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</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/08/study-shows-nevada-has-lowest-high-school-rate/</link><description><![CDATA[ LAS VEGAS (AP) — A new report says Nevada's high schools have the lowest graduation rate in the nation.  ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:44:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/08/study-shows-nevada-has-lowest-high-school-rate/</guid><category>education/wire</category></item><item><title>University agrees to pay fines for crime coverup
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/08/university-agrees-to-pay-fines-for-crime-coverup/</link><description><![CDATA[ YPSILANTI, Mich. (AP) — Eastern Michigan University has agreed to pay $350,000 in fines for covering up the rape and killing of a student in her dorm room by telling reporters and her parents there were no signs of foul play.  ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 05:12:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jun/08/university-agrees-to-pay-fines-for-crime-coverup/</guid><category>education/wire</category></item><item><title>Web sites being browsed for criminal evidence by police
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/03/web-sites-being-browsed-for-criminal-evidence-by/</link><description><![CDATA[ A University of Colorado freshman has been ticketed for exploding fireworks on campus after officers said they saw him do it in a YouTube video.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 04 May 2008 00:09:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/may/03/web-sites-being-browsed-for-criminal-evidence-by/</guid><category>education/wire</category></item><item><title>High school students get Obama autographs, suspensions
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/24/high-school-students-get-obama-autographs/</link><description><![CDATA[ SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Two high school seniors in Scranton, Pa., are paying a high price for their interest in politics.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:13:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/24/high-school-students-get-obama-autographs/</guid><category>education/wire</category></item><item><title>School draws ire for cross-dressing event
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/08/school-draws-ire-for-cross-dressing-event/</link><description><![CDATA[ REEDSBURG, Wis. (AP) — An elementary-school event in which kids were encouraged to dress as members of the opposite gender drew the ire of a Christian radio group, whose angry broadcast prompted outraged calls to the district office.  ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:46:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/08/school-draws-ire-for-cross-dressing-event/</guid><category>education/wire</category></item><item><title>Ex-university president pleads no contest to misapplication of fiduciary property
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/01/ex-university-president-pleads-no-contest-to-of/</link><description><![CDATA[ HOUSTON (AP) — A former president of Texas Southern University who was accused of inappropriately spending school money pleaded no contest Wednesday and agreed to repay the financially strapped institution more than $127,000.  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 07:00:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/apr/01/ex-university-president-pleads-no-contest-to-of/</guid><category>education/wire</category></item><item><title>Science project scares New Yorkers in subway
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/mar/31/science-project-scares-new-yorkers-in-subway/</link><description><![CDATA[ NEW YORK (AP) — A college student has apologized for causing a scare on a subway train when his science project short-circuited and started smoking in his backpack.  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 05:53:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/mar/31/science-project-scares-new-yorkers-in-subway/</guid><category>education/wire</category></item><item><title>The Bard speaks to Arkansas schoolchildren
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/mar/30/the-bard-speaks-to-arkansas-schoolchildren/</link><description><![CDATA[ LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — It might have been a nightclub with patrons enjoying drinks at their tables, applauding a soulful delivery of a torch song, but the performer was a 13-year-old. And in the audience were fifth-graders through seniors in high school cheering wildly about William Shakespeare.  ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:58:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/mar/30/the-bard-speaks-to-arkansas-schoolchildren/</guid><category>education/wire</category></item><item><title>Police say boy holds foam gun to classmate's head, demands Pokemon cards
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/feb/11/police-say-boy-holds-foam-gun-to-classmates-head/</link><description><![CDATA[ REDWOOD CITY (AP) — A 10-year-old boy was sent to juvenile hall after holding a foam pellet gun to a classmate's head and robbing him of his Pokemon trading cards.  ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 08:01:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/feb/11/police-say-boy-holds-foam-gun-to-classmates-head/</guid><category>education/wire</category></item><item><title>Report examines how to stop preschool expulsions
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jan/12/report-examines-how-to-stop-preschool-expulsions/</link><description><![CDATA[ DETROIT — Teachers need help from child behavioral and mental health experts, smaller class sizes and regular breaks from their pupils in order to prevent children from being expelled from preschool and early child care programs  ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:10:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2008/jan/12/report-examines-how-to-stop-preschool-expulsions/</guid><category>education/wire</category></item><item><title>Educators worry about a community-college initiative 
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/dec/15/community-college-ballot-measure-not-an-easy-to/</link><description><![CDATA[ A ballot measure that would roll back student fees and guarantee funding for California's community colleges seems like it should be an easy sell.  ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:14:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/dec/15/community-college-ballot-measure-not-an-easy-to/</guid><category>education/college</category></item><item><title>Charter school's kids eat in a tent
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/dec/02/charter-schools-kids-eat-lunch-in-chilly-tent/</link><description><![CDATA[ All Steffi Falla and her sixth-grade friends want is more space to play. A long white tent gobbles up a wide section of their playground at Dual Immersion Academy, a new charter school in Salt Lake City.  ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 07:10:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/dec/02/charter-schools-kids-eat-lunch-in-chilly-tent/</guid><category>education/wire</category></item><item><title>Reading's a two-minute drill
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/dec/01/readings-a-two-minute-drill/</link><description><![CDATA[ See Spot. See Spot Run. See Spot log on and zone out. Drool, Spot, drool.
A new report released by the National Endowment for the Arts shows that Americans are reading less than ever, a trend that is affecting test scores and   ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:22:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/dec/01/readings-a-two-minute-drill/</guid><category>education/college</category></item><item><title>Student group members push for the right to carry concealed weapons on college campuses
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/nov/23/student-group-members-push-for-the-right-to-on/</link><description><![CDATA[ SAN MARCOS, Texas — Mike Guzman and thousands of other students say the best way to prevent campus bloodshed is more guns.  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 08:01:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/nov/23/student-group-members-push-for-the-right-to-on/</guid><category>education/college</category></item><item><title>No Child education law not coming up for consideration in Senate this year
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/nov/05/no-child-education-law-not-coming-up-for-in-this/</link><description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON — The top two lawmakers on the Senate Education Committee said Friday they are putting off consideration of a new No Child Left Behind law until next year.  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:14:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/nov/05/no-child-education-law-not-coming-up-for-in-this/</guid><category>education/k-12</category></item><item><title>High school libraries luring students in with coffee; then they might actually read a book
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/nov/01/bc-school-library-coffeehouses0707-high-school-a/</link><description><![CDATA[ Even before the bell rings each morning, students at Centennial High School are lined up to get into the library. But they aren't necessarily looking for books. They are waiting for a morning cup of joe at the Cougar Cafe, a coffee shop run by students.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 07:01:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/nov/01/bc-school-library-coffeehouses0707-high-school-a/</guid><category>education/k-12</category></item><item><title>High-school students share a grim opinion of college admissions
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/oct/31/no-headline---education-campusexpl-edu/</link><description><![CDATA[   ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:09:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/oct/31/no-headline---education-campusexpl-edu/</guid><category>education/college</category></item><item><title>Door to affordable education locked for undocumented graduates
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/oct/31/bc-immigrant-education-art-adv28-den-advance-for/</link><description><![CDATA[High school guidance counselors in Colorado are working harder than ever to find affordable higher-education options for their top-flight — yet undocumented — students, trying to get around a state law that forces undocumented students to pay out-of-state tuition.  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 00:01:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/oct/31/bc-immigrant-education-art-adv28-den-advance-for/</guid><category>education/college</category></item><item><title>Federal project tries to make it easier for schoolchildren to walk, bike to school 
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/oct/31/bc-fitness-school-commuters0635-federal-project/</link><description><![CDATA[ When Amy Lovell dropped off her son at school, she had to make sure the fifth-grader didn't dash off without his French horn. It was strapped to the back of her bicycle with a pair of bungee cords and rope.  ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:51:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/oct/31/bc-fitness-school-commuters0635-federal-project/</guid><category>education/k-12</category></item><item><title>Colleges' investments net good returns, as well as questions about why costs are rising
</title><link>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/oct/31/colleges-investments-net-good-returns-as-well-as/</link><description><![CDATA[ Colleges and universities raked in money by the billions last year. But their investing success now has a price; a movement in Congress to force the wealthiest schools to spend more of their money to keep down tuition.  ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:30:00 -0000</pubDate><guid>http://venturacountystar.com/news/2007/oct/31/colleges-investments-net-good-returns-as-well-as/</guid><category>education/college</category></item></channel></rss>