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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 23:44:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Densen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is not a post about Drew Brees. Brees is certainly the most valuable player in the NFL, and, I think, the most valuable person in the New Orleans at the moment. This is a post about another kind of MVP &#8211; minimum viable product. This MVP is a concept we learned about in 4.0 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecaisson.com&#038;blog=26716286&#038;post=796&#038;subd=thecaisson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>[name of school]</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Densen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before our children were born, my wife and I spent lots of time on the Baby Name Wizard Voyager.  If you are expecting, or want something to do for the next 5 &#8211; 100 minutes check it out here. It&#8217;s rad. Unfortunately, it does not work on names for new charter schools.  That&#8217;s a shame because I&#8217;m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecaisson.com&#038;blog=26716286&#038;post=782&#038;subd=thecaisson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://thecaisson.com/2011/12/09/mission-control/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Densen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for the radio silence.  I know I haven&#8217;t posted in quite a while.  The Thanksgiving holiday messed with my flow. I started working on the process of actually writing, or at least outlining, the charter application document.  This is particularly difficult since: 1) OPSB has not issued an  RFA (request for applications) yet 2) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecaisson.com&#038;blog=26716286&#038;post=765&#038;subd=thecaisson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Project 27: A Quick Conversation</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 16:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Densen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the 27th of each month, my 4.0 Innovator School colleagues and I are continuing project 27, an experience that started during 4.0 Essentials.  The rules of project 27 are straightforward: Go. Learn. Share.  Go somewhere, learn something from someone, and share it with others. You can read my contribution below, and visit the blogs of my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecaisson.com&#038;blog=26716286&#038;post=760&#038;subd=thecaisson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A &#8220;Controlled Choice&#8221; Approach To Enrollment</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 17:49:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Densen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About six months ago, OPEN, the Orleans Public Education Network, hosted an event which they called &#8220;Neighborhood vs. Charter Schools,&#8221; but was really a evening about diversity in New Orleans public schools.  I was out of town and could not attend, but I was able to watch it on OPEN&#8217;s vimeo channel (or at the bottom of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecaisson.com&#038;blog=26716286&#038;post=750&#038;subd=thecaisson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;re Invited.</title>
		<link>http://thecaisson.com/2011/11/20/youre-invited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Nov 2011 16:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Densen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The next Caisson EduChat will be held at Monday night in the East Riverside neighborhood.  If you are interested in learning more about this project, or New Orleans public schools in general, please join us.  Here are the details: Monday, Nov 21 @ 7:15 PM 3714 Laurel St. Tagged: East Riverside<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecaisson.com&#038;blog=26716286&#038;post=748&#038;subd=thecaisson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Reason To Still Have A Land Line</title>
		<link>http://thecaisson.com/2011/11/18/the-best-reason-to-still-have-a-land-line/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:11:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Densen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bobby Jindal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[IDEO]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I had the unusal experience of enjoying participating in a phone survey. The first few questions were typical of political surveys: they were asking for the favorabilty of elected officials like Gov. Bobby Jindal and Mayor Mitch Landrieu.   My interest suddenly peaked when they asked my opinion of RSD Superintendent John White, OPSB Superintendent Darryl [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecaisson.com&#038;blog=26716286&#038;post=730&#038;subd=thecaisson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Open Enrollment &amp; Diversity</title>
		<link>http://thecaisson.com/2011/11/17/open-enrollment-diversity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:12:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Densen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[School Design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, I visited Morris Jeff Community School in Mid City.  Morris Jeff is the only school in New Orleans that can legitimately claim to be a socio-economically diverse public school without entrance requirements.   According to the 2011 NOLAPON parent&#8217;s guide, 59% of Morris Jeff students qualify for free or reduced lunch.   Morris Jeff&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecaisson.com&#038;blog=26716286&#038;post=718&#038;subd=thecaisson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>100 Point Survey Online</title>
		<link>http://thecaisson.com/2011/11/15/100-point-survey-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Densen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In previous posts, I have mentioned the 100 point survey I give to parents at EduChats as a potential conversation starter and a way to determine the relative value of a variety of school attributes.   I have now put that survey online, so you don&#8217; t need to be at an EduChat to complete [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecaisson.com&#038;blog=26716286&#038;post=708&#038;subd=thecaisson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How To Walk To School</title>
		<link>http://thecaisson.com/2011/11/14/how-to-walk-to-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Densen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[School Design]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently finished reading &#8220;How To Walk To School&#8221; (HTWTS) by Jacqueline Edelberg and Susan Kurland.  It is the true story of how a group of neighborhood parents (led by Ms. Edelberg) partnered with the principal of their local public school (Ms. Kurland) to build a neighborhood school.  What transpires is an interesting series of events that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thecaisson.com&#038;blog=26716286&#038;post=611&#038;subd=thecaisson&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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