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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/all/</link><atom:link href="http://venturacountystar.com/news/education/all/" type="application/rss+xml" rel="self"></atom:link><description>Ventura County Star Stories: Education</description><language>en-us</language><category>education/all</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>Reading can be competitive 
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/12/no-headline---nb1vbooks12/</link><description><![CDATA[The irony of a winning team named the Losers was not lost on an audience of avid readers Friday at Balboa Middle School's third annual Battle of the Books.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/12/no-headline---nb1vbooks12/</guid><category>education/all</category></item><item><title>CSUCI symposium looks at aging in boomers and beyond
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/05/csuci-symposium-looks-at-aging-in-boomers-and/</link><description><![CDATA[At a symposium on aging Friday at CSU Channel Islands, the audience was asked to consider two medical cases that represent a trend in today's healthcare system.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/05/csuci-symposium-looks-at-aging-in-boomers-and/</guid><category>education/college</category></item><item><title>CSU Channel Islands gets snazzy $62 million library
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/05/csu-channel-islands-gets-snazzy-62-million/</link><description><![CDATA[CSU Channel Islands celebrated the grand opening of its John Spoor Broome Library on Friday morning with tributes, a couple of choked-up speakers and a brief ribbon-cutting that consummated more than a decade of work.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/05/csu-channel-islands-gets-snazzy-62-million/</guid><category>education/college</category></item><item><title>Before going to college fairs, do your homework
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/05/before-going-to-college-fairs-do-your-homework/</link><description><![CDATA[This spring, thousands of high school students will go to college fairs, hoping to find just the right college, or at least figure out a few schools where they might apply.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/05/before-going-to-college-fairs-do-your-homework/</guid><category>education/college</category></item><item><title>Moorpark considering $60 fee for 132 firms  
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/05/moorpark-considering-60-fee-for-132-firms-money/</link><description><![CDATA[An ordinance that could require food and automotive service facilities to pay up to $60 per year in fees for an unfunded state storm-water-disposal mandate was introduced at this week's Moorpark City Council meeting.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/05/moorpark-considering-60-fee-for-132-firms-money/</guid><category>education/college</category></item><item><title>New design for Campus Plaza art approved 
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/04/new-design-for-campus-plaza-art-approved/</link><description><![CDATA[The Moorpark City Council unanimously approved Wednesday a new design for an art piece that will be placed in a courtyard at the Campus Plaza shopping center.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/04/new-design-for-campus-plaza-art-approved/</guid><category>education/college</category></item><item><title>First athletic director at Moorpark College dies 
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/04/first-athletic-director-at-moorpark-college-dies/</link><description><![CDATA[Jim Moore, the first athletic director at Moorpark College and a past superintendent of the Ventura County Community College District, has died.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/04/first-athletic-director-at-moorpark-college-dies/</guid><category>education/college</category></item><item><title>Teachers union opposes T.O. land initiative
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/01/teachers-union-opposes-to-land-initiative/</link><description><![CDATA[>With the state already poised to cut billions of dollars from public school budgets, the Conejo Valley teachers union fears the loss of new revenues should a Thousand Oaks land-use initiative on the June ballot succeed.  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/01/teachers-union-opposes-to-land-initiative/</guid><category>education/all</category></item><item><title>Weis is top finalist for position in Bay Area
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/mar/29/weis-is-top-finalist-for-position-in-bay-area/</link><description><![CDATA[County schools Superintendent Charles Weis announced Friday that he's the top finalist for the position of Santa Clara County superintendent of schools.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/mar/29/weis-is-top-finalist-for-position-in-bay-area/</guid><category>education/all</category></item><item><title>Mock Trial event to begin today 
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/mar/28/la-reina-team-ready-to-make-its-case-mock-trial/</link><description><![CDATA[Like any champion team right before a big game, a group of La Reina High School students reviewed their game plan, anticipating what the competition might throw at them.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/mar/28/la-reina-team-ready-to-make-its-case-mock-trial/</guid><category>education/all</category></item><item><title>Huerta to speak as part of CSUCI events honoring Ch&amp;#225;vez
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/mar/27/huerta-to-speak-as-part-of-csuci-events-honoring/</link><description><![CDATA[Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers, will speak next week at CSU Channel Islands during a series of events honoring labor activist C&#233;sar Ch&#225;vez.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/mar/27/huerta-to-speak-as-part-of-csuci-events-honoring/</guid><category>education/college</category></item><item><title>Schools look to improve math instruction
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/mar/27/return-to-teaching-basic-math-concepts-advised/</link><description><![CDATA[Several dozen students grappled with splitting an apple recently inside a third-grade classroom at University School in Thousand Oaks.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/mar/27/return-to-teaching-basic-math-concepts-advised/</guid><category>education/all</category></item><item><title>State supports teachers in dispute with trustee
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/mar/22/state-supports-teachers-in-dispute-with-trustee/</link><description><![CDATA[Almost two years after the teachers union filed a complaint against the Conejo Valley Unified School District over some actions by trustee Mike Dunn, a state employment board has found the district violated labor negotiation laws.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/mar/22/state-supports-teachers-in-dispute-with-trustee/</guid><category>education/all</category></item><item><title>Rare blue butterflies will be featured in Moorpark College teaching zoo's event
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/mar/21/wings-of-spring/</link><description><![CDATA[The public will get a chance this weekend to see thousands of endangered Palos Verdes blue butterflies raised by Moorpark College students.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/mar/21/wings-of-spring/</guid><category>education/college</category></item><item><title>Rumors spur some kids to leave Oxnard High school
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/mar/21/rumors-spur-some-kids-to-leave-oxnard-high/</link><description><![CDATA[ Rumors of possible violence, a wave of text messages, an inaccurate radio report and lingering fears stemming from last month's shooting at a local middle school apparently led some parents to pull their children out of Oxnard High School on Thursday, authorities said.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/mar/21/rumors-spur-some-kids-to-leave-oxnard-high/</guid><category>education/all</category></item></channel></rss>