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		<title>Millions of people snowed in by East Coast storm over the weekend slog back to work</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 08:35:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Larry Neumeister</dc:creator>
		
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Storm-walloped East Coast returns to work _ slowly

NEW YORK — Millions of East Coast commuters returned to work Monday over slick roads and icy sidewalks after a weekend winter storm dropped record snowfall, interrupted holiday shopping and stranded travelers.
The storm crept up the coast on Saturday and Sunday, walloping states from the mid-Atlantic to New ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/millions-of-people-snowed-in-by-east-coast-storm-over-the-weekend-slog-back-to-work-246745/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Millions of people snowed in by East Coast storm over the weekend slog back to work</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona teacher placed on leave after taking high school choir to lunch at Hooters</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:47:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Ariz. teacher on leave for taking choir to Hooters

PHOENIX — An Arizona music teacher whose students performed at a presidential inauguration event is on administrative leave after taking 40 high school students to a Hooters restaurant.
Paradise Valley school district spokeswoman Judi Willis says choir director Mary Segall accompanied the students to a performance in downtown .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/arizona-teacher-placed-on-leave-after-taking-high-school-choir-to-lunch-at-hooters-245694/">Original source &nbsp;: Arizona teacher placed on leave after taking high school choir to lunch at Hooters</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Parents tangle with Dallas school district after 4-year-old son suspended for his long hair</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 08:16:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Carlton</dc:creator>
		
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Texas parents, school tangle over boy&#8217;s long locks

BALCH SPRINGS, Texas — Taylor Pugh has been suspended from pre-kindergarten because he likes his hair a little on the floppy side.
The 4-year-old sat with a teacher&#8217;s aide in a suburban Dallas school library on Thursday during the fourth week of his in-school suspension.
Taylor&#8217;s locks — long on ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/parents-tangle-with-dallas-school-district-after-4-year-old-son-suspended-for-his-long-hair-245188/">Parents tangle with Dallas school district after 4-year-old son suspended for his long hair</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Parents battle suburban Dallas school after it suspends their son, 4, because of his long hair</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Carlton</dc:creator>
		
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Texas parents battle school over son&#8217;s long locks

BALCH SPRINGS, Texas — Pre-kindergartner Taylor Pugh likes his floppy hair just how it is: long on the front and sides, covering his earlobes and shirt collar.
But his long locks violate the dress code in his suburban Dallas school district. So Taylor again Wednesday found himself facing in-school ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/parents-battle-suburban-dallas-school-after-it-suspends-their-son-4-because-of-his-long-hair-245012/" title="Parents battle suburban Dallas school after it suspends their son, 4, because of his long hair">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>NY transit agency board approves doomsday budget that includes service cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
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NY transit agency board approves 2010 budget

NEW YORK — The board of the nation&#8217;s largest transit agency reluctantly approved a 2010 budget Wednesday that includes service cuts and could leave New York City children without free rides to their public schools.
But several Metropolitan Transportation Authority board members characterized the vote as merely the beginning of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ny-transit-agency-board-approves-doomsday-budget-that-includes-service-cuts-244916/" title="NY transit agency board approves doomsday budget that includes service cuts">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Arlington, Va., middle school cancels Taliban debate after parents complain</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 18:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
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Arlington, Va., educators cancel Taliban debate

ARLINGTON, Va. — A middle school principal in Virginia has called off an assignment that asked some students to represent the views of the Taliban in a mock United Nations debate.
Eighth graders at Swanson Middle School in Arlington had been asked to research nine conflicts around the world, including Afghanistan, ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/arlington-va-middle-school-cancels-taliban-debate-after-parents-complain-244383/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : Arlington, Va., middle school cancels Taliban debate after parents complain</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama drug czar: Pot-smoking keeps increasing among US teens; cigarettes, binge drinking drops</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>David N. Goodman</dc:creator>
		
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DETROIT — A decade-long decline in the number of teens using pot has apparently stalled, and some teens&#8217; attitudes on how harmful marijuana can be may be softening, according to a federal survey on teen drug use released Monday.
The findings were based on a survey of roughly .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-drug-czar-pot-smoking-keeps-increasing-among-us-teens-cigarettes-binge-drinking-drops-243857/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Obama drug czar: Pot-smoking keeps increasing among US teens; cigarettes, binge drinking drops</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Asian advocates plan federal complaint after school attacks on Philly students</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
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Rights complaint planned in Philly school attacks

PHILADELPHIA — A national Asian American advocacy organization says it plans to file a federal civil rights complaint against the Philadelphia School District after a series of attacks on Asian students at a high school.
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund said Friday that it would accuse the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/asian-advocates-plan-federal-complaint-after-school-attacks-on-philly-students-243309/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Asian advocates plan federal complaint after school attacks on Philly students</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Pulaski County teachers have 1-day walkout to protest school board vote to decertify union</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:28:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck Bartels</dc:creator>
		
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Pulaski teachers protest board vote against union

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Union-represented teachers in the Pulaski County School District stayed home Thursday to protest a school board decision to end recognition of their union.
All 39 schools in the 18,000-student district remained open, with substitute teachers and parent volunteers filling in for the absent teachers, Acting Superintendent ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/pulaski-county-teachers-have-1-day-walkout-to-protest-school-board-vote-to-decertify-union-242698/">Original article on  : Pulaski County teachers have 1-day walkout to protest school board vote to decertify union</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>SF Bay area school board votes to replace gay-friendly curriculum, address other biases</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Leff</dc:creator>
		
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SF Bay schools phase out gay-friendly curriculum

ALAMEDA, Calif. — A San Francisco Bay area school board will use broad lessons against bias to replace a curriculum against bullying gay people that had become a national centerpiece in the opposition to same-sex marriage.
The vote by the Alameda Board of Education on Tuesday did little to ease ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/sf-bay-area-school-board-votes-to-replace-gay-friendly-curriculum-address-other-biases-242548/" title="SF Bay area school board votes to replace gay-friendly curriculum, address other biases">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Bay Area school board votes to replace gay-friendly curriculum, address more kinds of bias</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:31:45 +0000</pubDate>
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Bay schools phase out gay-friendly curriculum

ALAMEDA, Calif. — The school board blinked.
Under the duress of a lawsuit and threats of recall, the Alameda Board of Education has voted to phase out an elementary school curriculum it adopted in May to prevent anti-gay bullying.
The so-called Lesson 9, which had become an opposition centerpiece in a national ... Read : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bay-area-school-board-votes-to-replace-gay-friendly-curriculum-address-more-kinds-of-bias-242411/">Bay Area school board votes to replace gay-friendly curriculum, address more kinds of bias</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama will use $3.5 billion to prod local officials to close, reopen worst-performing schools</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-will-use-35-billion-to-prod-local-officials-to-close-reopen-worst-performing-schools-239691/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:40:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Quaid</dc:creator>
		
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Obama pushes to turn around failing schools

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will spend at least $3.5 billion to push local officials around the country to close failing schools and reopen them with new teachers and principals.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan hopes to see the 5,000 worst-performing schools, about 1 percent of all U.S. schools, turned around .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-will-use-35-billion-to-prod-local-officials-to-close-reopen-worst-performing-schools-239691/">Obama will use $3.5 billion to prod local officials to close, reopen worst-performing schools</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Busy week for IPOs signals there&#8217;s more to come, but investors remain picky about placing bets</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/busy-week-for-ipos-signals-theres-more-to-come-but-investors-remain-picky-about-placing-bets-233807/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:41:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tali Arbel</dc:creator>
		
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Flurry of IPOs signals IPO rebound to continue

NEW YORK — The flurry of initial public offerings this week is confirmation that this fall&#8217;s rebound in the market wasn&#8217;t a fluke and sets the stage for more companies to raise money through IPOs in 2010. But the response to two of the newly public companies shows .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/busy-week-for-ipos-signals-theres-more-to-come-but-investors-remain-picky-about-placing-bets-233807/" title="Busy week for IPOs signals there&#8217;s more to come, but investors remain picky about placing bets">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gates Foundation commits $335 million for teacher quality experiments in 4 states</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Donna Gordon Blankinship</dc:creator>
		
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Gates Foundation gives $335M for teacher quality

SEATTLE — Three school districts and a coalition of charter schools have agreed to be test kitchens for some radical ideas for improving teacher quality — from paying new teachers to spend another year practicing before getting their own class to letting student test scores affect teacher pay.
In exchange, .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gates-foundation-commits-335-million-for-teacher-quality-experiments-in-4-states-232722/">Original source &nbsp;: Gates Foundation commits $335 million for teacher quality experiments in 4 states</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Calif. lawyers reap financial benefits from voting rights law they wrote</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael R. Blood</dc:creator>
		
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Jackpot: Lawyers earn fees from law they wrote

LOS ANGELES — Every lawsuit filed or even threatened under a California law aimed at electing more minorities to local offices — and all of the roughly $4.3 million from settlements so far — can be traced to just two people: a pair of attorneys who worked together ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/calif-lawyers-reap-financial-benefits-from-voting-rights-law-they-wrote-230043/" title="Calif. lawyers reap financial benefits from voting rights law they wrote">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Federal action against Iranian foundation threatens future of 4 American mosques</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 22:43:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rachel Zoll</dc:creator>
		
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Case against Iranian foundation threatens mosques

NEW YORK — The organization that federal investigators say is a front for the Iranian government has spent millions of dollars over the years on philanthropy: buying property for four U.S. mosques, funding religious schools and language classes, and translating books on Islam.
The move to seize assets held by the .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/federal-action-against-iranian-foundation-threatens-future-of-4-american-mosques-228951/">Federal action against Iranian foundation threatens future of 4 American mosques</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>North Carolina principal retires after school district nixes cash-for-grades fundraiser</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/north-carolina-principal-retires-after-school-district-nixes-cash-for-grades-fundraiser-228644/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
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NC principal leaves after cash-for-grades flap

GOLDSBORO, N.C. — A North Carolina principal is retiring after school district leaders halted a cash-for-grades fundraiser she approved.
Wayne County Public Schools said Friday that Rosewood Middle School principal Susie Shepherd has gone on leave for the rest of the month and will retire at the beginning of December.
The Goldsboro .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/north-carolina-principal-retires-after-school-district-nixes-cash-for-grades-fundraiser-228644/" title="North Carolina principal retires after school district nixes cash-for-grades fundraiser">Source &nbsp;: Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gates Foundation to help Houston charter schools get money to build</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
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Gates Foundation helps Houston charter schools

SEATTLE — The Bill &#038; Melinda Gates foundation is offering $30 million to help charter schools in Houston get $300 million in tax-exempt bonds to build more schools.
The money will help one charter organizations — KIPP Houston — but the foundation says it is willing to help other groups get ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gates-foundation-to-help-houston-charter-schools-get-money-to-build-228552/" title="Gates Foundation to help Houston charter schools get money to build">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. high school principal bans students from saying &#8216;Meep!&#8217; after repeated disruptions</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/mass-high-school-principal-bans-students-from-saying-meep-after-repeated-disruptions-227535/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:16:20 +0000</pubDate>
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Mass. principal bans students from saying &#8216;Meep!&#8217;

DANVERS, Mass. — Who knew &#8220;Meep!&#8221; was a four-letter word? The utterance favored by bungling lab assistant Beaker of &#8220;The Muppet Show&#8221; has been banned at Danvers High School in Massachusetts after students said it to repeatedly interrupt school.
Principal Thomas Murray said the word was part of a disruption ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/mass-high-school-principal-bans-students-from-saying-meep-after-repeated-disruptions-227535/">Mass. high school principal bans students from saying &#8216;Meep!&#8217; after repeated disruptions</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Report: Officer seriously hurt in collision of school bus, patrol car in NY&#8217;s Hudson Valley</title>
		<link>http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-officer-seriously-hurt-in-collision-of-school-bus-patrol-car-in-nys-hudson-valley-227499/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:51:12 +0000</pubDate>
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Report: Officer seriously hurt in school bus crash

NEWBURGH, N.Y. — An officer has reportedly been seriously injured in a collision between a school bus carrying students and a police patrol car in New York&#8217;s Hudson Valley.
The Times Herald-Record of Middletown reports that a Newburgh town police officer was airlifted to a trauma center after the ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-officer-seriously-hurt-in-collision-of-school-bus-patrol-car-in-nys-hudson-valley-227499/">Report: Officer seriously hurt in collision of school bus, patrol car in NY&#8217;s Hudson Valley</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama uses stimulus money to prod states to embrace his school agenda</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Quaid</dc:creator>
		
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Obama uses school dollars to prod states to change
WASHINGTON — States are jockeying for a new $5 billion pot of education money even before the contest has begun.
The Obama administration was opening the competition Thursday for grants for ideas like charter schools or judging teachers based on student test scores. Applications are due ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-uses-stimulus-money-to-prod-states-to-embrace-his-school-agenda-226434/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Obama uses stimulus money to prod states to embrace his school agenda</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Cash for grades: NC middle school sells test points to students for $20 as novel fundraiser</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
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NC school sells test points for $20 to raise money

GOLDSBORO, N.C. — A middle school in North Carolina is selling test scores to students in a bid to raise money.
The News &#038; Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday that a parent advisory council at Rosewood Middle School in Goldsboro come up with the fundraising plan after ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/cash-for-grades-nc-middle-school-sells-test-points-to-students-for-20-as-novel-fundraiser-225772/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Cash for grades: NC middle school sells test points to students for $20 as novel fundraiser</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Fire heavily damages southeast Portland elementary school; students, teachers escape unharmed</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
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Fire damages Portland elementary school
PORTLAND, Ore. — More than 400 students escaped a three-alarm fire that heavily damaged a southeast Portland elementary school.

Portland Fire Bureau spokeswoman Kim Kosmas says the school&#8217;s 17 teachers also made it out safely late Tuesday morning.
The cause of the fire at Marysville Elementary School has not been released. The fire ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/fire-heavily-damages-southeast-portland-elementary-school-students-teachers-escape-unharmed-225187/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Fire heavily damages southeast Portland elementary school; students, teachers escape unharmed</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Recession slows SC revenue, prompting another round of $120M cuts, nearly $450M since June</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:40:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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SC budget loses $120 million as recession drags on

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The long recession is cutting more money from state revenues and expected to force spending cuts of nearly $120 million from South Carolina schools, colleges and prisons.
That reduction, paired with $328 million slashed from estimates this summer, means state — just a third of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/recession-slows-sc-revenue-prompting-another-round-of-120m-cuts-nearly-450m-since-june-224959/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Recession slows SC revenue, prompting another round of $120M cuts, nearly $450M since June</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Arkansas governor announces career coaches, Web site for $10M work force education program</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Demillo</dc:creator>
		
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Ark. program to provide career coaches for schools

NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Forty-three &#8220;career coaches&#8221; will be placed in high schools around Arkansas next year to help students chart their college and career goals, state officials announced Monday.
The coaches will be placed in schools starting in January as part of a $10 million expansion of .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/arkansas-governor-announces-career-coaches-web-site-for-10m-work-force-education-program-223664/">Arkansas governor announces career coaches, Web site for $10M work force education program</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>La. educators teach trades to reduce dropout rate; students learn welding, engine repair</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Doug Simpson</dc:creator>
		
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La. educators turn to trades to cut dropout rate

WEST MONROE, La. — Beginning next year, a lot of Louisiana high school classrooms could look like Wes Sebren&#8217;s: equipped with welding gear, safety goggles and circular saws.
Sebren, a teacher at West Ouachita High School near West Monroe, is at the forefront of public schools&#8217; response to ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/la-educators-teach-trades-to-reduce-dropout-rate-students-learn-welding-engine-repair-223453/" title="La. educators teach trades to reduce dropout rate; students learn welding, engine repair">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Stimulus patches part of Oregon schools&#8217; budget gap; districts face more uncertainty</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Fought</dc:creator>
		
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Stimulus patches part of Ore. schools&#8217; budget gap

PORTLAND. Ore. — The math isn&#8217;t so hard when it comes to the faculty of the Tigard-Tualatin school district.
This year, the district employs 640 teachers on a full-time equivalent basis. That&#8217;s 56 fewer teachers than than a year ago. That&#8217;s also 55 more teachers than the district would .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/stimulus-patches-part-of-oregon-schools-budget-gap-districts-face-more-uncertainty-223329/" title="Stimulus patches part of Oregon schools&#8217; budget gap; districts face more uncertainty">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>In Pakistan&#8217;s decrepit school system, some advocate private option to shut out the Taliban</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nahal Toosi</dc:creator>
		
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To defang Taliban, some look to private schools

QUTBAL, Pakistan — The schoolhouse is so tiny that dozens of pupils have to sit outdoors. They&#8217;re lucky if their teachers have more than a basic education. And the chanting of math equations and Quranic verses gets so loud that the children have a hard time hearing themselves.
Yet ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-pakistans-decrepit-school-system-some-advocate-private-option-to-shut-out-the-taliban-221818/">Read more : In Pakistan&#8217;s decrepit school system, some advocate private option to shut out the Taliban</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>LatAm Indians struggle to keep identity, native tongues alive</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 15:15:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Frank Bajak</dc:creator>
		
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Fighting the odds to keep Indian tongues alive

HUAMPAMI, Peru — In his first year at San Marcos University, Hermenegildo Espejo barely spoke, and certainly not in class.
His Spanish was rudimentary, his accent an embarrassment. Classmates in Lima, a two-day trip from his Amazon home town, laughed at his grammatical stumbles, his odd pronunciation.
&#8220;I didn&#8217;t understand .... Source article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/latam-indians-struggle-to-keep-identity-native-tongues-alive-221760/">LatAm Indians struggle to keep identity, native tongues alive</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gay marriage foes win in Maine and California with message about schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Leff</dc:creator>
		
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Gay marriage foes win with message about schools

SAN FRANCISCO — Gay marriage opponents pulled off another victory at the ballot box this week by using a tried-and-tested argument: Approve it and children will be taught homosexuality in school.
Voters seemed to be swayed by the message, both in Maine and in last year&#8217;s gay marriage battle ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gay-marriage-foes-win-in-maine-and-california-with-message-about-schools-221015/" title="Gay marriage foes win in Maine and California with message about schools">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama brings up 6th-grade daughter during education speech, cites her study skills</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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MADISON, Wis. — President Barack Obama is making the need for parent involvement personal, citing his own daughter&#8217;s classroom challenges.
During a speech about his administration&#8217;s education priorities, he talked about his sixth-grade daughter, Malia, and her study skills. He told a middle school in Wisconsin that Malia came ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-brings-up-6th-grade-daughter-during-education-speech-cites-her-study-skills-218328/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Obama brings up 6th-grade daughter during education speech, cites her study skills</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Carrots and sticks: Obama uses stimulus money to prompt schools to undertake his initiatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:01:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Pace</dc:creator>
		
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MADISON, Wis. — Pushing for a link between student test scores and teacher pay, President Barack Obama on Wednesday dangled $5 billion in federal grants to states willing to undertake a top-to-bottom overhaul of their schools in support of White House priorities.
The day after fellow Democrats lost .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/carrots-and-sticks-obama-uses-stimulus-money-to-prompt-schools-to-undertake-his-initiatives-218086/">Carrots and sticks: Obama uses stimulus money to prompt schools to undertake his initiatives</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Hawaii teacher furlough talks may occur this week as state tries to satisfy some parents</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Herbert A. Sample</dc:creator>
		
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Hawaii teacher furlough talks may occur this week

HONOLULU — With less than a week before what could be a pivotal court hearing, a federal judge and lawyers involved in two lawsuits that seek to end Hawaii&#8217;s teacher furloughs may meet privately in the next few days to discuss settling the cases.
Lawyers representing parents of public .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hawaii-teacher-furlough-talks-may-occur-this-week-as-state-tries-to-satisfy-some-parents-217817/">here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands of Philly students need to find another way to school as transit strike continues</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Matheson</dc:creator>
		
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Schools reopen as Philly transit strike continues

PHILADELPHIA — The first day of a transit strike caused widespread delays and frustrated thousands of commuters who had to find other ways to get around Pennsylvania&#8217;s largest city.
On Wednesday, there will be an even greater test of how Philadelphia can cope without its bus, subway and trolley system .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/thousands-of-philly-students-need-to-find-another-way-to-school-as-transit-strike-continues-217230/" title="Thousands of Philly students need to find another way to school as transit strike continues">Gaea News Network</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama uses stimulus money to coax states to embrace his school agenda</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:08:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Quaid</dc:creator>
		
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MADISON, Wis. — President Barack Obama challenged states Wednesday to get their education policies in line with his administration&#8217;s priorities if they want a chance at $5 billion in grants.
&#8220;If you&#8217;re willing to hold yourselves more accountable, if you develop a ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obama-uses-stimulus-money-to-coax-states-to-embrace-his-school-agenda-216595/" title="Obama uses stimulus money to coax states to embrace his school agenda">Read more >></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican denounces European ruling against display of religious symbols in Italian classrooms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alessandra Rizzo</dc:creator>
		
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Vatican protests ruling on crucifixes in Italy

ROME — The Vatican has denounced a ruling by the European court of human rights that said the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and educational freedoms.
Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi says the crucifix is a &#8220;fundamental sign of the importance of religious values&#8221; in .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/vatican-denounces-european-ruling-against-display-of-religious-symbols-in-italian-classrooms-216488/">Original article &nbsp;: Vatican denounces European ruling against display of religious symbols in Italian classrooms</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police say North Carolina real estate developer shot and killed wife, 2 teen children and self</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martha Waggoner</dc:creator>
		
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Police: NC father killed wife, 2 children, self

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — North Carolina police say a real estate developer known as an active member of his church shot and killed his wife and two teen children and then committed suicide in their Fayetteville home.
Authorities did not hint at a motive into the slayings by William Maxwell .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-say-north-carolina-real-estate-developer-shot-and-killed-wife-2-teen-children-and-self-216336/">Original article &nbsp;: Police say North Carolina real estate developer shot and killed wife, 2 teen children and self</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>European rights court rules against display of religious symbols in Italian classrooms</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
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European court: No crucifixes in Italian schools

ROME — The Vatican on Tuesday denounced a ruling by the European court of human rights that said the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and education freedoms.
In a decision that could force a review of the use of religious symbols in government-run schools across Europe, ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/european-rights-court-rules-against-display-of-religious-symbols-in-italian-classrooms-216096/" title="European rights court rules against display of religious symbols in Italian classrooms">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>First lady Michelle Obama launches mentoring program at White House for high school girls</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:21:01 +0000</pubDate>
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WASHINGTON — First lady Michelle Obama launched a mentoring program Monday to give local high school girls access to women at the White House.
Thirteen of the girls joined the first lady and 18 White House staffers, including advisers Valerie Jarrett and Melody Barnes, in the State Dining ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/first-lady-michelle-obama-launches-mentoring-program-at-white-house-for-high-school-girls-215494/" title="First lady Michelle Obama launches mentoring program at White House for high school girls">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Indiana school sued for punishing teens over racy photos posted on MySpace over the summer</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 19:04:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charles Wilson</dc:creator>
		
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School sued for punishing teens over MySpace pix

INDIANAPOLIS — Two sophomore girls have sued their school district after they were punished for posting sexually suggestive photos on MySpace during their summer vacation.
The American Civil Liberties Union, in a federal lawsuit filed last week on behalf of the girls, argues that Churubusco High School violated the ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/indiana-school-sued-for-punishing-teens-over-racy-photos-posted-on-myspace-over-the-summer-212959/">Original article on  : Indiana school sued for punishing teens over racy photos posted on MySpace over the summer</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Gubernatorial candidates suggest ways to end Hawaii teacher furloughs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
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Candidates suggest ways to end Hawaii furloughs

HONOLULU — With public anger rising over teacher furloughs in Hawaii, two of the four expected candidates for governor next year offered ways on Tuesday that the controversial moneysaving program could be halted or reduced.
Neil Abercrombie, the 10-term Democratic U.S. House member representing most of Honolulu, told The Associated ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gubernatorial-candidates-suggest-ways-to-end-hawaii-teacher-furloughs-209849/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : Gubernatorial candidates suggest ways to end Hawaii teacher furloughs</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Arizona schools chief warns that &#8216;massive layoffs&#8217; of teachers possible due to budget troubles</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:57:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paul Davenport</dc:creator>
		
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Ariz. official warns of &#8216;massive&#8217; teacher layoffs

PHOENIX — Arizona faces the prospect of large-scale layoffs of school teachers next year due to the state&#8217;s budget problems, state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne said.
He said the &#8220;massive layoffs&#8221; of teachers are possible even though school districts&#8217; actual job cuts for the current school year fell .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/arizona-schools-chief-warns-that-massive-layoffs-of-teachers-possible-due-to-budget-troubles-208497/">Arizona schools chief warns that &#8216;massive layoffs&#8217; of teachers possible due to budget troubles</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: On board with Obama&#8217;s education goals, Gates Foundation wants policy sway</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:56:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Quaid</dc:creator>
		
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WASHINGTON — Not content with shaping education directly through schools, the biggest player in the school reform movement has an eye on moving education policy.
The Bill &#038; Melinda Gates Foundation has spent around $200 million a year on grants to elementary and secondary education.
Now the .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-influence-game-on-board-with-obamas-education-goals-gates-foundation-wants-policy-sway-206917/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: THE INFLUENCE GAME: On board with Obama&#8217;s education goals, Gates Foundation wants policy sway</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>THE INFLUENCE GAME: Gates Foundation shares Obama education goals, works to sway US spending</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Quaid</dc:creator>
		
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THE INFLUENCE GAME: Gates sways government dollars
WASHINGTON — The real secretary of education, the joke goes, is Bill Gates.
The Bill &#038; Melinda Gates Foundation has been the biggest player by far in the school reform movement, spending around $200 million a year on grants to elementary and secondary education.
Now the foundation is taking ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-influence-game-gates-foundation-shares-obama-education-goals-works-to-sway-us-spending-206443/">Read more : THE INFLUENCE GAME: Gates Foundation shares Obama education goals, works to sway US spending</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutor: Church janitor killed NJ priest in rectory following argument</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 21:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
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Church janitor charged in slaying of NJ priest

MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Authorities investigating the slaying of a priest arrested the church janitor Saturday, alleging he stabbed the cleric 32 times with a kitchen knife after arguing with him in the rectory.
Morris County Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said 64-year-old Jose Feliciano was charged in the murder of the .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/prosecutor-church-janitor-killed-nj-priest-in-rectory-following-argument-206030/">Prosecutor: Church janitor killed NJ priest in rectory following argument</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>As Hawaii public schools close to help balance budget, parents demand restoration of education</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Niesse</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[HONOLULU — Hundreds of angry parents protested Hawaii&#8217;s statewide public school shutdown Friday, saying their children are losing out on education due to government budget cuts.

Hawaii closed 256 public schools Friday, the first of 17 teacher furlough days planned for this school year, giving the island state the shortest school year in the nation at ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/as-hawaii-public-schools-close-to-help-balance-budget-parents-demand-restoration-of-education-205260/">Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : As Hawaii public schools close to help balance budget, parents demand restoration of education</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>APNewsBreak: More students, lower property values create new school aid costs, perhaps $70M</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:31:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Hanna</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[TOPEKA, Kan. — New students in Kansas&#8217; public schools and declining property values have punched what could become a $70 million hole in the state&#8217;s already shaky budget, a top education official confirmed Friday.

Deputy Education Commissioner Dale Dennis said Kansas faces being short in its ability to meet its legal obligations for providing aid to .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/apnewsbreak-more-students-lower-property-values-create-new-school-aid-costs-perhaps-70m-205114/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: APNewsBreak: More students, lower property values create new school aid costs, perhaps $70M</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New Mexico lawmakers begin sending governor bills to eliminate $650 million budget deficit</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Baker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA FE, N.M. — Lawmakers in recession-wracked New Mexico who are trying to wrap up a special legislative session gave final approval to several deficit reduction bills and moved closer to deciding how much to cut schools and state agencies.

They&#8217;re trying to fill a $650 million hole in this year&#8217;s $5.5 billion state budget.
The House  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-mexico-lawmakers-begin-sending-governor-bills-to-eliminate-650-million-budget-deficit-205027/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Morton: Ala. teachers should pay more for health insurance, retirement to offset budget cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Desiree Hunter</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama schools Superintendent Joe Morton unveiled a plan to deal with budget cuts for fiscal year 2011 partly by making teachers pay more for health insurance and retirement benefits.

The plan, unveiled Thursday, also calls for a constitutional amendment that would base appropriations to K-12, postsecondary and four-year universities on the number of ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/morton-ala-teachers-should-pay-more-for-health-insurance-retirement-to-offset-budget-cuts-204967/">Original article on  : Morton: Ala. teachers should pay more for health insurance, retirement to offset budget cuts</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>New Mexico Senate votes on part of deficit reduction package to fill $650M budget gap</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SANTA FE, N.M. — Five days into a draggy special legislative session, the New Mexico Senate passed a couple of measures late Wednesday to help close a $650 million gap in this year&#8217;s budget, and a House panel approved a measure to cut spending for schools and other government programs.

&#8220;We are in a desperate situation,&#8221; .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/new-mexico-senate-votes-on-part-of-deficit-reduction-package-to-fill-650m-budget-gap-203643/">Source article &nbsp;: New Mexico Senate votes on part of deficit reduction package to fill $650M budget gap</a>.]]></description>
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