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		<title>Independent Schools and Consultants Should Watch Legislative Action for Opportunity to Attract New Students</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 17:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA At first blush it may defy logic, but the Defense Appropriations bill, which will come up for Congressional approval in the coming weeks, may present an excellent opportunity to introduce the benefits of independent schooling to families. Depending how a proposed amendment goes, families with a strong commitment to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Better Relations Between School-Based Counselors and Educational Consultants Is Focus of IECA Effort</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 17:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association A major source of frustration, based on what I hear when I travel, revolves around the strained relationship between independent educational consultants and school-based college counselors. School counselors feel that students working with consultants are often advised to keep that relationship a secret from the school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SSATB Charts Course Reflecting Expanded Mission</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA The Secondary School Admission Test Board is an organization originally created to handle the administration of entrance exams for the nation&#8217;s independent schools. Over the years, that mission has grown as the SSATB extended its reach into more than 100 countries, developed a Standard Application Online, new tracking strategies [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Video Contest: What Makes Your School Great?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Sklarow</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association A new video contest opens today, inviting student videographers from independent day and boarding schools to tell the world why their school is best, and why prospective freshmen should enroll. Students may submit as many two-minute entries as they&#8217;d like and there is no entry fee. Two [...]]]></description>
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