<?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 - preschool</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/preschool</link><description>Newsvine - preschool</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 23:49:04 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 10:36:39 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Commission: Pre-K for poor students within decade</title>
<description><![CDATA[An Education Department commission is recommending pre-kindergarten programs for every poor student within 10 years, adding a timeframe to President Barack Obama's similar call to help the least advantaged arrive for their first day of classes as prepared as their counterparts from more affluent homes.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Elliott]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Philip Elliott]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17020484-commission-pre-k-for-poor-students-within-decade</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/19/17020484-commission-pre-k-for-poor-students-within-decade</guid><category>us</category><category>politics</category><category>education-department</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>universal</category><category>preschool</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:03:21 +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></item><item><title>Obama puts Georgia's pre-K program in spotlight</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama singled out Georgia's early childhood education program in his State of the Union address, but the state has stumbled to meet its goal of enrolling every child in pre-K since it made that a priority two decades ago.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kate Brumback]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Kate Brumback]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16953438-obama-puts-georgias-pre-k-program-in-spotlight</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/13/16953438-obama-puts-georgias-pre-k-program-in-spotlight</guid><category>us</category><category>obama</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>us-news</category><category>universal</category><category>preschool</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 23:40:46 +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>Obama wants expanded access to pre-school</title>
<description><![CDATA[President Barack Obama wants all 50 states to provide pre-kindergarten schools for 4-year-olds, a plan that the White House says will result in better prepared students and ultimately a more educated workforce.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jim Kuhnhenn]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jim Kuhnhenn]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942051-obama-wants-expanded-access-to-pre-school</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/12/16942051-obama-wants-expanded-access-to-pre-school</guid><category>us</category><category>of</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>union</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>state-of</category><category>preschool</category><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2013 02:20:44 +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>White House allies produce preschool-for-all plan</title>
<description><![CDATA[Days before President Barack Obama outlines his agenda for the coming year, a think tank with close ties to the White House is outlining a plan that would provide preschool for all children within five years.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Elliott]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Philip Elliott]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16880539-white-house-allies-produce-preschool-for-all-plan</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/07/16880539-white-house-allies-produce-preschool-for-all-plan</guid><category>us</category><category>white-house</category><category>politics</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>universal</category><category>preschool</category><pubDate>Thu, 7 Feb 2013 08:07:56 +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>Widow of man slain at preschool pleads not guilty</title>
<description><![CDATA[The widow of a businessman gunned down outside a suburban Atlanta preschool has pleaded not guilty to helping plot her husband's death.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/08/14290369-widow-of-man-slain-at-preschool-pleads-not-guilty</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/08/14290369-widow-of-man-slain-at-preschool-pleads-not-guilty</guid><category>us</category><category>shooting</category><category>us-news</category><category>preschool</category><category>outside</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Oct 2012 10:22:32 +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=ab008ab3-4db9-4bab-98d4-70938210486c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="477" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ab008ab3-4db9-4bab-98d4-70938210486c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="143" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2012 file photo, Andrea Sneiderman listens to testimony during a bond hearing in Dekalb Superior Court in Decatur, Ga. Sneiderman was arraigned Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 in an Atlanta-area court on a variety of charges, including malice murder and criminal attempt to commit murder. She pleaded not guilty to charges related to her husband's death. She is accused of conspiring with her former boss, Hemy Neuman, to kill her husband, Russell &quot;Rusty&quot; Sneiderman. He was gunned down just after dropping off their son at preschool in 2010. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Kent D. Johnson, File)  MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT; LOCAL TV OUT; WXIA-TV OUT; WGCL-TV OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ga. widow charged in husband's death free on bond</title>
<description><![CDATA[A widow charged in her husband's slaying outside a suburban Atlanta preschool has been released from jail to live under house arrest with her parents after posting bond, authorities said.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/21/13399415-ga-widow-charged-in-husbands-death-free-on-bond</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/21/13399415-ga-widow-charged-in-husbands-death-free-on-bond</guid><category>us</category><category>shooting</category><category>us-news</category><category>preschool</category><category>outside</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2012 21:15:39 +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>Widow of slain Ga. businessman charged in killing</title>
<description><![CDATA[When a successful engineer was on trial for gunning down a businessman outside a suburban Atlanta preschool, much of the focus was on the victim's widow, who prosecutors suspected of having an affair with the gunman.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff Martin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jeff Martin]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/02/13088753-widow-of-slain-ga-businessman-charged-in-killing</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/08/02/13088753-widow-of-slain-ga-businessman-charged-in-killing</guid><category>us</category><category>shooting</category><category>us-news</category><category>preschool</category><category>outside</category><pubDate>Thu, 2 Aug 2012 18:01:43 +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=02509a3f-74fc-4569-bdaf-21604f3b86e2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="277" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=02509a3f-74fc-4569-bdaf-21604f3b86e2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Putnam County sheriff's deputies lead Andrea Sneiderman from her parents home on Lake Oconee near Eatonton, Ga., after arresting her Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012. Sneiderman, whose husband was gunned down outside a suburban Atlanta preschool in November 2010, was charged in the slaying Thursday, accused of conspiring with the gunman who was convicted four months ago. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, John Spink)  MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT; TV OUT (INCLUDING LOCAL STATIONS WAGA , WXIA, WGCL); MAGS OUT; PREMIUM RATES APPLY FOR TV AND MAGAZINES, PLEASE CONTACT AP FOR RATES&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=ed9d8fec-303e-402c-a34d-4819f963cfef.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ed9d8fec-303e-402c-a34d-4819f963cfef.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James announces the arrest of Andrea Sneiderman, who was charged in the November 2010 slaying of her husband, Rusty Sneiderman, Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Decatur, Ga. The indictment alleged Sneiderman conspired with the gunman, Hemy Neuman, who was her boss at the time of the slaying. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Bita Honarvar)  MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT; TV OUT (INCLUDING LOCAL STATIONS WAGA , WXIA, WGCL); MAGS OUT; PREMIUM RATES APPLY FOR TV AND MAGAZINES, PLEASE CONTACT AP FOR RATES&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=d6aa106d-9aa2-4dee-93fd-0396a5f7bcbb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="355" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d6aa106d-9aa2-4dee-93fd-0396a5f7bcbb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="173" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012 photo provided by the DeKalb County (Ga.)Sheriff, Andrea Sneiderman is shown. Sneiderman was charged Thursday with malice murder, perjury and other charges in the November 2010 slaying of her husband, Rusty. He was killed after dropping off their child at preschool.  (AP Photo/DeKalb County Sheriff)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Shooting victim's widow in spotlight after verdict</title>
<description><![CDATA[When a Georgia judge sentenced a former General Electric supervisor to life in prison without parole for killing his subordinate's husband outside a preschool, the case seemed far from closed.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Bluestein]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Greg Bluestein]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10667747-shooting-victims-widow-in-spotlight-after-verdict</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/13/10667747-shooting-victims-widow-in-spotlight-after-verdict</guid><category>us</category><category>shooting</category><category>us-news</category><category>preschool</category><category>outside</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 13:43:57 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f293731a-4ed8-4d8b-8e56-db1be5f4b262.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f293731a-4ed8-4d8b-8e56-db1be5f4b262.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Hemy Neuman, center, prepares to leave the courtroom as Chief Assistant DA Don Geary talks to Neuman after the reading of the verdict at the DeKalb County Courthouse Thursday, March 15, 2012 in Decatur, Ga. Neuman, a corporate engineer who fawned over a female subordinate was found guilty but mentally ill Thursday of killing Russell Sneiderman outside of a suburban Atlanta preschool.  The jury's guilty but mentally ill verdict means Neuman will go to prison but he will get mental health treatment. He is set to be sentenced later Thursday and faces up to life in prison. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jason Getz)  MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT    &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/bdffbd6d-cdda-4079-9c7f-0a08fd8e9758.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bdffbd6d-cdda-4079-9c7f-0a08fd8e9758.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;The parents of victim Rusty Sneiderman, Don and Marilyn Sneiderman are emotional after the reading of the verdict at the DeKalb County Courthouse Thursday, March 15, 2012 in Decatur, Ga. Hemy Neuman, a corporate engineer who fawned over a female subordinate was found guilty but mentally ill Thursday of killing Russell Sneiderman outside of a suburban Atlanta preschool.  The jury's guilty but mentally ill verdict means Neuman will go to prison but he will get mental health treatment. He is set to be sentenced later Thursday and faces up to life in prison. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jason Getz)  MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT    &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/c4ec4bcc-6dc6-4ea3-a5e6-70584f5ad594.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c4ec4bcc-6dc6-4ea3-a5e6-70584f5ad594.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Hemy Neuman, center, leaves the courtroom under heavy security after the reading of the verdict of his trial at the DeKalb County Courthouse Thursday, March 15, 2012 in Decatur, Ga. Neuman, a corporate engineer who fawned over a female subordinate was found guilty but mentally ill Thursday of killing Russell Sneiderman outside of a suburban Atlanta preschool.  The jury's guilty but mentally ill verdict means Neuman will go to prison but he will get mental health treatment. He is set to be sentenced later Thursday and faces up to life in prison. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jason Getz)  MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT    &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/fc1f7413-8f45-43b1-b48a-acb46cca264b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fc1f7413-8f45-43b1-b48a-acb46cca264b.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Steve Sneiderman gets a hug from his wife Lisa  as they react with their family Don and Marilyn Sneiderman, left, after the reading of the verdict of the Hemy Neuman trial at the DeKalb County Courthouse Thursday, March 15, 2012 in Decatur, Ga. Hemy Neuman, a corporate engineer who fawned over a female subordinate was found guilty but mentally ill Thursday of killing Russell Sneiderman outside of a suburban Atlanta preschool.  The jury's guilty but mentally ill verdict means Neuman will go to prison but he will get mental health treatment. He is set to be sentenced later Thursday and faces up to life in prison. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jason Getz)  MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT    &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/400/6b9c84a0-7adb-45cf-8ca2-84b894f9d73d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="186" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6b9c84a0-7adb-45cf-8ca2-84b894f9d73d.jpg" width="120" height="56" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Don Geary, DeKalb County chief assistant D.A, left, listens to DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Gregory Adams, center,  as he gives instruction to DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James, right,  after the jury asked a question during Hemy Neuman's trial on Thursday, March 15, 2012 in Decatur, Ga.  Neuman is charged with the murder of Rusty Sneiderman at a Dunwoody daycare center in 2010 and has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.  Neuman could face life in prison without parole if a jury finds him guilty of murder. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, John Spink)  MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT    &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/400/56c5f6b0-a046-4478-ac66-0293fa38b069.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/56c5f6b0-a046-4478-ac66-0293fa38b069.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Defendant Hemy Neuman, left,  listens to attorney, Doug Peters, right, as the jury deliberates during his trial on Thursday, March 15, 2012 in Decatur, Ga.  Neuman is charged with the murder of Rusty Sneiderman at a Dunwoody daycare center in 2010 and has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity.  Neuman could face life in prison without parole if a jury finds him guilty of murder. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, John Spink)  MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT    &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/400/2e1526c6-24f7-4c97-bd04-3ee839b8a127.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="158" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2e1526c6-24f7-4c97-bd04-3ee839b8a127.jpg" width="120" height="48" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;DeKalb County Superior Court Judge Gregory Adams gives instructions to the lawyers before the jury was brought in during Hemy Neuman's trial on Wednesday, March 14, 2012 in Decatur, Ga.   Neuman claims he was insane when he killed a toddler's father outside a suburban Atlanta preschool.  Neuman's attorneys say he couldn't tell the difference between right and wrong when he killed Russell Sneiderman on November 2010 outside a Dunwoody, Ga. preschool. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, John Spink)  MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT    &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/400/1e3e8e88-fce7-4606-a24f-270c8e410512.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1e3e8e88-fce7-4606-a24f-270c8e410512.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;CORRECTS I.D. OF D.A. TO BOB RUBIN INSTEAD OF DON GEARY - Hemy Neuman, center, prepares to leave the courtroom as District Attorney Bob Rubin talks to Neuman after the reading of the verdict at the DeKalb County Courthouse Thursday, March 15, 2012 in Decatur, Ga. Neuman, a corporate engineer who fawned over a female subordinate was found guilty but mentally ill Thursday of killing Russell Sneiderman outside of a suburban Atlanta preschool.  The jury's guilty but mentally ill verdict means Neuman will go to prison but he will get mental health treatment. He is set to be sentenced later Thursday and faces up to life in prison. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jason Getz)  MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Cancer preschool gives sick kids a chance to play</title>
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[msnbc.com]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/04/10575533-cancer-preschool-gives-sick-kids-a-chance-to-play</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/03/04/10575533-cancer-preschool-gives-sick-kids-a-chance-to-play</guid><category>cancer</category><category>mom</category><category>kids</category><category>img</category><category>preschool</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>alignleft</category><category>clearall</category><category>stylemargin</category><pubDate>Sun, 4 Mar 2012 14:39:38 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/tdy-120301-preschool-cancer-tmoms-5p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="328" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/tdy-120301-preschool-cancer-tmoms-5p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;After her own leukemia-stricken daughter missed out, one mom created the country's first preschool for cancer kids.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ga. murder trial's focus on victim's widow</title>
<description><![CDATA[At the murder trial of the man accused of gunning down her husband outside a preschool, Andrea Sneiderman has faced tough questioning of her own.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Bluestein]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Greg Bluestein]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/21/10464586-ga-murder-trials-focus-on-victims-widow</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/21/10464586-ga-murder-trials-focus-on-victims-widow</guid><category>us</category><category>shooting</category><category>olivia-newton-john</category><category>us-news</category><category>preschool</category><category>outside</category><category>barry-white</category><category>hemy-neuman</category><category>andrea-sneiderman</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:37:09 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/6870bdb7-32c6-45e2-80d1-c44881098df3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/6870bdb7-32c6-45e2-80d1-c44881098df3.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Andrea Sneiderman testifies during the trial of Hemy Neuman on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 in Atlanta.   Neuman faces life in prison without parole if he's convicted of the November 2010 shooting death of Russell Sneiderman.  (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Vino Wong)  MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT  &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/b2105c14-7292-4e38-bf9c-c6a0d518a5af.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/b2105c14-7292-4e38-bf9c-c6a0d518a5af.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Hemy Neuman listens to arguments during his trial on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 in Atlanta.   Neuman faces life in prison without parole if he's convicted of the November 2010 shooting death of Russell Sneiderman.  (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Vino Wong)  MARIETTA DAILY OUT; GWINNETT DAILY POST OUT  &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/400/1d11e666-e853-4ced-83e6-2e914ca763c1.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/1d11e666-e853-4ced-83e6-2e914ca763c1.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE -- In a Feb. 21, 2012 file photo Andrea Sneiderman takes questions from prosecutor Don Geary in Atlanta on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012. Sneiderman, the widow of a Georgia man gunned down after dropping his toddler off at a suburban Atlanta preschool, has faced tough questioning from prosecutors and defense attorneys during the accused murderer's trial.  (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Vino Wong, file ) &lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ga. man claims he was insane in preschool shooting</title>
<description><![CDATA[The victim was a Harvard-educated businessman who was shot to death minutes after he dropped his son off at a suburban Atlanta day care center. The alleged killer was a successful engineer and father of three who lived in an affluent subdivision.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Greg Bluestein]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Greg Bluestein]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/13/10396680-ga-man-claims-he-was-insane-in-preschool-shooting</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/02/13/10396680-ga-man-claims-he-was-insane-in-preschool-shooting</guid><category>us</category><category>shooting</category><category>us-news</category><category>preschool</category><category>outside</category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:08:26 +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>States can qualify for $100M grant for preschools</title>
<description><![CDATA[States can qualify for grants up to $100 million under a new federal grant program for early learning.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/01/6987837-states-can-qualify-for-100m-grant-for-preschools</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/07/01/6987837-states-can-qualify-for-100m-grant-for-preschools</guid><category>us</category><category>education</category><category>us-news</category><category>grants</category><category>preschool</category><pubDate>Fri, 1 Jul 2011 04:12:00 +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>Preschool benefits last into adulthood, study says</title>
<description><![CDATA[Preschool has surprisingly enduring benefits lasting well into adulthood, according to one of the biggest, longest follow-up studies of its kind.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lindsey Tanner]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lindsey Tanner]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/09/6822027-preschool-benefits-last-into-adulthood-study-says</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/06/09/6822027-preschool-benefits-last-into-adulthood-study-says</guid><category>us</category><category>benefits</category><category>us-news</category><category>preschool</category><pubDate>Thu, 9 Jun 2011 18:09:52 +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>Peeved NYC mom sues, says preschool's 'a playroom'</title>
<description><![CDATA[A New York City mother who says her daughter's private preschool promised top-notch education but turned out to be "just one big playroom" is suing to get the $19,000-a-year tuition back.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/14/6269499-peeved-nyc-mom-sues-says-preschools-a-playroom</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/03/14/6269499-peeved-nyc-mom-sues-says-preschools-a-playroom</guid><category>us</category><category>at</category><category>new-york-city</category><category>us-news</category><category>preschool</category><category>peeved</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2011 00:21:29 +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></item><item><title>Correction: Iowa Budget-Preschool</title>
<description><![CDATA[In a Feb. 14 story about Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad's plan to replace the state's subsidized preschool system with one that would grant scholarships to families on the basis of need, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Marci Young, the project director for the Pre-K Now campaign, was critical that Branstad's plan would allow scholarship money to be used to send children to private pre-schools. Young opposes the proposed scholarship system, but would not oppose state subsidies for private pre-school education.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/14/6055041-correction-iowa-budget-preschool</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/02/14/6055041-correction-iowa-budget-preschool</guid><category>us</category><category>iowa</category><category>budget</category><category>associated-press</category><category>us-news</category><category>preschool</category><category>iowa-republican</category><category>terry-branstad</category><category>pre-k-now</category><pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:05:39 +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>Police charge man in killing of Ga. businessman</title>
<description><![CDATA[A suspect has been charged in the shooting death of a businessman outside of a suburban Atlanta preschool minutes after the victim dropped off his 2-year-old son.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/04/5766967-police-charge-man-in-killing-of-ga-businessman</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2011/01/04/5766967-police-charge-man-in-killing-of-ga-businessman</guid><category>us</category><category>shooting</category><category>us-news</category><category>preschool</category><category>outside</category><pubDate>Wed, 5 Jan 2011 03:05:09 +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>Dad shot and killed in front of son’s preschool</title>
<description><![CDATA[The brazen daytime murder of a man outside his son’s preschool has police in an Atlanta suburb scratching their heads. Investigators don’t know who shot Russell Sneiderman or why, but they have little doubt that the killer wanted the 36-year-old Harvard-educated accountant dead.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[John Springer]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[John Springer]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/23/5515865-dad-shot-and-killed-in-front-of-sons-preschool</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/11/23/5515865-dad-shot-and-killed-in-front-of-sons-preschool</guid><category>business</category><category>atlanta</category><category>murder</category><category>wanted</category><category>preschool</category><category>reward</category><category>dunwoody</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>today-people</category><category>russell-sneiderman</category><pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:18:35 +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></item><item><title>Preschools in forests take root in the US</title>
<description><![CDATA[When they're outside, the children in Erin Kenny's class don't head for cover if it rains or snows. They stay right where they are &#8212; in a private five-acre forest. It's their classroom.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Manuel Valdes]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Manuel Valdes]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/24/4341904-preschools-in-forests-take-root-in-the-us</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2010/05/24/4341904-preschools-in-forests-take-root-in-the-us</guid><category>us</category><category>forest</category><category>us-news</category><category>preschool</category><category>erin-kenny</category><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 09:45:29 +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/c3fc4fb1-fb35-4c95-bf0e-968677569a23.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="263" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c3fc4fb1-fb35-4c95-bf0e-968677569a23.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Orion Knowler, 4, runs ahead of teacher Karen Olsen and other children attending Cedarsong Nature School's outdoor preschool, Wednesday, May 5, 2010, on Vashon Island, near Seattle. Students at the three-hour-a-day school spend the entire time outside in nature. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)&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/d830799e-5f17-45ab-ae64-0e265c26367a.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="315" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d830799e-5f17-45ab-ae64-0e265c26367a.jpg" width="120" height="95" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Beulah Ellison-Taylor, 3, left, and Finn Magonegil, 3, carry a basket of organic snacks as they attend Cedarsong Nature School's outdoor preschool, Wednesday, May 5, 2010, on Vashon Island, near Seattle. Students at the three-hour-a-day school spend the entire time outside in nature. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)&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/400/98bc3ed9-6451-4acf-84ce-9ab413b0fbc9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="284" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/98bc3ed9-6451-4acf-84ce-9ab413b0fbc9.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Students attending Cedarsong Nature School's outdoor preschool listen to teacher Karen Olsen tell a story as they sit inside and near a &quot;fairy house,&quot; Wednesday, May 5, 2010, on Vashon Island, near Seattle. Students at the three-hour-a-day school spend the entire time outside in nature. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)&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/400/69d87f94-978e-4d1d-91bc-5ac47bb02150.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/69d87f94-978e-4d1d-91bc-5ac47bb02150.jpg" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Teachers  Karen Olsen, left, and Erin Kenny, right, lead children attending Cedarsong Nature School's outdoor preschool in a song, Wednesday, May 5, 2010, on Vashon Island, near Seattle. Students at the three-hour-a-day school spend the entire time outside in nature. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)&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/400/362b89e7-71c1-4c9a-b6cb-87fb35764a79.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="287" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/362b89e7-71c1-4c9a-b6cb-87fb35764a79.jpg" width="120" height="87" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lola Dammann, 4, right, arrives at Cedarsong Nature School's outdoor preschool, Wednesday, May 5, 2010, on Vashon Island, near Seattle. Students at the three-hour-a-day school spend the entire time outside in nature. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)&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/400/2b302ff0-56e7-41ba-b920-97a675c95f9b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="318" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/2b302ff0-56e7-41ba-b920-97a675c95f9b.jpg" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Students attending Cedarsong Nature School's outdoor preschool, including Beulah Ellison-Taylor, 3, center left, and Finn Magonegil, 3, center right, walk down a path in the woods, Wednesday, May 5, 2010, on Vashon Island, near Seattle. Students at the three-hour-a-day school spend the entire time outside in nature. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)&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/400/02ce61c2-efb7-4ee8-bbc0-4aae597bffc6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/02ce61c2-efb7-4ee8-bbc0-4aae597bffc6.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Teacher Erin Kenny, right, looks on as Lola Dammann, 4, second from left, and Beulah Ellison-Taylor, 3, second from right, explore mud spread on a table as they attend Cedarsong Nature School's outdoor preschool, Wednesday, May 5, 2010, on Vashon Island, near Seattle. Students at the three-hour-a-day school spend the entire time outside in nature. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)&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/fd598bc2-de47-41d2-9cb6-4f2e8e69f944.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="256" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/fd598bc2-de47-41d2-9cb6-4f2e8e69f944.jpg" width="120" height="77" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A student gets hands-on with mud spread out on a table as she attends Cedarsong Nature School's outdoor preschool, Wednesday, May 5, 2010, on Vashon Island, near Seattle. Students at the three-hour-a-day school spend the entire time outside in nature. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)&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/400/4a24016e-3e5b-4280-a6b1-601b5fa8d30b.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/4a24016e-3e5b-4280-a6b1-601b5fa8d30b.jpg" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lola Dammann, 4, left, and Beulah Ellison-Tayor, 3, right, squish mud with their hands as they attend Cedarsong Nature School's outdoor preschool, Wednesday, May 5, 2010, on Vashon Island, near Seattle. Students at the three-hour-a-day school spend the entire time outside in nature. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)&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/400/0f93e6f4-8552-47ed-aa04-f5b36a54bbd6.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/0f93e6f4-8552-47ed-aa04-f5b36a54bbd6.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Beulah Ellison-Taylor, 3, shows her delight in splashing mud on her face as she attends Cedarsong Nature School's outdoor preschool, Wednesday, May 5, 2010, on Vashon Island, near Seattle. Students at the three-hour-a-day school spend the entire time outside in nature. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)&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/400/75d0d0ab-630f-4a3b-8ecd-fcb1f63183ba.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="398" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/75d0d0ab-630f-4a3b-8ecd-fcb1f63183ba.jpg" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Teachers Erin Kenny, third from right, watches as children attending Cedarsong Nature School's outdoor preschool explore a mud puddle, Wednesday, May 5, 2010, on Vashon Island, near Seattle. Students at the three-hour-a-day school spend the entire time outside in nature. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)&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/d7524601-9b85-4637-b598-ac5362407589.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="448" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/d7524601-9b85-4637-b598-ac5362407589.jpg" width="120" height="134" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lola Dammann, 4, left, and Lorelei Fitterer, 4, right, splash in a mud puddle as they attend Cedarsong Nature School's outdoor preschool, Wednesday, May 5, 2010, on Vashon Island, near Seattle. Students at the three-hour-a-day school spend the entire time outside in nature. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)&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/cc2f4629-d57a-4162-b57b-765079638014.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/cc2f4629-d57a-4162-b57b-765079638014.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Teachers Erin Kenny, left, and Karen Olsen, third from left, help children attending Cedarsong Nature School's outdoor preschool identify and eat leaves of the edible plant Miner's Lettuce, Wednesday, May 5, 2010, on Vashon Island, near Seattle. Students at the three-hour-a-day school spend the entire time outside in nature. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Study reinforces that kids watch a lot of TV</title>
<description><![CDATA[It's not called the electronic baby sitter for nothing.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/26/3427558-study-reinforces-that-kids-watch-a-lot-of-tv</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/26/3427558-study-reinforces-that-kids-watch-a-lot-of-tv</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>technology</category><category>us</category><category>tv</category><category>preschool</category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:00:38 +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>Day care next frontier in fighting kids' obesity</title>
<description><![CDATA[Grilled chicken replaced the hot dogs. Strawberries instead of cookies at snack time. No more fruit juice &#8212; water or low-fat milk only. This is the new menu at a Delaware day care center, part of a fledgling movement to take the fight against obesity to pudgy preschoolers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauran Neergaard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lauran Neergaard]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/12/3374303-day-care-next-frontier-in-fighting-kids-obesity</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/10/12/3374303-day-care-next-frontier-in-fighting-kids-obesity</guid><category>us</category><category>health</category><category>obesity</category><category>med</category><category>preschool</category><category>healthbeat</category><pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:57:40 +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/eb34a8f0-8d18-47e7-8056-9324d2b8fb14.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/eb34a8f0-8d18-47e7-8056-9324d2b8fb14.jpg" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photograph taken Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, Jean Carlos Rubell, 3, helps himself to grapes during preschool lunch at the Latin American Community Center in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/ Steve Ruark)&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/400/3ce2a572-6018-41f4-ba93-35727daab2a8.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="285" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/3ce2a572-6018-41f4-ba93-35727daab2a8.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photograph taken Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, Odette Aguilar, 6, eats a lunch of baked chicken, celery, grapes and bread at the Latin American Community Center in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/ Steve Ruark)&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/400/303ccbca-9b8d-4744-bfd1-418acc45c17f.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="258" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/303ccbca-9b8d-4744-bfd1-418acc45c17f.jpg" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this photograph taken Friday, Oct. 2, 2009, preschool teacher Jennifer Rosario serves two-year-olds celery at the Latin American Community Center in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/ Steve Ruark)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tutoring tots? Kids prep for kindergarten</title>
<description><![CDATA[Today, some parents have begun signing up their 5-year-olds for summer classes or even tutoring to boost thei]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jacqueline Stenson]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Jacqueline Stenson]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/18/3163959-tutoring-tots-kids-prep-for-kindergarten</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/08/18/3163959-tutoring-tots-kids-prep-for-kindergarten</guid><category>technology</category><category>children</category><category>science</category><category>parents</category><category>preschool</category><category>says</category><category>kindergarten</category><category>krissy</category><category>kids-and-parenting</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>krissy-rubesch</category><category>casey-irwin</category><category>heather-rubesch</category><category>susan-pfannmullerfor</category><pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 12:29:15 +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://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090817-tutoring-hmed-4.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="266" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090817-tutoring-hmed-4.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Five-year-old Krissy Rubesch searched for the answer to a math problem while teacher and tutor Casey Irwin worked with her brother Jacob during a summer tutoring session at the Rubesch home. Heather Rubesch has her two children Jacob, 6 and Krissy, 5 in summer tutoring to help prepare them for the upcoming school year. Krissy will be the youngest in her class so Rubesch felt it was important to make sure her daughter had all the skills she needed. Her son Jacob is working on language and is transitiong this year from Montessori to public school. 8102009 Susan Pfannmuller/for msnbc.com&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Car driven by mother plows into preschool, 5 hurt</title>
<description><![CDATA[A mother plowed her car into a bustling preschool Thursday, injuring five youngsters and setting off a frantic rescue effort for a toddler pinned underneath the vehicle.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/28/2873470-car-driven-by-mother-plows-into-preschool-5-hurt</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/28/2873470-car-driven-by-mother-plows-into-preschool-5-hurt</guid><category>us</category><category>socal</category><category>crash</category><category>us-news</category><category>huntington-beach</category><category>preschool</category><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 15:56:18 +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>Game programming made easy</title>
<description><![CDATA[Who says making a video game is hard? . Even a 9-year-old can do it.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Winda Benedetti]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Winda Benedetti]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/19/2835698-game-programming-made-easy</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2009/05/19/2835698-game-programming-made-easy</guid><category>travel</category><category>music</category><category>education</category><category>app</category><category>applications</category><category>preschool</category><category>iphone</category><category>cents</category><category>citizen-gamer</category><category>only-on-msnbc-com</category><category>foul-fowl�</category><pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 10:07:26 +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><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-tec-090518-iphone-328p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="326" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/g-tec-090518-iphone-328p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Winda Benedetti&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090608-xbox-kick-12p.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="286" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090608-xbox-kick-12p.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="86" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 01:  A demonstration is given of &quot;Project Natal&quot; at Microsoft's  XBox 360 media briefing to open the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) on June 1, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.  Microsoft's new gaming console, temporarily called &quot;Project Natal&quot; uses a sensor that is the world's first to combine an RGB camera, depth sensor, multi-array microphone, and custom processor running proprietary software all in one device.  (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photo_StoryLevel/080331/080331-ghostbusters-vlrg-9a.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="320" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photo_StoryLevel/080331/080331-ghostbusters-vlrg-9a.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="96" height="120" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Atari&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/GiantChicken.photoblog400.JPG" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/GiantChicken.120;120;7;70;0.JPG" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Electronic Arts&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/KoduRacingLead.photoblog400.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="246" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/KoduRacingLead.120;120;7;70;0.jpg" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Microsoft&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>ABCs plus playing nice equals better pre-K smarts</title>
<description><![CDATA[Should preschool be more about ABCs or learning to play with others? With the help of Twiggle the Turtle, scientists found out that youngsters do better if they do both.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lauran Neergaard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Lauran Neergaard]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/14/2112362-abcs-plus-playing-nice-equals-better-pre-k-smarts</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/11/14/2112362-abcs-plus-playing-nice-equals-better-pre-k-smarts</guid><category>health</category><category>preschool</category><category>smarts</category><pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:46:37 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/aa417a7c-498f-458e-8560-f9025677c6ea.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="291" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/aa417a7c-498f-458e-8560-f9025677c6ea.jpg" width="120" height="88" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Camryn Hollins, 4,  left, reacts to  Daniel Xu, 4, during a &quot;Twiggle the Turtle&quot; conflict resolution lesson at Bennett Family Child Care Center in University Park, Pa., Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&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/400/8334dae6-f9fe-42b9-a2b3-bd29e3d11dc9.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="254" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/8334dae6-f9fe-42b9-a2b3-bd29e3d11dc9.jpg" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Teacher Matt Bugaj, left,  uses Twiggle the Turtle hand puppet to a teach the &quot;Twiggle the Turtle&quot; conflict resolution lesson to  Camryn Hollins, 4, at Bennett Family Child Care Center in University Park, Pa., Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&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/bcf35bc0-81c7-4402-ba1d-0f9370b5afb3.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="308" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/bcf35bc0-81c7-4402-ba1d-0f9370b5afb3.jpg" width="120" height="93" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Camryn Hollins, 4,  left, reacts to  Daniel Xu, 4, during a &quot;Twiggle the Turtle&quot; conflict resolution lesson at Bennett Family Child Care Center in University Park, Pa., Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&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/400/96b8305c-8694-4773-8406-7a5729a12b08.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/96b8305c-8694-4773-8406-7a5729a12b08.jpg" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Teacher Matt Bugaj demonstrates the &quot;Twiggle the Turtle&quot; conflict resolution lesson to Kaylee Schaefer, 4, left, Camryn Hollins, 4, second from left, and Daniel Xu, 4, right, at Bennett Family Child Care Center in University Park, Pa., Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&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/400/677f097a-7a02-4168-84be-58d0d15500fc.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="268" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/677f097a-7a02-4168-84be-58d0d15500fc.jpg" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Teacher Matt Bugaj uses Twiggle the Turtle hand puppet to a teach the &quot;Twiggle the Turtle&quot; conflict resolution lesson to Kaylee Schaefer, 4, right, Camryn Hollins, 4,  center, and Daniel Xu, 4, at Bennett Family Child Care Center in University Park, Pa., Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&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/400/91aff159-2b87-44bb-9bef-5d997a8d6e23.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="373" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/91aff159-2b87-44bb-9bef-5d997a8d6e23.jpg" width="120" height="165" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;A sign illustrating the &quot;Twiggle the Turtle&quot; conflict resolution lesson is posted on a cabinet at Bennett Family Child Care Center in University Park, Pa., Friday, Nov. 14, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Parents fret as even toddlers love 'High School'</title>
<description><![CDATA[Talya Appelbaum recently had a "High School Musical" birthday party. She got special balloons and a slice of cake decorated with the spoiled Sharpay, her favorite character because "she's with Ryan."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leanne Italie]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leanne Italie]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/16/1580961-parents-fret-as-even-toddlers-love-high-school</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2008/06/16/1580961-parents-fret-as-even-toddlers-love-high-school</guid><category>entertainment</category><category>us-news</category><category>musical</category><category>school-musical"</category><category>preschool</category><category>talya-appelbaum</category><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:24:52 +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><media:content url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/400/f0937c62-23f0-4512-b43c-3c531be32fee.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="303" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f0937c62-23f0-4512-b43c-3c531be32fee.jpg" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Lilly Appelbaum, 4, drinks juice as part of an afternoon snack while sitting amongst a display of  her pajamas and blankets from the movie &quot;High School Musical,&quot; Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at her home in Harrison, New York. Lilly, like other young children across the country, has large obsessions with the wildly popular Disney franchise that has jumped from TV show to hit song factory to merchandising mania since 2006, when the Wildcats first took kid culture by storm.     (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&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/f57bfcfa-3e30-4275-abab-4261f07f98c0.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/f57bfcfa-3e30-4275-abab-4261f07f98c0.jpg" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Three-year-old Talya Appelbaum, left, sits for a photo with her sisters, Julia, 7, Lilly, 4, and brother, Joshua, 9, amongst a display of memorabilia from the movie &quot;High School Musical,&quot; Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at their home in Harrison, New York. Talya, who had a HSM themed birthday party, has tot-sized insights but large obsessions with the wildly popular Disney franchise that has jumped from TV show to hit song factory to merchandising mania since 2006, when the Wildcats first took kid culture by storm.(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)&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/c6b9e51f-ee8a-46c4-aa33-477435b2b82d.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="345" ><media:thumbnail url="http://www.cdn.newsvine.com/_vine/images/ap/120/c6b9e51f-ee8a-46c4-aa33-477435b2b82d.jpg" width="120" height="178" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Five-year-old Valencia White sports a &quot;High School Musical&quot; T-shirt Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at her home in El Cerrito, Calif.  With the October release of the third HSM movie &amp;#8212; this one in theaters rather than on the Disney Channel &amp;#8212; parents of extra young aficionados are debating whether the phenom is innocent dance-'til-you-drop fun or not quite appropriate.      (AP Photo/Ben Margot)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>