<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/franklin-schools-exploring-social-emotional-learning-partnership.html" dsn="news"><title>Franklin schools exploring “social-emotional learning” partnership</title><item_date>04/02/2017 12:00:00 PM</item_date><author>Mike Gleason, Daily News Staff</author><image><img src="/news/images/MetroWest-Logo.png" alt="Franklin schools exploring social-emotional learning, partnership"/></image><image_caption>Franklin schools exploring social-emotional learning, partnership</image_caption><thumbnail><img src="/news/images/MetroWest-Logo.png" alt="Franklin schools exploring social-emotional learning, partnership"/></thumbnail><summary>“What we see more and more is that we have to have high-quality, standards-based instruction, but equally important is the kids’ readiness to receive that instruction,”</summary><category>In the News</category><featured/><tags><tag>In the News</tag></tags></item>