<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - ed</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/ed</link><description>Newsvine - ed</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Fri, 2 Nov 2012 03:16:34 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 02:05:26 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Edwin Q. White, former AP Saigon chief, dies</title>
<description><![CDATA[One night in 1969, as a salvo of Viet Cong rockets exploded in the streets of Saigon, Edwin Q. White paused after typing a dateline on his typewriter to light his pipe and reflect on his belief that as an American journalist, he belonged in Vietnam.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Oskar Garcia]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14859869-edwin-q-white-former-ap-saigon-chief-dies</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14859869-edwin-q-white-former-ap-saigon-chief-dies</guid><category>us</category><category>white</category><category>obit</category><category>ed</category><category>associated-press</category><category>us-news</category><category>viet-cong</category><category>ed-white</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2012 19:01:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=72d14e06-3396-45e8-9876-11fed63bfc91.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="375" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=72d14e06-3396-45e8-9876-11fed63bfc91.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="164" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This 1987 photo shows AP Seoul Chief of Bureau Edwin Q. White. White, a Saigon bureau chief for The Associated Press during the U.S. buildup in the Vietnam War, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 in Honolulu at age 90. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=de08e9ac-24c3-4451-bbe6-4bdc73f1de52.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=de08e9ac-24c3-4451-bbe6-4bdc73f1de52.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this circa 1968-69 photo, AP Saigon staffers, correspondent Peter Arnett, left, photo chief Horst Faas, second left, and Chief of Bureau George McArthur, second right, and Edwin Q. White, right, pose for a photo with: Jean Ottavi, owner of the Royal Hotel in Saigon.  White, a Saigon bureau chief for The Associated Press during the U.S. buildup in the Vietnam War, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 in Honolulu at age 90. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=70209cef-6ea3-4830-9ca1-5a310450e907.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=70209cef-6ea3-4830-9ca1-5a310450e907.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this undated Vietnam War-era photo, Associated Press Saigon staffers, from left, Edwin Q. White, Horst Faas and Malcolm Browne coordinate coverage in the Saigon bureau. White, a Saigon bureau chief for The Associated Press during the U.S. buildup in the Vietnam War, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 in Honolulu at age 90. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2dc39253-d956-41fe-b7ec-07d411178f74.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="297" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2dc39253-d956-41fe-b7ec-07d411178f74.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this undated photo, Associated Press Saigon newsman and Bureau Chief Edwin Q. White, right, stands with Saigon photo chief Horst Faas during the Vietnam War. White, a Saigon bureau chief for The Associated Press during the U.S. buildup in the Vietnam War, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 in Honolulu at age 90. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f443d435-21d1-4980-ad1d-c7a903f6dd10.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f443d435-21d1-4980-ad1d-c7a903f6dd10.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 28, 1972 file photo shows once-and-future bureau cheifs at The Associated Press' Saigon bureau, from left, George Esper (1973-75),  Malcolm Browne (1961-64), George McArthur (1968-69), Edwin Q. White (1965-67), and Richard Pyle (1970-73). White, a Saigon bureau chief for The Associated Press during the U.S. buildup in the Vietnam War, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2012 in Honolulu at age 90. (AP Photo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>NYC utility prepped for big storm, got bigger one</title>
<description><![CDATA[They planned big for Superstorm Sandy, but not big enough.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Donn, Jonathan Fahey ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jeff Donn, Jonathan Fahey ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14812106-nyc-utility-prepped-for-big-storm-got-bigger-one</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/30/14812106-nyc-utility-prepped-for-big-storm-got-bigger-one</guid><category>ed</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>staten-island</category><category>us-news</category><category>con</category><category>con-ed</category><category>superstorm</category><category>hurricane-sandy</category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 00:02:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7f90f9db-6a49-42c3-823b-4fa57126e141.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="205" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7f90f9db-6a49-42c3-823b-4fa57126e141.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="62" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Streets around a Con Edison substation are flooded as the East River overflows into the Dumbo section of Brooklyn, N.Y., as Sandy moves through the area on Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. After a gigantic wall of water defied elaborate planning and swamped underground electrical equipment at a Consolidated Edison substation in Manhattan's East Village, about 250,000 lower Manhattan customers were left without power. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=da80a391-2ea1-430a-a672-cb79120af198.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=da80a391-2ea1-430a-a672-cb79120af198.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This photo taken Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, shows what appear to be transformers exploding after much of lower Manhattan lost power during hurricane Sandy in New York. After a gigantic wall of water defied elaborate planning and swamped underground electrical equipment at a Consolidated Edison substation in Manhattan's East Village, about 250,000 lower Manhattan customers  were left without power. (AP Photo/Karly Domb Sadof)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=25707160-c8f1-4134-aecf-d79e398b8386.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=25707160-c8f1-4134-aecf-d79e398b8386.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Monday, Oct. 29, 2012, file photo, Consolidated Edision trucks are submerged on 14th Street near the ConEd power plant in New York. After a gigantic wall of water defied elaborate planning and swamped underground electrical equipment at a Consolidated Edison substation in Manhattan's East Village, about 250,000 lower Manhattan customers  were left without power. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=85fef5c2-c512-43f5-ad68-6fb28307db8a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=85fef5c2-c512-43f5-ad68-6fb28307db8a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -In this Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2012, file photo, workers clear debris outside the Consolidated Edison power sub-station on 14th Street. After a gigantic wall of water defied elaborate planning and swamped underground electrical equipment at a Consolidated Edison substation in Manhattan's East Village, about 250,000 lower Manhattan customers  were left without power. (AP Photo/ John Minchillo, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Israel's only co-ed combat unit proves its worth</title>
<description><![CDATA[A deadly shootout last week along Israel's border with Egypt has shined a spotlight on Israel's only mixed female and male combat unit, granting some recognition to a group that has faced much skepticism and often been the butt of jokes since its inception.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tia Goldenberg]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Tia Goldenberg]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/24/14058171-israels-only-co-ed-combat-unit-proves-its-worth</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/09/24/14058171-israels-only-co-ed-combat-unit-proves-its-worth</guid><category>israel</category><category>ed</category><category>world-news</category><category>combat</category><category>ml</category><category>co-ed</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 06:26:34 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=16d57c83-a698-4dea-9206-9553a8496d10.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=16d57c83-a698-4dea-9206-9553a8496d10.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec.  20, 2006, file photo Israeli soldiers listen to their commander as they prepare for a march near Ein Yahav in southern Israel. A deadly shootout along Israel's border with Egypt on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 has shone a spotlight on Israel's only mixed female and male combat unit, granting some recognition to a group that has faced much skepticism and often been the butt of jokes since its inception. Friday's attack was a major test for the Caracal Battalion, which is used to more tame operations, and the soldiers' participation was credited with helping to slay the three gunmen. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f7895a8e-da90-4c8b-89e1-b7a85d37df75.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f7895a8e-da90-4c8b-89e1-b7a85d37df75.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Nov. 11, 2009, file photo, an Israeli Caracal unit female soldier takes position during a sniper training course at a military base in central Israel. A deadly shootout along Israel's border with Egypt on Friday, Sept. 21, 2012 has shone a spotlight on Israel's only mixed female and male combat unit, granting some recognition to a group that has faced much skepticism and often been the butt of jokes since its inception. Friday's attack was a major test for the Caracal Battalion, which is used to more tame operations, and the soldiers' participation was credited with helping to slay the three gunmen. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Parents seek limits on restraining special-ed kids</title>
<description><![CDATA[Parents urged Congress on Thursday to limit the ability of state school systems to have special education students physically restrained while in class.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andres Gonzalez ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Andres Gonzalez ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/12/12708647-parents-seek-limits-on-restraining-special-ed-kids</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/07/12/12708647-parents-seek-limits-on-restraining-special-ed-kids</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>ed</category><category>punishment</category><category>special-ed</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 22:21:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>States form coalition to boost career training</title>
<description><![CDATA[More than a year after the release of a Harvard University report encouraging the development of more pathways to careers for young adults, a coalition of six states has begun taking steps toward offering viable alternatives for students beyond attending a four-year college.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine Armario ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christine Armario ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/19/12303544-states-form-coalition-to-boost-career-training</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/19/12303544-states-form-coalition-to-boost-career-training</guid><category>us</category><category>ed</category><category>harvard-university</category><category>us-news</category><category>higher</category><category>careers</category><category>higher-ed</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:34:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Panel discusses AP reporter's WWII surrender scoop</title>
<description><![CDATA[Speakers at a panel on Tuesday disagreed over whether a correspondent for The Associated Press who defied military censors by reporting that the Germans had surrendered unconditionally in World War II had acted properly.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Deepti Hajela]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Deepti Hajela]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11605389-panel-discusses-ap-reporters-wwii-surrender-scoop</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/05/08/11605389-panel-discusses-ap-reporters-wwii-surrender-scoop</guid><category>us</category><category>war</category><category>kennedy</category><category>ed</category><category>world-war-ii</category><category>associated-press</category><category>us-news</category><category>ed-kennedy-war</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 May 2012 00:47:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5598f811-1524-46eb-9eec-298c010bb6da.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5598f811-1524-46eb-9eec-298c010bb6da.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Moderator Jack Hamilton, left, addresses the audience as fellow panelists listen during a panel discussion entitled Ed Kennedys War: V-E Day, Censorship and The Associated Press, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at Associated Press Headquarters in New York. Edward Kennedy was fired by the AP after he became the first journalist to send a firsthand account of the German surrender in 1945. It had already been reported on the radio in Europe. Kennedy defied officials who told journalists to keep it secret for 36 hours as a condition of witnessing it. Seated from second left are panelists John Darnton, George Bria, Richard Fine and Sally Buzbee. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=42c16616-dd4b-4216-b6cc-a8f488fbce8c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=42c16616-dd4b-4216-b6cc-a8f488fbce8c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Associated Press President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Curley, left, addresses the audience during an panel discussion entitled Ed Kennedys War: V-E Day, Censorship and The Associated Press, at Associated Press Headquarters, Tuesday, May 8, 2012 in New York. Edward Kennedy was fired by the AP after he became the first journalist to send a firsthand account of the German surrender in 1945. It had already been reported on the radio in Europe. Kennedy defied officials who told journalists to keep it secret for 36 hours as a condition of witnessing it. Seated from second left are moderator Jack Hamilton, panelists John Darnton, George Bria, Richard Fine and Sally Buzbee. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b3f5a2e8-04ee-40dc-9b6f-544ff4866087.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="356" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=b3f5a2e8-04ee-40dc-9b6f-544ff4866087.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="107" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Associated Press President and Chief Executive Officer Tom Curley introduces the panel for a discussion entitled Ed Kennedy's War: V-E Day, Censorship and The Associated Press, at Associated Press Headquarters in New York, Wednesday, May 8, 2012. Curley has apologized for the agency's decision to fire Ed Kennedy, the correspondent who was dismissed by the AP after he defied military censors and became the first journalist to send a firsthand account of the German surrender in 1945. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8e382711-fd0d-4987-8aa2-c7f0b26e995b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="347" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8e382711-fd0d-4987-8aa2-c7f0b26e995b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="177" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Julia Kennedy Cochran, daughter of former AP correspondent Ed Kennedy, addresses the audience at Associated Press Headquarters in New York during a panel discussion entitled Ed Kennedys War: V-E Day, Censorship and The Associated Press, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Edward Kennedy was fired by the AP after he became the first journalist to send a firsthand account of the German surrender in 1945. It had already been reported on the radio in Europe. Kennedy defied officials who told journalists to keep it secret for 36 hours as a condition of witnessing it. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=61a196fe-9ba9-47b6-8e77-ed69f436bf98.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=61a196fe-9ba9-47b6-8e77-ed69f436bf98.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;With Associated Press President and Chief Executive Office Tom Curley standing behind her, Julia Kennedy Cochran, daughter of former AP correspondent Ed Kennedy, addresses the audience at Associated Press Headquarters in New York during a panel discussion entitled Ed Kennedys War: V-E Day, Censorship and The Associated Press, Tuesday, May 8, 2012. Edward Kennedy was fired by the AP after he became the first journalist to send a firsthand account of the surrender. It had already been reported on the radio in Europe. Kennedy defied officials who told journalists to keep it secret for 36 hours as a condition of witnessing it. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Struggle over how to evaluate special ed teachers</title>
<description><![CDATA[Since the first day of class this school year, Bev Campbell has been teaching her students how to say their names.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine Armario ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christine Armario ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11371583-struggle-over-how-to-evaluate-special-ed-teachers</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/04/24/11371583-struggle-over-how-to-evaluate-special-ed-teachers</guid><category>us</category><category>testing</category><category>ed</category><category>us-news</category><category>special-ed</category><category>bev-campbell</category><pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 15:28:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/43c59215-8314-4d7e-90b5-a3619e6d98ba.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/43c59215-8314-4d7e-90b5-a3619e6d98ba.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 3, 2012, photo, teacher Bev Campbell, left, holds up stuffed animals in front of student Sebastian Rodriguez in her special education class at Amelia Earhart Elementary School in Hialeah, Fla. More than a dozen states have passed laws to reform how teachers are evaluated and include student growth as a component. For special education students measuring that growth is complicated. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/4e4d8c2c-23e7-4fa2-9d3e-9575d074a18c.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4e4d8c2c-23e7-4fa2-9d3e-9575d074a18c.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 3, 2012, photo, student Devin Sanders plays with a puppet in a special education class at Amelia Earhart Elementary School in Hialeah, Fla. More than a dozen states have passed laws to reform how teachers are evaluated and include student growth as a component. For special education students measuring that growth is complicated. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e6aa73b0-00ef-4239-ae12-e98217a01416.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e6aa73b0-00ef-4239-ae12-e98217a01416.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 3, 2012, photo, teacher Bev Campbell, left, displays letters of the alphabet in her special education class at Amelia Earhart Elementary School in Hialeah, Fla. More than a dozen states have passed laws to reform how teachers are evaluated and include student growth as a component. For special education students measuring that growth is complicated. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/382c5b5f-4948-4c04-ba11-a3554ef1839f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/382c5b5f-4948-4c04-ba11-a3554ef1839f.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 3, 2012, photo, teacher Bev Campbell, left, holds up a doll in front of student Antz Paul, right, in her special education class at Amelia Earhart Elementary School in Hialeah, Fla. More than a dozen states have passed laws to reform how teachers are evaluated and include student growth as a component. For special education students, measuring that growth is complicated. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/416acfd3-fd21-48c6-9128-5045e67556bf.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/416acfd3-fd21-48c6-9128-5045e67556bf.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 3, 2012, photo, student Sebastian Rodriguez plays with a puppet in a special education class at Amelia Earhart Elementary School in Hialeah, Fla. More than a dozen states have passed laws to reform how teachers are evaluated and include student growth as a component. For special education students measuring that growth is complicated. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e25d5aa1-d12e-4c1b-9800-00d0c0864802.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e25d5aa1-d12e-4c1b-9800-00d0c0864802.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 3, 2012, photo, teacher Bev Campbell holds up images of animals and insects for identification by students in her special education class at Amelia Earhart Elementary School in Hialeah, Fla. More than a dozen states have passed laws to reform how teachers are evaluated and include student growth as a component. For special education students measuring that growth is complicated. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Are Santorum's comments on higher ed out of step?</title>
<description><![CDATA[When Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum calls President Barack Obama "a snob" for wanting all Americans to attend college, he may be out of step with the public's overall view of higher education.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin Pope]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Justin Pope]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/27/10520456-are-santorums-comments-on-higher-ed-out-of-step</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/27/10520456-are-santorums-comments-on-higher-ed-out-of-step</guid><category>us</category><category>santorum</category><category>ed</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>rick-santorum</category><category>higher-ed</category><category>when-republican</category><pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:37:35 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/498d75a9-4b24-4b1f-b12a-7f5c4723f5fc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="288" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/498d75a9-4b24-4b1f-b12a-7f5c4723f5fc.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at the Livonia Chamber of Commerce breakfast, Monday, Feb. 27, 2012, in Livonia, Mich.  (AP Photo/Eric Gay)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Citing scope of 9/11, NY judge tosses 7 WTC suit</title>
<description><![CDATA[In tossing out a negligence lawsuit, a judge on Friday cited the "strange, improbable" events that destroyed a 47-story World Trade Center building a decade ago on Sept. 11, several hours after the 110-story twin towers fell.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Larry Neumeister]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Larry Neumeister]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/23/7927470-citing-scope-of-911-ny-judge-tosses-7-wtc-suit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/23/7927470-citing-scope-of-911-ny-judge-tosses-7-wtc-suit</guid><category>us</category><category>new-york</category><category>lawsuit</category><category>ed</category><category>world-trade-center</category><category>wtc</category><category>us-news</category><category>con-ed</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Sep 2011 23:12:52 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>As colleges slash budgets, who's taking the hit?</title>
<description><![CDATA[Colleges and universities are cutting budgets by the tens and hundreds of millions of dollars. But what exactly are they cutting &#8212; fat or lean?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin Pope]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Justin Pope]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/14/7751903-as-colleges-slash-budgets-whos-taking-the-hit</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/09/14/7751903-as-colleges-slash-budgets-whos-taking-the-hit</guid><category>us</category><category>or</category><category>meat</category><category>ed</category><category>us-news</category><category>higher-ed</category><category>fat-or</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 04:02:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Obama: Time to do 'something big and meaningful'</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama insists the negotiations to raise the nation's debt limit gives him and Congress "the opportunity to do something big and meaningful" to reduce the government's long-term deficits.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/21/7137428-obama-time-to-do-something-big-and-meaningful</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/21/7137428-obama-time-to-do-something-big-and-meaningful</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>ed</category><category>debt</category><category>showdown</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>op</category><pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 23:16:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Texas, Perry wrestle with higher education unrest</title>
<description><![CDATA[When barbecue research is second-guessed in Texas, the turmoil in higher education must be getting serious.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Paul J. Weber]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Paul J. Weber]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/05/6791096-texas-perry-wrestle-with-higher-education-unrest</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/05/6791096-texas-perry-wrestle-with-higher-education-unrest</guid><category>us</category><category>texas</category><category>ed</category><category>us-news</category><category>turmoil</category><category>higher-ed</category><pubDate>Sun, 5 Jun 2011 17:52:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fb27bb00-4804-47c1-b030-fd8b45d276b2.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fb27bb00-4804-47c1-b030-fd8b45d276b2.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this May 30, 2011 file photo, Texas Gov. Rick Perry speaks at the Capitol in Austin, Texas. Perry has thrown his support behind the Texas Public Policy Foundation, which promotes higher education reforms known as the Seven Breakthrough Solutions. The proposals including bonuses for professors who score well on student evaluations and splitting teaching and research budgets. (AP Photo/Jack Plunkett, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Edward Burns says digital is future of indie films</title>
<description><![CDATA[Edward Burns revisits his indie roots &#8212; with a modern twist &#8212; in his latest project, "Nice Guy Johnny."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Nicole Evatt]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Nicole Evatt]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/22/5334837-edward-burns-says-digital-is-future-of-indie-films</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/22/5334837-edward-burns-says-digital-is-future-of-indie-films</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>technology</category><category>people</category><category>us</category><category>ed</category><category>burns</category><category>ed-burns</category><category>edward-burns</category><category>guy-johnny"</category><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:22:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f5b46ec8-a9ad-4007-b602-5571ec1250b3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="365" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f5b46ec8-a9ad-4007-b602-5571ec1250b3.jpg" width="120" height="168" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this April 23, 2007 file photo, actor Ed Burns arrives to the Food Bank for New York City's fifth annual Can-Do dinner awards held at Pier Sixty in New York. Burns revisits his indie roots &amp;#8212; with a modern twist &amp;#8212; in his latest project, &quot;Nice Guy Johnny.&quot; (AP Photo/Adam Rountree, file)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New sex ed funding ends decade of abstinence-only</title>
<description><![CDATA[For the first time in more than a decade, the federal government is funding sex education programs that aren't based solely on abstinence. But they're not just about handing out condoms, either.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kelli Kennedy]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kelli Kennedy]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/01/5212511-new-sex-ed-funding-ends-decade-of-abstinence-only</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/10/01/5212511-new-sex-ed-funding-ends-decade-of-abstinence-only</guid><category>us</category><category>ed</category><category>us-news</category><category>sex-ed</category><category>revised</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Oct 2010 09:33:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/cf58546c-9345-4848-a971-1d97286462fd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cf58546c-9345-4848-a971-1d97286462fd.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Sept. 10, 2010, high school students Monica Andres, left, and Leticia Vargas, both 16-years-old, listen to the teacher during sex education class at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Lake Worth, Fla. For the first time in more than a decade, the federal government is funding sex education programs that aren't based solely on abstinence. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/33ea9298-fa33-487c-b1df-9cef76c0af55.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/33ea9298-fa33-487c-b1df-9cef76c0af55.jpg" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Sept. 10, 2010, sex education teacher Shayna Knowles gestures during class at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Lake Worth, Fla. For the first time in more than a decade, the federal government is funding sex education programs that aren't based solely on abstinence. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/80ad9e2f-45df-4813-aa08-259aabf1c2bd.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="193" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/80ad9e2f-45df-4813-aa08-259aabf1c2bd.jpg" width="120" height="58" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Sept. 10, 2010, sex education teacher Shayna Knowles, center, talks to students during class at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Lake Worth, Fla.  For the first time in more than a decade, the federal government is funding sex education programs that aren't based solely on abstinence.  (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/31324172-073a-4f6a-bbf3-a86dcf8bb487.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="186" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/31324172-073a-4f6a-bbf3-a86dcf8bb487.jpg" width="120" height="56" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photo taken Sept. 10, 2010, sex education teacher Shayna Knowles, right, talks to students during class at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Lake Worth, Fla.  For the first time in more than a decade, the federal government is funding sex education programs that aren't based solely on abstinence.  (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Leader of governors group focuses on college grads</title>
<description><![CDATA[The incoming head of the National Governors Association said Sunday he will make increasing the number of students who complete college his focus during his scheduled yearlong tenure.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Glen Johnson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Glen Johnson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/11/4655948-leader-of-governors-group-focuses-on-college-grads</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/07/11/4655948-leader-of-governors-group-focuses-on-college-grads</guid><category>us</category><category>ed</category><category>us-news</category><category>national-governors-association</category><category>governors-higher-ed</category><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:01:04 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/fdafe954-bbb6-4279-8f94-fab337529c35.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="351" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fdafe954-bbb6-4279-8f94-fab337529c35.jpg" width="120" height="175" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin speaks during a news conference at the opening of the annual meeting of the National Governors Association, Friday, July 9, 2010, in Boston. Manchin said Friday that &quot;it's highly likely&quot; that he'll run for the late Robert C. Byrd's Senate seat but will make a decision next week. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>DA's sex ed warning befuddles Wis. teachers, kids</title>
<description><![CDATA[Mike Taake has taught sex education for 30 years, and he says he knows what doesn't work: just telling kids to wait.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Todd Richmond]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Todd Richmond]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/06/4124466-das-sex-ed-warning-befuddles-wis-teachers-kids</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/04/06/4124466-das-sex-ed-warning-befuddles-wis-teachers-kids</guid><category>us</category><category>wisconsin</category><category>ed</category><category>us-news</category><category>sex-ed</category><category>mike-taake</category><pubDate>Wed, 7 Apr 2010 00:16:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f0c522f1-b3fa-4ae9-bc74-9e25766a0ac8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="384" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f0c522f1-b3fa-4ae9-bc74-9e25766a0ac8.jpg" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mauston High School health teacher Mike Taake sits in his classroom Wednesday, April 7, 2010. He doesn't agree with Juneau County District Attorney Scott Southworth, who sent a letter to district schools warning that teachers like him could face criminal charges if they follow a new state law and instruct students on proper contraceptive use.  (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ec6abaaf-06b5-4902-a2b9-e920ece4adf0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ec6abaaf-06b5-4902-a2b9-e920ece4adf0.jpg" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Mauston High School health teacher Mike Taake sits in his classroom Wednesday, April 7, 2010. He doesn't agree with Juneau County District Attorney Scott Southworth, who sent a letter to district schools warning that teachers like him could face criminal charges if they follow a new state law and instruct students on proper contraceptive use. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/9d914a13-d397-42d2-9620-ee27b8439d59.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="490" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/9d914a13-d397-42d2-9620-ee27b8439d59.jpg" width="120" height="147" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this July 19, 2007 file photo, Scott Southworth is photographed at home in Mauston, Wis.  Juneau County District Attorney Scott Southworth sent a letter in March 2010 to area school districts warning that health teachers who tell students how to put on a condom or take birth-control pills could face criminal charges. The warning has left many teachers, school administrators and parents flabbergasted. Southworth warned that teaching a student how to properly use contraceptives would be contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a misdemeanor punishable by up to nine months behind bars and a $10,000 fine. He said it would be promoting sex among minors who are not legally allowed to have sex in Wisconsin.  (AP Photo/Andy Manis, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Connie Hines, a star who let Mr. Ed do the talking</title>
<description><![CDATA[He had the talking horse. Now all Alan Young had to do was find the right woman to play his wife on television's "Mr. Ed."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Rogers]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Rogers]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/24/3674365-connie-hines-a-star-who-let-mr-ed-do-the-talking</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/24/3674365-connie-hines-a-star-who-let-mr-ed-do-the-talking</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>ed</category><category>actress</category><category>remembrance</category><category>alan-young</category><category>mr-ed</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 22:26:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>The year on campus: Change and hard times</title>
<description><![CDATA[For higher education, 2009 was a time of lofty goals and harsh realities, of major policy shifts in Washington and financial struggle on campuses nationwide.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin Pope]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Justin Pope]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/24/3674008-the-year-on-campus-change-and-hard-times</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/24/3674008-the-year-on-campus-change-and-hard-times</guid><category>business</category><category>ed</category><category>us-news</category><category>ye</category><category>higher-ed</category><pubDate>Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:07:46 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>'Mister Ed' actress Connie Hines dies at age 78</title>
<description><![CDATA[Actress Connie Hines, who played Wilbur's wife on the popular 1960s television show "Mister Ed" has died. She was 78.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/22/3665301-mister-ed-actress-connie-hines-dies-at-age-78</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/22/3665301-mister-ed-actress-connie-hines-dies-at-age-78</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us</category><category>obit</category><category>mr</category><category>ed</category><category>actress</category><pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:55:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Some schools are dropping driver's ed to cut costs</title>
<description><![CDATA[Beginning driver Ashley Crawford grips the worn gray steering wheel and warily begins maneuvering the 1999 Ford Escort through a set of bright orange traffic cones outside Killian Senior High School.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Christine Armario ]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Christine Armario ]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/18/3649478-some-schools-are-dropping-drivers-ed-to-cut-costs</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/18/3649478-some-schools-are-dropping-drivers-ed-to-cut-costs</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>cuts</category><category>ed</category><category>us-news</category><category>ford-escort</category><category>driver-ed</category><category>ashley-crawford</category><category>killian-senior-high-school</category><pubDate>Fri, 18 Dec 2009 18:40:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f2db8661-c2f6-4b23-a593-1134210a09a3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="426" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f2db8661-c2f6-4b23-a593-1134210a09a3.jpg" width="120" height="128" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 photo, driver's ed student Elliot Nicholson, 15, drives a course at Miami Killian Senior High School in Miami. Because of budget cuts, many schools around the country are leaving driver's ed by the side of the road. They are cutting back on behind-the-wheel instruction or eliminating it altogether, leaving it to parents to either teach their teenagers themselves or send them to commercial driving schools. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/3d13849e-2e54-4b27-9511-bf09c0b2e8a7.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3d13849e-2e54-4b27-9511-bf09c0b2e8a7.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 photo, driver's ed students drive a course at Miami Killian Senior High School in Miami. Because of budget cuts, many schools around the country are leaving driver's ed by the side of the road. They are cutting back on behind-the-wheel instruction or eliminating it altogether, leaving it to parents to either teach their teenagers themselves or send them to commercial driving schools. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/741dd8b6-10ad-4a69-96ce-eebbbaa2e387.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="295" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/741dd8b6-10ad-4a69-96ce-eebbbaa2e387.jpg" width="120" height="89" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Monday, Nov. 23, 2009 photo, Ashley Crawford, 16, drives during her driver's ed class at Miami Killian Senior High School in Miami. Because of budget cuts, many schools around the country are leaving driver's ed by the side of the road. They are cutting back on behind-the-wheel instruction or eliminating it altogether, leaving it to parents to either teach their teenagers themselves or send them to commercial driving schools. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Governor proposes study of Colo. higher education</title>
<description><![CDATA[Warning that higher education is facing a funding crisis next year, Gov. Bill Ritter named businessman Dick Monfort and attorney Jim Lyons on Thursday to chair a new committee and come up with a roadmap for the future of Colorado's 27 public colleges and universities.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Steven K. Paulson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Steven K. Paulson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/17/3646410-governor-proposes-study-of-colo-higher-education</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/17/3646410-governor-proposes-study-of-colo-higher-education</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>colo</category><category>ed</category><category>higher-ed</category><category>bill-ritter</category><category>dick-monfort</category><category>jim-lyons</category><pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:35:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Forsee: Univ. of Mo. may consider 3-year degree</title>
<description><![CDATA[Add the University of Missouri to the growing number of schools considering three-year undergraduate degrees to reduce college costs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Alan Scher Zagier]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Alan Scher Zagier]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/09/3612054-forsee-univ-of-mo-may-consider-3-year-degree</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/12/09/3612054-forsee-univ-of-mo-may-consider-3-year-degree</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>cuts</category><category>ed</category><category>missouri</category><category>higher-ed</category><pubDate>Wed, 9 Dec 2009 21:46:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Sector Snap: For-Profit education cos. downgraded</title>
<description><![CDATA[A William Blair analyst lowered his rating on three higher-education providers, saying investors won't likely see any big increases in their share prices.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/12/3493792-sector-snap-for-profit-education-cos-downgraded</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/12/3493792-sector-snap-for-profit-education-cos-downgraded</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>ed</category><category>sector</category><category>profit</category><category>for-profit</category><category>snap</category><category>william-blair</category><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:09:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item><item><title>SPIN METER: Rankings unfair to US higher ed?</title>
<description><![CDATA[The United States spends more money than any other country, and its elite institutions are the world's best. But overall the system is wasteful, fails too many &#8212; and is falling behind other countries.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Justin Pope]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Justin Pope]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/04/3458534-spin-meter-rankings-unfair-to-us-higher-ed</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/11/04/3458534-spin-meter-rankings-unfair-to-us-higher-ed</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>ed</category><category>united-states</category><category>rankings</category><category>us-news</category><category>higher-ed</category><pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 05:01:07 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/ef8ab65a-5455-49d6-9725-42ba003208b1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="341" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/ef8ab65a-5455-49d6-9725-42ba003208b1.jpg" width="120" height="180" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Clifford Adelman, Senior associate with the Institute for Higher Education Policy is seen in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/e8d736ef-b219-4aa5-90cc-bb82e47afde3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/e8d736ef-b219-4aa5-90cc-bb82e47afde3.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Clifford Adelman, Senior associate with the Institute for Higher Education Policy is seen in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Sector Snap: For-profit education providers sink</title>
<description><![CDATA[Shares of for-profit education companies tumbled Wednesday a day after Apollo Group Inc., one of the largest and oldest of the companies, said the Securities and Exchange Commission had launched an "informal inquiry" into its revenue accounting practices, its second SEC probe this year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/28/3435261-sector-snap-for-profit-education-providers-sink</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/28/3435261-sector-snap-for-profit-education-providers-sink</guid><category>business</category><category>us</category><category>ed</category><category>exchange-commission</category><category>sector</category><category>profit</category><category>apollo-group</category><category>snap</category><category>for-profit-ed</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:55:08 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type></item></channel></rss>