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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/" title="Pulaski County teachers have 1-day walkout to protest school board vote to decertify union">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</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>
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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/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: SF Bay area school board votes to replace gay-friendly curriculum, address other biases</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 more : <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>Report: Va. Tech officials warned their families before the campus was notified about gunman</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:35:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Zinie Chen Sampson</dc:creator>
		
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Va. Tech report: Staff warned their families first

BLACKSBURG, Va. — New details on the response to the first shootings of what would become the Virginia Tech massacre show that at least two administrators alerted their family members well before the rest of the campus was notified that a gunman was on the loose.
The revised state .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/report-va-tech-officials-warned-their-families-before-the-campus-was-notified-about-gunman-240163/">Original article &nbsp;: Report: Va. Tech officials warned their families before the campus was notified about gunman</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, .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/gates-foundation-commits-335-million-for-teacher-quality-experiments-in-4-states-232722/">Gates Foundation commits $335 million for teacher quality experiments in 4 states</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Family: Body of Chicago School Board president found in Chicago River; autopsy under way</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Body of Chicago School Board leader found in river

CHICAGO — Family members say the body of the Chicago Board of Education president has been found in the Chicago River.
Chicago Public Schools issued a statement on behalf of Michael Scott&#8217;s family on Monday. It says Scott&#8217;s body was pulled from the river in downtown Chicago on ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/family-body-of-chicago-school-board-president-found-in-chicago-river-autopsy-under-way-230684/">Original article on  : Family: Body of Chicago School Board president found in Chicago River; autopsy under way</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 .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/north-carolina-principal-retires-after-school-district-nixes-cash-for-grades-fundraiser-228644/">North Carolina principal retires after school district nixes cash-for-grades fundraiser</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>North Carolina school officials dismiss cash-for-grades fundraiser at middle school</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
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NC school officials nix cash-for-grades fundraiser

GOLDSBORO, N.C. — Administrators have nixed a North Carolina middle school&#8217;s cash-for-grades fundraiser.
The News &#038; Observer of Raleigh reported Wednesday that Wayne County school administrators have halted the plan at Rosewood Middle School in Goldsboro.
The school was offering 20 test points to students in exchange for a $20 donation. Rosewood ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/north-carolina-school-officials-dismiss-cash-for-grades-fundraiser-at-middle-school-226333/">Original article on  : North Carolina school officials dismiss cash-for-grades fundraiser at middle school</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Iran condemns Oxford over scholarship honoring slain student Neda, icon of election protests</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:46:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ali Akbar Dareini</dc:creator>
		
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Iran condemns Oxford for honoring slain protester

TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has protested to an Oxford University college over a scholarship in memory of the slain Iranian student who became an icon of mass street protests sparked by the disputed June election.
In Tehran, a small group of hard-line women demonstrated Wednesday against the scholarship in front .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/iran-condemns-oxford-over-scholarship-honoring-slain-student-neda-icon-of-election-protests-226073/">Original source &nbsp;: Iran condemns Oxford over scholarship honoring slain student Neda, icon of election protests</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Man who held upstate NY principal hostage was upset over treatment of US soldiers, police say</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Carola</dc:creator>
		
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Police: NY school gunman upset over GI treatment

PINE PLAINS, N.Y. — Upset by the treatment of U.S. military personnel, a 42-year-old father of an Army veteran sneaked a disassembled shotgun into a middle school just after classes began Tuesday, put it together in a bathroom, then held the principal hostage for more than two hours .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/man-who-held-upstate-ny-principal-hostage-was-upset-over-treatment-of-us-soldiers-police-say-225190/">Man who held upstate NY principal hostage was upset over treatment of US soldiers, police say</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Officials: Former student held upstate NY principal hostage for more than 2 hours; no one hurt</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:27:53 +0000</pubDate>
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Officials: Ex-student held NY principal hostage

PINE PLAINS, N.Y. — A 42-year-old man sneaked a disassembled shotgun into his old middle school just after classes began Tuesday, put it together in a bathroom then held the principal hostage for more than two hours before surrendering without firing a shot, police said.
Dutchess County Sheriff Adrian Anderson said ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/officials-former-student-held-upstate-ny-principal-hostage-for-more-than-2-hours-no-one-hurt-224858/">Original article on  : Officials: Former student held upstate NY principal hostage for more than 2 hours; no one hurt</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Police: Former student held upstate NY principal hostage for more than 2 hours; no one hurt</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:48:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Carola</dc:creator>
		
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Police: Former student held NY principal hostage

PINE PLAINS, N.Y. — Police say a former student sneaked a disassembled shotgun into an upstate New York middle school, put the gun together in a bathroom and held the principal hostage for more than two hours before surrendering without firing a shot.
No one was injured during the standoff .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/police-former-student-held-upstate-ny-principal-hostage-for-more-than-2-hours-no-one-hurt-224811/">here</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/" title="Indiana school sued for punishing teens over racy photos posted on MySpace over the summer">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Nicolas Cage&#8217;s father, literature professor August Coppola, has died at age 75</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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Nicolas Cage&#8217;s father, August Coppola, dead at 75

LOS ANGELES — Nicolas Cage&#8217;s father, literature professor August Coppola, has died. He was 75.
Coppola is the brother of filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola, and he taught literature and served as dean of creative arts at San Francisco State University.
Cage spokeswoman Annett Wolf said he died Tuesday after a .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/nicolas-cages-father-literature-professor-august-coppola-has-died-at-age-75-211541/">Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: Nicolas Cage&#8217;s father, literature professor August Coppola, has died at age 75</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>School board endorses table games for Charles Town Races, citing prospect of $4M a year</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 18:17:08 +0000</pubDate>
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School board endorses table games at W.Va. track

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. — Charles Town Races &#038; Slots has two new endorsements in its campaign to put table games in the Eastern Panhandle casino.
A Web site run by Penn National Gaming Inc., the Pennsylvania-based parent company, says both the Jefferson County school board and the Jefferson County ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/school-board-endorses-table-games-for-charles-town-races-citing-prospect-of-4m-a-year-211496/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : School board endorses table games for Charles Town Races, citing prospect of $4M a year</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Florida senator demands that insurance companies not cancel cancer patients in clinical trials</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:56:59 +0000</pubDate>
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Fla. sen.: Cancer patients in trials need coverage

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A powerful state senator wants insurance companies and HMOs to stop denying coverage of routine medical treatment, such as doctor&#8217;s visits and X-rays, for Florida cancer patients participating in clinical trials.
And if the insurers won&#8217;t do it voluntarily, Sen. Don Gaetz says he&#8217;ll introduce a ... Original article on  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/florida-senator-demands-that-insurance-companies-not-cancel-cancer-patients-in-clinical-trials-211320/">Florida senator demands that insurance companies not cancel cancer patients in clinical trials</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>
		<dc:creator>Herbert A. Sample</dc:creator>
		
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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 &nbsp;: Gubernatorial candidates suggest ways to end Hawaii teacher furloughs</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>
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THE INFLUENCE GAME: Bill Gates&#8217; sway on ed policy
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 ... Read this article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/the-influence-game-on-board-with-obamas-education-goals-gates-foundation-wants-policy-sway-206917/">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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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/" title="THE INFLUENCE GAME: Gates Foundation shares Obama education goals, works to sway US spending">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Utah Gov. Herbert criticizes double bonus payments to school trust lands executives</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:36:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Dobner</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert on Thursday said his office will review a decision by the state&#8217;s school trust lands administration to pay its top executives double bonuses in June, possibly skirting a legislative ban on bonus payments in the current budget year.

&#8220;It does cause significant concern,&#8221; Herbert told reporters during his  [..] <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/utah-gov-herbert-criticizes-double-bonus-payments-to-school-trust-lands-executives-204173/">Read the original article: here</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Colorado college presidents racing to come up with rescue plan for higher education</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steven K. Paulson</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DENVER — Racing to come up with proposals to save higher education from a financial cliff, Colorado&#8217;s college presidents held a brainstorming summit Thursday at the state Capitol to come up with new ideas that all of them could support.

Senate Majority Leader John Morse, a Democrat from Colorado Springs, said the economic crisis has given .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/colorado-college-presidents-racing-to-come-up-with-rescue-plan-for-higher-education-204055/">Original article &nbsp;: Colorado college presidents racing to come up with rescue plan for higher education</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan governor meets with school officials on funding cuts, asks again for more money</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:41:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Barks Hoffman</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm said Wednesday she hasn&#8217;t decided where she&#8217;ll make cuts in the six remaining budget bills on her desk.

But the money she vetoed earlier this week from a public schools budget is still causing waves.
The Democratic governor said Tuesday she was forced to veto $51 million targeted for 39 ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/michigan-governor-meets-with-school-officials-on-funding-cuts-asks-again-for-more-money-203587/">Read this article on Gaea Times at  : Michigan governor meets with school officials on funding cuts, asks again for more money</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Detroit mayor gives support to $500.5M bond issue to build 8 new schools, modernize others</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Corey Williams</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DETROIT — The financial manager for Detroit&#8217;s public schools has enlisted — and received — the support of the city&#8217;s mayor on an ambitious $500.5 million building plan expected to extend taxes for district capital projects through 2039.

But some say Detroit&#8217;s rapidly declining tax base could affect the amount residents would pay for the two .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/detroit-mayor-gives-support-to-5005m-bond-issue-to-build-8-new-schools-modernize-others-202316/">Source &nbsp;: Detroit mayor gives support to $500.5M bond issue to build 8 new schools, modernize others</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>North Dakota State University&#8217;s president resigns amid controversies, says &#8216;It just isn&#8217;t fun&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dave Kolpack</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FARGO, N.D. — North Dakota State University President Joseph Chapman, stung by criticism of the ballooning cost of his new home and a $22,000 trip to President Barack Obama&#8217;s inauguration for himself and his family, announced Wednesday that he is resigning.

Chapman, who has been president of the Fargo university for more than a decade, said .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/north-dakota-state-universitys-president-resigns-amid-controversies-says-it-just-isnt-fun-196481/">North Dakota State University&#8217;s president resigns amid controversies, says &#8216;It just isn&#8217;t fun&#8217;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Delaware 1st-grader gets reprieve from 45-day suspension; board changes zero-tolerance policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:23:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Nuckols</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEAR, Del. — A Delaware first-grader who was facing 45 days in an alternative school as punishment for taking his favorite camping utensil to school can return to class after the school board made a hasty change granting him a reprieve.

The seven-member Christina School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to reduce the punishment for kindergartners and ... Read more : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/delaware-1st-grader-gets-reprieve-from-45-day-suspension-board-changes-zero-tolerance-policy-2-195791/">Delaware 1st-grader gets reprieve from 45-day suspension; board changes zero-tolerance policy</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>In 1st debate, NYC mayor spars with Dem challenger over money in politics, education, economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sara Kugler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — Billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his Democratic challenger bickered vigorously about money in city politics during their first debate, trading accusations about who has bought support and who has been bought.

City Comptroller William Thompson Jr. accused Bloomberg, who&#8217;s a philanthropist and the richest person in the city, of buying off New Yorkers ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-1st-debate-nyc-mayor-spars-with-dem-challenger-over-money-in-politics-education-economy-195537/">In 1st debate, NYC mayor spars with Dem challenger over money in politics, education, economy</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Delaware 1st grader gets reprieve from 45-day suspension; board changes zero-tolerance policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 02:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Nuckols</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEAR, Del. — A Delaware first-grader who was facing 45 days in an alternative school as punishment for taking his favorite camping utensil to school can return to class after the school board made a hasty change granting him a reprieve.

The seven-member Christina School Board voted unanimously Tuesday to reduce the punishment for kindergartners and ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/delaware-1st-grader-gets-reprieve-from-45-day-suspension-board-changes-zero-tolerance-policy-195362/">Read : Delaware 1st grader gets reprieve from 45-day suspension; board changes zero-tolerance policy</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Del. school district eases zero-tolerance rule after first grader gets 45-day suspension</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Nuckols</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BEAR, Del. — A Delaware first-grader who faced a lengthy punishment for bringing his favorite utensil to school — a combination folding knife, fork and spoon — has gotten a reprieve.

The school board made a hasty change to its strict code of conduct Tuesday night.
The seven-member board voted unanimously to reduce the punishment for kindergartners .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/del-school-district-eases-zero-tolerance-rule-after-first-grader-gets-45-day-suspension-195328/">Read the original article &nbsp;: Del. school district eases zero-tolerance rule after first grader gets 45-day suspension</a>.]]></description>
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		<dc:creator>Sara Kugler</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEW YORK — The Democrat trying to unseat popular billionaire Mayor Michael Bloomberg lobbed multiple attacks at him during their first debate Tuesday, calling him a liar and saying he spends an obscene amount of money buying votes and support for his policies.

City Comptroller William Thompson Jr. sought to portray Bloomberg as opportunistic for political ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/in-1st-debate-of-nyc-mayoral-race-dem-challenger-goes-on-attack-calls-bloomberg-a-liar-195327/">Original source on Gaea Times at  : In 1st debate of NYC mayoral race, Dem challenger goes on attack, calls Bloomberg a liar</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Policy change likely in Delaware district where 6-year-old was suspended over fork-knife combo</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:56:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Nuckols</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWARK, Del. — A Delaware first-grader suspended for bringing his favorite camping utensil to school will likely get a reprieve, a school board member said Tuesday.

Zachary Christie, 6, was ordered to spend 45 days in his district&#8217;s alternative school for troublemakers after he brought a combination folding fork, knife and spoon to eat his lunch .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/policy-change-likely-in-delaware-district-where-6-year-old-was-suspended-over-fork-knife-combo-195194/">Policy change likely in Delaware district where 6-year-old was suspended over fork-knife combo</a>.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:59:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Nuckols</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[BALTIMORE — A Delaware first-grader suspended for bringing his favorite camping utensil to school will likely get a reprieve, a school board member said Tuesday.

Zachary Christie, 6, was ordered to spend 45 days in his district&#8217;s alternative school for troublemakers after he brought a combination folding fork, knife and spoon to eat his lunch at .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/policy-change-likely-in-del-district-where-6-year-old-was-suspended-over-fork-knife-combo-195058/">Original article &nbsp;: Policy change likely in Del. district where 6-year-old was suspended over fork-knife combo</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>APNewsBreak: Policy leading to Del. child&#8217;s suspension over camp tool is likely to be changed</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[BALTIMORE — A Delaware first-grader suspended for bringing his favorite camping utensil to school will likely get a reprieve, a school board member said Tuesday.

Zachary Christie, 6, was ordered to spend 45 days in his district&#8217;s alternative school for troublemakers after he tried to use the combination folding fork, knife and spoon to eat lunch .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/apnewsbreak-policy-leading-to-del-childs-suspension-over-camp-tool-is-likely-to-be-changed-194895/">Original source &nbsp;: APNewsBreak: Policy leading to Del. child&#8217;s suspension over camp tool is likely to be changed</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Del. 1st grader faces reform school for fork-knife combo; hundreds expected at board meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWARK, Del. — A Delaware first-grader who wanted to eat lunch at school with his favorite camping utensil, a combination of folding fork, knife and spoon, now faces 45 days in the district&#8217;s alternative school for troublemakers.

Hundreds of people were expected to attend a school board meeting Tuesday evening to object to the suspension of .... Source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/del-1st-grader-faces-reform-school-for-fork-knife-combo-hundreds-expected-at-board-meeting-194674/">Del. 1st grader faces reform school for fork-knife combo; hundreds expected at board meeting</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Superintendent: Suspicious package found outside Minnesota school contained incendiary device</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Baenen</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[PRINCETON, Minn. — A suspicious package found outside an eastern Minnesota high school Wednesday contained an incendiary device, the school district&#8217;s superintendent said.

Princeton schools Superintendent Rick Lahn said he learned that in a meeting with Police Chief Brian Payne on Wednesday afternoon.
&#8220;He said it was some kind of incendiary device, but it&#8217;s being investigated now ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/superintendent-suspicious-package-found-outside-minnesota-school-contained-incendiary-device-183040/">Read : Superintendent: Suspicious package found outside Minnesota school contained incendiary device</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>University of Illinois president at center of admissions scandal submits letter of resignation</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:53:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — University of Illinois President B. Joseph White resigned Wednesday following reports that the school admitted politically connected applicants over more qualified ones at its Urbana-Champaign campus.

White said he sent a resignation letter to Christopher Kennedy, the chairman of the university&#8217;s board of trustees.
&#8220;I take this action to enable you as a newly .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/university-of-illinois-president-at-center-of-admissions-scandal-submits-letter-of-resignation-176778/">University of Illinois president at center of admissions scandal submits letter of resignation</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Governor says University of Illinois president at center of admissions scandal to resign</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 13:33:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CHICAGO — The president of the University of Illinois plans to resign following reports that the school admitted politically connected applicants over more qualified ones, Gov. Pat Quinn said Wednesday.

Quinn said President B. Joseph White&#8217;s resignation was imminent and that university trustees would select an interim president as a national search for a permanent successor .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/governor-says-university-of-illinois-president-at-center-of-admissions-scandal-to-resign-176419/">Governor says University of Illinois president at center of admissions scandal to resign</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>BJ&#8217;s Wholesale Club names Babson College president as new board member</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:37:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NATICK, Mass. — BJ&#8217;s Wholesale Club Inc. said Monday it has named the president of Maryland&#8217;s Babson College to its board of directors.

Leonard A. Schlesinger is an ex-chief operating officer of clothing retailer Limited Brands, where he oversaw operations for Express, Limited Stores, Victoria&#8217;s Secret Beauty, Bath and Body Works and other units. Schlesinger has .... Source article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/bjs-wholesale-club-names-babson-college-president-as-new-board-member-174713/">BJ&#8217;s Wholesale Club names Babson College president as new board member</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Superintendent tells Mexican residents attending US schools: Prove Texas residency or leave</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Roberts</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DEL RIO, Texas — Students living in northern Mexico have skirted residency requirements to attend U.S. public schools for generations, but when the superintendent in one Texas border town got word that about 400 school-age children were crossing the international bridge each day with backpacks but no student visas, he figured he had to do ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/superintendent-tells-mexican-residents-attending-us-schools-prove-texas-residency-or-leave-174504/">Read : Superintendent tells Mexican residents attending US schools: Prove Texas residency or leave</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Protest brews over new Cheney International Center at University of Wyoming</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:50:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mead Gruver</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CHEYENNE, Wyo. — A decision by the University of Wyoming to name a new center for international students for former Vice President Dick Cheney is drawing criticism from people who say Cheney&#8217;s support for the Iraq war and harsh interrogation techniques should disqualify him from the distinction.

The former vice president and wife Lynne are expected .... Original article on Gaea Times at  &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/protest-brews-over-new-cheney-international-center-at-university-of-wyoming-162849/">Protest brews over new Cheney International Center at University of Wyoming</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s back-to-school address touches off a new confrontation with conservatives</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:02:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda Stewart Ball</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS — When kids all across the country return to school Tuesday, some will see a welcoming message from President Barack Obama and some won&#8217;t.

Obama&#8217;s planned address to students has touched off yet another confrontation with Republican critics, who have battered the White House over health care and now accuse the president of foisting a ... Read the original article on Gaea Times at  : <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obamas-back-to-school-address-touches-off-a-new-confrontation-with-conservatives-159508/">Obama&#8217;s back-to-school address touches off a new confrontation with conservatives</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s back-to-school address inflames conservatives; some schools will not air it</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 21:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DALLAS — President Barack Obama&#8217;s back-to-school address next week was supposed to be a feel-good story for an administration battered over its health care agenda. Now Republican critics are calling it an effort to foist a political agenda on children, creating yet another confrontation with the White House.

Obama plans to speak directly to students Tuesday .... Read the original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/obamas-back-to-school-address-inflames-conservatives-some-schools-will-not-air-it-159134/">Obama&#8217;s back-to-school address inflames conservatives; some schools will not air it</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Prosecutors charge teen as adult in California high school bomb attack</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SAN MATEO, Calif. — Prosecutors have charged a 17-year-old boy as an adult in an attack at a California high school where two pipe bombs were detonated by an intruder armed with a chain saw, sword and explosives.

Alex Youshock, a former student at Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, was charged Wednesday with eight counts, ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/prosecutors-charge-teen-as-adult-in-california-high-school-bomb-attack-150458/" title="Prosecutors charge teen as adult in California high school bomb attack">&raquo;&raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Los Angeles education board votes to allow outsiders to run many schools in huge district</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 09:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina Hoag</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Board of Education has voted to adopt a resolution that could turn a third of the schools in the nation&#8217;s second-largest school district over to private operators.

The proposal was approved Tuesday on a 6-1 vote after a contentious three and a-half hour public hearing and board debate.
Superintendent Ramon Cortines ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/los-angeles-education-board-votes-to-allow-outsiders-to-run-many-schools-in-huge-district-149762/" title="Los Angeles education board votes to allow outsiders to run many schools in huge district">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Los Angeles education board to vote on allowing outsiders to run many schools in huge district</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina Hoag</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Board of Education voted Tuesday to adopt a controversial resolution that could turn a third of the schools in the nation&#8217;s second-largest school district over to private operators.

The proposal, which gives Superintendent Ramon Cortines 60 days to develop a plan, was approved 6-1 after a contentious four-hour public hearing .... Original source &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/los-angeles-education-board-to-vote-on-allowing-outsiders-to-run-many-schools-in-huge-district-149598/">Los Angeles education board to vote on allowing outsiders to run many schools in huge district</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Newly released records: Virginia Tech gunman denied homicidal thoughts to school counselor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 02:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ROANOKE, Va. — Recently discovered records show the Virginia Tech gunman denied homicidal thoughts to a school counselor nearly a year and half before the worst mass shootings in modern U.S. history.

The missing files for Seung-Hui Cho were released Wednesday, nearly five weeks after they were discovered at the home of the former director of .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/newly-released-records-virginia-tech-gunman-denied-homicidal-thoughts-to-school-counselor-144065/">Source article &nbsp;: Newly released records: Virginia Tech gunman denied homicidal thoughts to school counselor</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>AP ENTERPRISE: Hundreds of schools already planning swine flu shots, to help keep doors open</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Quaid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Hundreds of schools are heeding the government&#8217;s call to set up flu-shot clinics this fall, preparing for what could be the most widespread school vaccinations since the days of polio.

An Associated Press review of swine flu planning suggests there are nearly 3 million students in districts where officials want to offer the vaccine ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/ap-enterprise-hundreds-of-schools-already-planning-swine-flu-shots-to-help-keep-doors-open-141109/" title="AP ENTERPRISE: Hundreds of schools already planning swine flu shots, to help keep doors open">Read more &raquo;&raquo;</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>Foes of Venezuela&#8217;s Chavez charge proposed education bill aims to indoctrinating youngsters</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 06:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christopher Toothaker</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[CARACAS, Venezuela — Hundreds protested outside Venezuela&#8217;s legislature Tuesday against an education bill that they charge will open the way for President Hugo Chavez&#8217;s government to indoctrinate children with socialist ideology.

Some 1,000 people chanted &#8220;Don&#8217;t mess with my kids!&#8221; and urged members of the predominantly pro-Chavez National Assembly to reconsider the proposed legislation. The bill, .... Original article &nbsp;: <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/foes-of-venezuelas-chavez-charge-proposed-education-bill-aims-to-indoctrinating-youngsters-137070/">Foes of Venezuela&#8217;s Chavez charge proposed education bill aims to indoctrinating youngsters</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>HARD TIMES: Falling state budgets, rising class sizes at crowded schools when students return</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 00:11:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Libby Quaid</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON — Like a seesaw on the school playground, falling state budgets are pushing class sizes higher.

The recession is forcing districts to lay off teachers even as the economic stimulus pumps billions of dollars into schools. As a result, classrooms across the country will be more crowded when school starts in the fall.
Patti Hathorn, a ... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/hard-times-falling-state-budgets-rising-class-sizes-at-crowded-schools-when-students-return-121259/">Original article on  : HARD TIMES: Falling state budgets, rising class sizes at crowded schools when students return</a>.]]></description>
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		<title>W.Va. high school principal fired for jumping on pile of students during cafeteria food fight</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 03:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BUCKHANNON, W.Va. — A high school principal who admitted jumping atop a pile of students during a cafeteria food fight has been fired. The Upshur County Board of Education voted Tuesday to oust Brenda Wells from Buckhannon-Upshur High School. She&#8217;d been suspended since late May.

Wells said earlier this month that she jumped onto what she ... Read more <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/wva-high-school-principal-fired-for-jumping-on-pile-of-students-during-cafeteria-food-fight-118912/" title="W.Va. high school principal fired for jumping on pile of students during cafeteria food fight">>>></a>.]]></description>
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		<title>As new GI Bill swells ranks of vets in college, schools work to ease transition to campus life</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 00:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kristin M. Hall</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. — With a fattened GI Bill covering full tuition and more, the number of veterans attending college this fall is expected to jump 30 percent from last year to nearly half a million. That&#8217;s left many universities looking for ways to ease the transition from combat to the classroom.

Vets already in school .... <a href="http://blog.taragana.com/n/as-new-gi-bill-swells-ranks-of-vets-in-college-schools-work-to-ease-transition-to-campus-life-99472/">Read the original article &nbsp;: As new GI Bill swells ranks of vets in college, schools work to ease transition to campus life</a>.]]></description>
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