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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Ventura County Star Stories: Education</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/education/</link><atom:link href="http://venturacountystar.com/news/education/" type="application/rss+xml" rel="self"></atom:link><description>Ventura County Star Stories: Education</description><language>en-us</language><category>education</category><item><title>Education board urged to use open process in search for superintendent
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/30/education-board-urged-to-use-open-process-in-for/</link><description><![CDATA[Members of the Ventura County Board of Education say they want to use an open process to find a new county superintendent, but concerns about applicants' privacy rights could push them to try to move part of the process behind closed doors.  ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/30/education-board-urged-to-use-open-process-in-for/</guid><category>education/all</category></item><item><title>Ready and able to learn 
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/29/ready-and-able-to-learn/</link><description><![CDATA[Cassie Nunes is not contagious.  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/29/ready-and-able-to-learn/</guid><category>education/all</category></item><item><title>Students, others discuss effects of cuts on education 
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/19/students-others-discuss-effects-of-cuts-on-rally/</link><description><![CDATA[For Lucas Zucker, small classes were a welcome change from the overcrowded public elementary school he attended in Oakland.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/19/students-others-discuss-effects-of-cuts-on-rally/</guid><category>education/all</category></item><item><title>Science fair draws in students from around the county
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/19/science-fair-draws-in-students-from-around-the/</link><description><![CDATA[Future scientists will converge at the Ventura County Fairgrounds on Tuesday for the 54th annual county science fair.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/19/science-fair-draws-in-students-from-around-the/</guid><category>education/all</category></item><item><title>Superintendent Weis accepts Bay Area job
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/18/superintendent-weis-accepts-bay-area-job/</link><description><![CDATA[Ventura County schools Superintendent Charles Weis was chosen to head the Santa Clara County Office of Education at a meeting Wednesday night in San Jose.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/18/superintendent-weis-accepts-bay-area-job/</guid><category>education/all</category></item><item><title>My son needs help choosing a college. Any advice?
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/jun/01/what-ask-jean/</link><description><![CDATA[Take time to find a good fit by visiting the school. Remember that a good fit trumps prestige.
  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 16:57:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/jun/01/what-ask-jean/</guid><category>education/askjean_front</category></item><item><title>Videos
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/feb/12/vc-preps/</link><description><![CDATA[<a href="http://gallery.venturacountystar.com/video.cfm?VideoID=262">Hanging with a Sister  &raquo;</a>
<a href="http://gallery.venturacountystar.com/video.cfm?VideoID=226">Culinary arts lessons &raquo;</a>
<a href="http://gallery.venturacountystar.com/video.cfm?VideoID=219">Students sound off &raquo;</a>
<a href="http://gallery.venturacountystar.com/video.cfm?VideoID=180">Mariachi school  &raquo;</a>
<a href="http://gallery.venturacountystar.com/video.cfm?VideoID=142">A day for dates  &raquo;</a>  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:17:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/feb/12/vc-preps/</guid><enclosure url="http://media.venturacountystar.com/vcs/content/img/news/tease/2008/02/12/nunvideo.jpg" length="" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure><category>education/feat_1</category></item><item><title>Resources
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/jun/01/graduations/</link><description><![CDATA[From college finances to lunch nutrition, we've got all the info you and your kids need for the school year.<br>
<a href="http://www.venturacountystar.com/education/resources/">Explore &raquo;</a>  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 18:10:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/jun/01/graduations/</guid><enclosure url="http://media.venturacountystar.com/vcs/content/img/news/tease/2007/11/30/decathlon.jpg" length="" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure><category>education/feat_2</category></item><item><title>Kid Stuff
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/jun/01/poll/</link><description><![CDATA[Check out PEER and Young Star with writing by and for teens and kids.<br>
<a  href="http://venturacountystar.com/YoungStarPeer/" target="blank">PEER &raquo;</a>
<a  href="http://venturacountystar.com/YoungStarPeer/" target="blank">Young Star &raquo;</a>  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:24:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/jun/01/poll/</guid><enclosure url="http://media.venturacountystar.com/vcs/content/img/news/tease/2007/11/30/peer.jpg" length="" type="image/jpeg"></enclosure><category>education/feat_3</category></item><item><title>Serious message with humor
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/17/serious-message-with-humor/</link><description><![CDATA[ Brian Cohen, above left, is dressed up as an oversize smoke alarm by Spanner the clown, played by Fire Engineer John Foy, in the Ventura County Fire Department's "Adventures in Safety" assembly at Weathersfield Elementary School in Thousand Oaks on Friday. Foy started the safety program in 1990 to teach kids important fire safety lessons. Students, right, enjoy the final performance of Foy and his teaching clown.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 17 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/17/serious-message-with-humor/</guid><category>education/k-12</category></item><item><title>Educators, parents protest proposed school cuts
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/15/educators-parents-protest-proposed-school-cuts/</link><description><![CDATA[While Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's revised state budget backs off some threatened cuts in education, local teachers, administrators and parents still rallied Wednesday night to protest the possible elimination of programs.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/15/educators-parents-protest-proposed-school-cuts/</guid><category>education/k-12</category></item><item><title>Young leaders Help for younger kids 
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/14/young-leaders-help-for-younger-kids-cabrillo-at/</link><description><![CDATA[ At 11 years old, Paris Beauregard volunteers to work with younger children, organizes school events and is known as a fair individual who listens well to the concerns of others.  ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/14/young-leaders-help-for-younger-kids-cabrillo-at/</guid><category>communities/news</category></item><item><title>Strawberries pay off then and now
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/14/strawberries-pay-off-then-and-now-like-teacher/</link><description><![CDATA[It's like one of those full-circle-of-life tales featured in a movie.  ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/14/strawberries-pay-off-then-and-now-like-teacher/</guid><category>education/k-12</category></item><item><title>To infinity and beyond
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/14/oaks-christian-team-rockets-into-competition-to/</link><description><![CDATA[An Oaks Christian School team has qualified for the first time to compete in this weekend's finals of the world's largest rocket contest, the Team America Rocketry Challenge.  ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/14/oaks-christian-team-rockets-into-competition-to/</guid><category>education/k-12</category></item><item><title>School districts start to face sanctions under landmark law
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/11/school-districts-start-to-face-sanctions-under/</link><description><![CDATA[At Las Palmitas Elementary School, nestled between rundown homes and fields of grapes, peppers and dates in Southern California, 99 percent of students live in poverty and fewer than 20 percent speak English fluently.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/11/school-districts-start-to-face-sanctions-under/</guid><category>education/k-12</category></item><item><title>Athletic Department dean at Ventura College to retire
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/16/athletic-department-dean-at-ventura-college-to/</link><description><![CDATA[Steve Tobias, who has managed the Ventura College athletic department as dean for the past 13 years, announced his retirement Thursday after school President Robin Calote reassigned him from physical education and athletics.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 16 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/16/athletic-department-dean-at-ventura-college-to/</guid><category>education/college</category></item><item><title>The cost of a college diploma is going up 
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/15/the-cost-of-a-college-diploma-is-going-up-uc-csu/</link><description><![CDATA[ BERKELEY — The cost of a four-year college education went up again in California on Wednesday, as leaders of the University of California and California State University systems approved their sixth round of student fee hikes in seven years.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/15/the-cost-of-a-college-diploma-is-going-up-uc-csu/</guid><category>education/college</category></item><item><title>Average college student changing
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/13/average-college-student-changing/</link><description><![CDATA[In the next year or so, California high school students should find it easier to get into college.<  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/13/average-college-student-changing/</guid><category>education/college</category></item><item><title>Thomas Aquinas graduates 80 seniors
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/11/thomas-aquinas-college-sends-off-80-graduates/</link><description><![CDATA[Tucked deep in the Topa Topa mountains near Santa Paula on 170 manicured acres, Thomas Aquinas College graduated 80 seniors on Saturday. The pastoral setting matched the reverential mood at the Catholic college best known for its Great Books approach to a liberal arts education through reading the classics.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/11/thomas-aquinas-college-sends-off-80-graduates/</guid><category>education/college</category></item><item><title>Addictive disorders studies chairman to retire
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/11/college-department-head-to-retire/</link><description><![CDATA[Bill Shilley left the priesthood years ago but soon took on another flock: alcoholics and drug addicts. For the past 27 years, Shilley has worked in the Addictive Disorders Studies Department at Oxnard College, teaching classes and nurturing students, most of them recovering addicts themselves or people related to addicts.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/11/college-department-head-to-retire/</guid><category>education/college</category></item></channel></rss>