great if there were an affordable school in your neighborhood that would enroll your son or daughter, even if he or she were three grades behind? What if that school were college preparatory and nearly all its graduates were accepted to two- and four-year colleges? Suppose it also exposed your high schooler to the world of the white-collar workplace by allowing him or her to work to earn a portion of his or her tuition.]]></description>
		
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 21:02:11 -0000</pubDate>

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		<title><![CDATA[National University Partner Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Publishes First Generation Stories of Cristo Rey Alumni ]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 2, 2012 - Saint Mary's University of Minnesota, a Cristo Rey Network National University Partner, has launched FirstGenerationStories.org within the past month. Stories profiled include Cristo Rey alumni Chris, Cynthia, and Daniela - graduates of member schools located in Tucson, Chicago, and Waukegan.]]></description>
		
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:04:03 -0000</pubDate>

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		<title><![CDATA[Weinberg Foundation awards Cristo Rey Network $495,371 Gift]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Cristo Rey Network is pleased to announce a $495,371 gift from The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc. today to support the Cristo Rey Network Capital Projects Fund as well as general operations. ]]></description>
		
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:30:43 -0000</pubDate>

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		<title><![CDATA[Liguorian Profiles Cristo Rey President and CEO Rob Birdsell]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Q) What is the mission of the Cristo Rey Network and what benefits are evident from the organization?

A) The Cristo Rey Network empowers thousands of students from underserved lower-income communities to develop their minds and hearts to become lifelong contributors to society. By providing students an extraordinary college-preparatory education and a unique four-year integrated corporate work-study experience, we seek to help transform urban America.]]></description>
		
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:11:35 -0000</pubDate>

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