<?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 - schools</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/schools</link><description>Newsvine - schools</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:52:17 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 04:33:41 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>President's Approval Rating Up - America Not Buying GOP 'Scandals'</title>
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Sequester is decimating&nbsp;schools both on Native American Reservations and Military bases across this country, directly impacting Aid&nbsp;which Indian Reservation Schools, Military Schools, and low-income area schools depend on.&nbsp;We all know that military personnel are &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18396478-presidents-approval-rating-up-america-not-buying-gop-scandals</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18396478-presidents-approval-rating-up-america-not-buying-gop-scandals</guid><category>programs</category><category>schools</category><category>politics</category><category>middle-class</category><category>military-bases</category><category>socially</category><category>counsellors</category><category>native-american-reservations</category><category>sequester</category><category>callous-politicians</category><category>president-obamas-approval-rating</category><category>indian-reservation-schools</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 11:49:25 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahCAAEC121-1687-4489-F678-50FB3C2D2125.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="500" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahCAAEC121-1687-4489-F678-50FB3C2D2125.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="150" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>With their bodies they saved children.</title>
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There were kids running around screaming. The school is just gone, you can't tell what was the front and what was the back. People were screaming for their children.
One witness at Plaza Towers told KOCO television: "We pulled a teacher out and she was on top of three kids. Th&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[redsfan]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[redsfan]]></source><link>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18399324-with-their-bodies-they-saved-children</link><guid>http://redsfan.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/21/18399324-with-their-bodies-they-saved-children</guid><category>oklahoma</category><category>children</category><category>schools</category><category>teachers</category><category>heroes</category><category>tornado</category><category>us-news</category><pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:50:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Charter schools more segregated than traditional public schools - Local News - Charlotte, NC | NBC News</title>
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What&rsquo;s   hard to say is whether such segregation is the result of   intentional policies -&ndash; or simply the byproduct of school choice.

Hard to say or hard to admit?]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[ABD3]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[ABD3]]></source><link>http://adouglass3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/11/18189303-charter-schools-more-segregated-than-traditional-public-schools-local-news-charlotte-nc-nbc-news</link><guid>http://adouglass3.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/11/18189303-charter-schools-more-segregated-than-traditional-public-schools-local-news-charlotte-nc-nbc-news</guid><category>schools</category><category>education</category><category>north-carolina</category><category>segregation</category><category>community-school</category><pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 09:31:21 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=adouglass39DAC6D0F-874F-CF09-7879-D426048D8D84.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="225" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=adouglass39DAC6D0F-874F-CF09-7879-D426048D8D84.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Texas House Advances Gun-Rights Bills Allowing More Guns in Schools</title>
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AUSTIN -&nbsp;Texas House Republicans&nbsp;delivered several victories to gun-rights advocates Saturday, advancing proposals intended to place more guns in schools and to prevent the federal government from seizing a Texan's firearm or ammo.
As part the lower chamber's unoffic&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/04/18058678-texas-house-advances-gun-rights-bills-allowing-more-guns-in-schools</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/04/18058678-texas-house-advances-gun-rights-bills-allowing-more-guns-in-schools</guid><category>texas</category><category>college</category><category>state</category><category>schools</category><category>politics</category><category>safety</category><category>rights</category><category>house</category><category>republicans</category><category>law</category><category>gun</category><category>classroom</category><category>nra</category><pubDate>Sun, 5 May 2013 00:15:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebaterB412D8C4-4876-9C6A-FFA5-628A6C83BEF2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="200" width="200" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=leafydebaterB412D8C4-4876-9C6A-FFA5-628A6C83BEF2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Florida Teen faces Felony Charges for science Experiment</title>
<description><![CDATA[After the recent brouhaha concerning the teenager who wore a NRA TShirt to school, this teenager would seem to be toast.
She knowingly violated the school's policy so it would seem she has no defense for her actions.
Or perhaps "zero tolerance" policies are a problem
You decid&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Robert in Ohio]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Robert in Ohio]]></source><link>http://robertinohio.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/04/18053842-florida-teen-faces-felony-charges-for-science-experiment</link><guid>http://robertinohio.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/04/18053842-florida-teen-faces-felony-charges-for-science-experiment</guid><category>schools</category><category>politics</category><category>weapons</category><category>teen</category><category>experiment</category><category>felony</category><pubDate>Sat, 4 May 2013 14:56:47 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=RobertinOhioD5C85199-3B92-31F6-A203-5899057DD7FD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="113" width="150" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=RobertinOhioD5C85199-3B92-31F6-A203-5899057DD7FD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Bloomberg zeros in on meat in school lunches</title>
<description><![CDATA[Blocked by the courts from banning big sodas in the Big Apple, Mayor&nbsp;Michael Bloomberg&rsquo;s administration has zeroed in on another target in a quest for healthier lifestyles: Meat in children's school lunches.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[secaa23]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[secaa23]]></source><link>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18038458-bloomberg-zeros-in-on-meat-in-school-lunches</link><guid>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/05/03/18038458-bloomberg-zeros-in-on-meat-in-school-lunches</guid><category>nyc</category><category>new-york</category><category>schools</category><category>politics</category><category>teachers</category><category>parents</category><category>democrat</category><category>political-correctness</category><pubDate>Fri, 3 May 2013 15:21:37 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa237D41E12E-72A1-B016-4629-3C91BB5F35BA.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa237D41E12E-72A1-B016-4629-3C91BB5F35BA.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Law requires all school staff to be trained in suicide prevention </title>
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Both women believe education is the key to suicide prevention, and their dream to train every school staff person in the state became action when Eaton met her state representative, Paul Gilbert. A few months earlier, Rep. Gilbert had attended the wake of a young suicide victim&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></source><link>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/27/17946748-law-requires-all-school-staff-to-be-trained-in-suicide-prevention</link><guid>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/27/17946748-law-requires-all-school-staff-to-be-trained-in-suicide-prevention</guid><category>laws</category><category>health</category><category>schools</category><category>law</category><category>maine</category><category>mental-health</category><category>seminars</category><category>mental-illness</category><category>u-s-news</category><category>educators</category><category>suicide-prevention</category><category>paul-gilbert</category><category>school-staff</category><category>training-school-staff</category><category>educating-the-public</category><category>high-scools</category><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:26:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizard8BF5B230-F196-A3B9-F3C7-586D9BA5C465.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="50" width="89" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizard8BF5B230-F196-A3B9-F3C7-586D9BA5C465.jpg&amp;width=120" width="89" height="50" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>The town that forgot its children </title>
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IT'S around 7.30pm when three young indigenous boys turn up at the Tennant Creek home of a white woman, asking her if she can give them a lift home.
The problem is, they don't have homes. Not like most of us would know them.The boys have just been fed dinner next door in the h&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[The Wise Wizard]]></source><link>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/26/17937403-the-town-that-forgot-its-children</link><guid>http://thewisewizard.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/26/17937403-the-town-that-forgot-its-children</guid><category>food</category><category>children</category><category>housing</category><category>schools</category><category>medical</category><category>australia</category><category>poverty</category><category>homeless</category><category>welfare</category><category>mental-health</category><category>world-news</category><category>public-safety</category><category>alice-springs</category><category>crimes-against-children</category><category>abused-and-neglected-children</category><pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2013 03:36:00 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizard5955521F-917C-B561-B846-C35D5C8368C4.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="100" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=TheWiseWizard5955521F-917C-B561-B846-C35D5C8368C4.jpg&amp;width=120" width="100" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Girls instructed to role-play lesbian relationship in workshop at N.Y. middle school </title>
<description><![CDATA[Parents say their daughters were told to ask one another for a kiss, and they say two girls were told to stand in front of the class and pretend they were on a date.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[secaa23]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[secaa23]]></source><link>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/26/17930265-girls-instructed-to-role-play-lesbian-relationship-in-workshop-at-ny-middle-school</link><guid>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/26/17930265-girls-instructed-to-role-play-lesbian-relationship-in-workshop-at-ny-middle-school</guid><category>women</category><category>schools</category><category>lesbian</category><category>teachers</category><category>parents</category><category>us-news</category><category>teens</category><category>girls</category><category>teaching</category><pubDate>Fri, 26 Apr 2013 15:06:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>Schools reopen in Texas town rocked by explosion</title>
<description><![CDATA[A tiny Texas town shaken by tragedy took a major step toward normalcy  Monday as hundreds of students went back to school days after a  fertilizer plant explosion leveled homes and killed at least 14 people.
In  a scene recalling the first day of school, teachers and staff waite&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[potato6000]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[potato6000]]></source><link>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/22/17863963-schools-reopen-in-texas-town-rocked-by-explosion</link><guid>http://potato6000.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/22/17863963-schools-reopen-in-texas-town-rocked-by-explosion</guid><category>schools</category><category>reopen</category><category>us-news</category><category>plant-blast</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 17:37:41 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato60005C7208D0-3A60-458C-85F6-8B96EA9CB3C3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="400" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=potato60005C7208D0-3A60-458C-85F6-8B96EA9CB3C3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Long Island teachers in &quot;Boy Toy&quot; probe</title>
<description><![CDATA[Two female Sachem North High School teachers pulled from classrooms after accusations of relationships with male student athletes.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[secaa23]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[secaa23]]></source><link>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/19/17826048-long-island-teachers-in-boy-toy-probe</link><guid>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/19/17826048-long-island-teachers-in-boy-toy-probe</guid><category>new-york</category><category>schools</category><category>education</category><category>ethics</category><category>teachers</category><category>long-island</category><category>sociology</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 15:04:55 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa23E3F561BF-F45B-22BC-11C4-8FCF2A39F827.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="196" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa23E3F561BF-F45B-22BC-11C4-8FCF2A39F827.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="59" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Chicago schools consult gang lines in closure plan</title>
<description><![CDATA[The Rev. Robin Hood stands in front of an elementary school in what's known as "The Holy City" &#8212; the Chicago neighborhood where the notorious Vice Lords street gang got its start decades ago and still one of the city's most dangerous areas. Half a block away, a group of men hang out in front of a store where they sell dope.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sara Burnett]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Sara Burnett]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17764266-chicago-schools-consult-gang-lines-in-closure-plan</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17764266-chicago-schools-consult-gang-lines-in-closure-plan</guid><category>us</category><category>chicago</category><category>schools</category><category>gang</category><category>robin-hood</category><category>us-news</category><category>lines</category><category>vice-lords</category><category>as-chicago</category><category>gang-lines</category><category>holy-city"</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:24:53 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7b837713-42d3-4d1a-8f8e-1b5e49685741.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=7b837713-42d3-4d1a-8f8e-1b5e49685741.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 3, 2013 photo, students race out of William Penn Elementary School at the end of the day in Chicago. While the school serves as a safe haven for children during classroom hours, their journeys to and from home during the school year are subject to peril as they cross gang borders that divide Chicago's neighborhoods. As Chicago Public Schools prepares to close 54 schools in an attempt to rescue an academically and financially failing educational system, one of its greatest challenges will be safely maneuvering thousands of students to and from schools in the nations third-largest city. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) &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=9bdd6b1b-24c1-45cd-9fbc-e5e7675a043a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="281" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9bdd6b1b-24c1-45cd-9fbc-e5e7675a043a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 3, 2013 photo, Rev. Robin Hood interacts with students outside William Penn Elementary School in Chicago at the end of the school day. Hood works with organizations such as Mothers Opposed to Violence Everywhere and the anti-violence group CeaseFire, to ensure that students and staff get to and from North Lawndales schools safely and to help reduce truancy. While the school serves as a safe haven for children during classroom hours, their journeys to and from home during the school year are subject to peril as they cross gang borders that divide Chicago's neighborhoods. As Chicago Public Schools prepares to close 54 schools in an attempt to rescue an academically and financially failing educational system, one of its greatest challenges will be safely maneuvering thousands of students to and from schools in the nations third-largest city. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&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=71eac865-9036-414e-88c1-f02e5a8349d6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="326" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=71eac865-9036-414e-88c1-f02e5a8349d6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="98" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 3, 2013 photo, a child leaves Dvorak Technology Academy with his grandfather at the end of the school day in Chicago. While the school serves as a safe haven for children during classroom hours, their journeys to and from home during the school year are subject to peril as they cross gang borders that divide Chicago's neighborhoods. As Chicago Public Schools prepares to close 54 schools in an attempt to rescue an academically and financially failing educational system, one of its greatest challenges will be safely maneuvering thousands of students to and from schools in the nations third-largest city. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&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=3931061a-47d9-490d-b657-a801ab3dff63.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="222" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3931061a-47d9-490d-b657-a801ab3dff63.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="67" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 3, 2013 photo, a crossing guard stops traffic for children leaving Dvorak Technology Academy at the end of classes in Chicago. While the school serves as a safe haven for children during classroom hours, their journeys to and from home during the school year are subject to peril as they cross gang borders that divide Chicago's neighborhoods. As Chicago Public Schools prepares to close 54 schools in an attempt to rescue an academically and financially failing educational system, one of its greatest challenges will be safely maneuvering thousands of students to and from schools in the nations third-largest city. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&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=e086e392-a415-405e-af75-e786aeb21a2e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="251" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e086e392-a415-405e-af75-e786aeb21a2e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="76" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This April 3, 2013 photo shows Rev. Robin Hood, who devotes time to ensure the safety of students at schools on Chicago's South Side. Hood works with organizations such as Mothers Opposed to Violence Everywhere and the anti-violence group CeaseFire to ensure that students and staff get to and from North Lawndales schools safely and to help reduce truancy. While the school serves as a safe haven for children during classroom hours, their journeys to and from home during the school year are subject to peril as they cross gang borders that divide Chicago's neighborhoods. As Chicago Public Schools prepares to close 54 schools in an attempt to rescue an academically and financially failing educational system, one of its greatest challenges will be safely maneuvering thousands of students to and from schools in the nations third-largest city. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&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=5e7a92ca-edb2-4cfc-97b2-bbc6798571d9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5e7a92ca-edb2-4cfc-97b2-bbc6798571d9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 3, 2013 photo, students walk home from William Penn Elementary School in Chicago along 16th Street at the end of the school day. While the school serves as a safe haven for children during classroom hours, their journeys to and from home during the school year are subject to peril as they cross gang borders that divide Chicago's neighborhoods. As Chicago Public Schools prepares to close 54 schools in an attempt to rescue an academically and financially failing educational system, one of its greatest challenges will be safely maneuvering thousands of students to and from schools in the nations third-largest city. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&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=9f3a19a1-7cba-444d-b30b-853e17cc8789.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="247" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9f3a19a1-7cba-444d-b30b-853e17cc8789.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 3, 2013 photo, families walk home from William Penn Elementary School in Chicago at the end of the school day. While the school serves as a safe haven for children during classroom hours, their journeys to and from home during the school year are subject to peril as they cross gang borders that divide Chicago's neighborhoods. As Chicago Public Schools prepares to close 54 schools in an attempt to rescue an academically and financially failing educational system, one of its greatest challenges will be safely maneuvering thousands of students to and from schools in the nations third-largest city. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&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=0e39d7d4-1c96-4470-ab12-6b0c0bda7950.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="283" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0e39d7d4-1c96-4470-ab12-6b0c0bda7950.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this April 3, 2013 photo, children leave Dvorak Technology Academy in Chicago at the end of classes. While the school serves as a safe haven for children during classroom hours, their journeys to and from home during the school year are subject to peril as they cross gang borders that divide Chicago's neighborhoods. As Chicago Public Schools prepares to close 54 schools in an attempt to rescue an academically and financially failing educational system, one of its greatest challenges will be safely maneuvering thousands of students to and from schools in the nations third-largest city. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)&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=0f737abc-5cf7-4276-abf2-a06d76270a2c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="393" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0f737abc-5cf7-4276-abf2-a06d76270a2c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="156" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Map shows gang presence per capita per state, and estimated number of gangs from 1996-2010.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Official: 1 student killed in Togo demonstration</title>
<description><![CDATA[A union official in the tiny West African nation of Togo says one student is dead and another wounded at a demonstration seeking better working conditions for teachers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17759967-official-1-student-killed-in-togo-demonstration</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/15/17759967-official-1-student-killed-in-togo-demonstration</guid><category>schools</category><category>togo</category><category>closed</category><category>west-african</category><category>world-news</category><category>west-africa</category><category>af</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:38:51 +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 Republic of N.R.A. | Common Dreams</title>
<description><![CDATA[
The National Rifle Association says, &ldquo;Guns don&rsquo;t kill people. People do.&rdquo; But I think the gun helps.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Don Overton]]></source><link>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17736225-the-republic-of-nra-common-dreams</link><guid>http://don-overton.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17736225-the-republic-of-nra-common-dreams</guid><category>schools</category><category>politics</category><category>north-korea</category><category>nra</category><category>gun-owners</category><category>wayne-lapierre</category><category>armed-guards</category><category>billions-of-dollars</category><category>david-keen</category><category>universal-background-check</category><category>u-n-arms-trade-treaty</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 18:20:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton7DDC734C-38CC-B227-9800-4775F7BE3E15.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="274" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=don-overton7DDC734C-38CC-B227-9800-4775F7BE3E15.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Ga. moves toward standardized teacher evaluations</title>
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ATLANTA &mdash; Georgia is moving forward with a plan to standardize annual evaluations for teachers and principals based, in part, on student performance.
A pilot program launched a few years ago with federal funds will serve as a roadmap for districts after the General Assem&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Leafydebater]]></source><link>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17735078-ga-moves-toward-standardized-teacher-evaluations</link><guid>http://leafydebater.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/13/17735078-ga-moves-toward-standardized-teacher-evaluations</guid><category>georgia</category><category>test</category><category>schools</category><category>education</category><category>teacher</category><category>public</category><category>classroom</category><category>performance</category><category>standardized</category><category>evaluations</category><pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:56:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type></item><item><title>DC finds cheating on tests at 11 schools</title>
<description><![CDATA[District of Columbia schools officials say they've found cheating at 11 schools during the last school year.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ben Nuckols]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ben Nuckols]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17721747-dc-finds-cheating-on-tests-at-11-schools</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/12/17721747-dc-finds-cheating-on-tests-at-11-schools</guid><category>us</category><category>dc</category><category>scores</category><category>test</category><category>schools</category><category>politics</category><category>schools-test</category><pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 16:42:29 +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>Even in pro-gun states, bid to arm teachers stalls</title>
<description><![CDATA[When a gunman killed 26 children and staff at a Connecticut grade school, Missouri state Rep. Mike Kelley quickly proposed legislation that would allow trained teachers to carry hidden guns into the classroom as a "line of defense" against attackers.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David A. Lieb]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David A. Lieb]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17656582-even-in-pro-gun-states-bid-to-arm-teachers-stalls</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/08/17656582-even-in-pro-gun-states-bid-to-arm-teachers-stalls</guid><category>us</category><category>schools</category><category>us-news</category><category>guns-in-schools</category><category>mike-kelley</category><pubDate>Mon, 8 Apr 2013 16:56:09 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=73ba48b3-d0e9-4438-b83c-750f34f72228.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="269" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=73ba48b3-d0e9-4438-b83c-750f34f72228.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec. 27, 2012 file photo, Cori Sorensen, a fourth grade teacher from Highland Elementary School in Highland, Utah, receives firearms training with a .357 magnum from personal defense instructor Jim McCarthy in West Valley City, Utah, where teachers and administrators are allowed to bring guns to school. Lawmakers in many Republican-led states proposed arming school personnel with guns following a mass shooting at a Connecticut school, yet four months later the quest has stalled in many traditionally gun-friendly states. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, 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=47b05f3f-414a-4f6c-8303-a995f5cd0220.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=47b05f3f-414a-4f6c-8303-a995f5cd0220.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2013 file photo, a young girl waves at police officer Jeff Strack as he walks the hallway of Jordan Elementary School in Jordan, Minn., a small town that decided to place satellite police offices in its public schools. Gun rights supporters in Jordan had made a push to arm school personnel after the Connecticut  school shooting four months ago, but those proposals have stalled in many other states. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, 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=8c67212d-ffd1-4e1a-8d39-16c62ea67258.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8c67212d-ffd1-4e1a-8d39-16c62ea67258.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2013 file photo, police officer Jeff Strack stands near the entrance at Jordan Elementary School in Jordan, Minn., a small town that decided to place satellite police offices in its public schools. Gun rights supporters in Jordan had made a push to arm school personnel after the Connecticut school shooting in December 2012, but those proposals have stalled in many other states. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, 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=f56dbd5a-3409-43ae-a12c-74c02895f374.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="280" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=f56dbd5a-3409-43ae-a12c-74c02895f374.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Dec. 21, 2012 file photo, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre speaks in Washington where he called for armed school officers in every American school following a mass shooting at a Connecticut school. His message carried extra heft because many lawmakers in the more than two dozen Republican-controlled states are NRA members, but four months later the quest has stalled in many traditionally gun-friendly states. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci, File)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Fort Bragg cuts crossing guards to save money</title>
<description><![CDATA[Fort Bragg announced Thursday that soldiers will no longer serve as school crossing guards on the post because of budget cuts.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[jeremy-17]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[jeremy-17]]></source><link>http://jeremy-17.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17628583-fort-bragg-cuts-crossing-guards-to-save-money</link><guid>http://jeremy-17.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17628583-fort-bragg-cuts-crossing-guards-to-save-money</guid><category>children</category><category>schools</category><category>soldiers</category><category>budget-cuts</category><category>us-news</category><category>fort-bragg-nc</category><category>sequestor</category><category>crossing-guards</category><pubDate>Sat, 6 Apr 2013 11:34:14 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jeremy-1799A22D03-8A5C-EA42-D5C5-41C15A728456.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="90" width="120" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=jeremy-1799A22D03-8A5C-EA42-D5C5-41C15A728456.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Something of a great interest for Life-Long Learners to Make More Money through Learnings!</title>
<description><![CDATA[Something for Life Long Learners...
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[vijaysharma1122]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[vijaysharma1122]]></source><link>http://vijaysharma1122.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17630943-something-of-a-great-interest-for-life-long-learners-to-make-more-money-through-learnings</link><guid>http://vijaysharma1122.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/06/17630943-something-of-a-great-interest-for-life-long-learners-to-make-more-money-through-learnings</guid><category>universities</category><category>schools</category><category>education</category><category>colleges</category><category>teachers</category><category>parents</category><category>educations</category><category>memory-sharpening-e-book</category><pubDate>Sat, 6 Apr 2013 05:00:00 +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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=vijaysharma11220BFE5DC4-9567-87F4-F18B-D7EB0F35BFC9.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=vijaysharma11220BFE5DC4-9567-87F4-F18B-D7EB0F35BFC9.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Added a cover page to Memory E-Book to boost memorizing, brain powers and creativity. Check it out and Like. Thanks in advance.&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Atlanta's Test Scores: &quot;Cheating is Cheating&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA[Yet every time an educator is caught in a test-cheating scandal, the teachers union response is as predictable as 2 plus 2.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[secaa23]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[secaa23]]></source><link>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17602721-atlantas-test-scores-cheating-is-cheating</link><guid>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17602721-atlantas-test-scores-cheating-is-cheating</guid><category>georgia</category><category>fraud</category><category>schools</category><category>education</category><category>atlanta</category><category>students</category><category>ethics</category><category>teachers</category><category>parents</category><category>sociology</category><category>morality</category><category>teaching</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 18:55:18 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa2300AA6543-ACAA-BB04-CE8E-C52CE4D321AD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa2300AA6543-ACAA-BB04-CE8E-C52CE4D321AD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> What the Atlanta's school scandal teaches us </title>
<description><![CDATA[The problem is that a monopoly always protects itself.&nbsp;The current approach appears to be to keep disadvantaged children in underperforming schools so that underperforming teachers keep their jobs and the politicians they support keep theirs.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[secaa23]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[secaa23]]></source><link>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17600405-what-the-atlantas-school-scandal-teaches-us</link><guid>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/04/17600405-what-the-atlantas-school-scandal-teaches-us</guid><category>georgia</category><category>children</category><category>schools</category><category>politics</category><category>atlanta</category><category>students</category><category>corruption</category><category>reform</category><category>ethics</category><category>parents</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 15:03:53 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa2350FE6F26-6163-CEDA-D147-D9493B906D79.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa2350FE6F26-6163-CEDA-D147-D9493B906D79.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Jeremy Irons On Gay Marriage: &quot;Could A Father Not Marry His Son?&quot;</title>
<description><![CDATA["It seems to me that now they're fighting for the name," Irons said of advocates for same-sex marriage as opposed to civil unions. "I worry that it means somehow we debase, or we change, what marriage is. I just worry about that."]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[secaa23]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[secaa23]]></source><link>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17591297-jeremy-irons-on-gay-marriage-could-a-father-not-marry-his-son</link><guid>http://secaa23.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/03/17591297-jeremy-irons-on-gay-marriage-could-a-father-not-marry-his-son</guid><category>media</category><category>women</category><category>schools</category><category>conservatives</category><category>marriage</category><category>politics</category><category>students</category><category>gop</category><category>ethics</category><category>culture</category><category>baptist</category><category>jewish</category><category>catholic</category><category>men</category><category>sociology</category><category>morality</category><pubDate>Thu, 4 Apr 2013 02:16:03 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa23287CFAFE-23B3-7016-C575-5AD50E1E63E8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="250" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=secaa23287CFAFE-23B3-7016-C575-5AD50E1E63E8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Gender segregation now mandatory in Gaza schools</title>
<description><![CDATA[Starting with the new school year in September, Gaza boys and girls in middle and high school will be breaking the law if they study side by side.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ibrahim Barzak]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ibrahim Barzak]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17555929-gender-segregation-now-mandatory-in-gaza-schools</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/01/17555929-gender-segregation-now-mandatory-in-gaza-schools</guid><category>schools</category><category>gaza</category><category>world-news</category><category>ml</category><category>segregating</category><category>gaza-hamas-controlled</category><pubDate>Mon, 1 Apr 2013 19:18:47 +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=5f8f1270-268e-4545-b02c-831277c778d2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="246" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5f8f1270-268e-4545-b02c-831277c778d2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian children attend a class at the UNRWA elementary school in Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Gaza's Hamas-controlled parliament has passed a law requiring separate classes for boys and girls in public and private schools from the fourth grade. Currently, boys and girls are separated in grade seven in public schools, and private schools can set their own rules. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)&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=2c900847-1229-41a9-9b54-6a3c1c916aed.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="261" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2c900847-1229-41a9-9b54-6a3c1c916aed.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="79" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian kids attend a class at the UNRWA elementary school in Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Gaza's Hamas-controlled parliament has passed a law requiring separate classes for boys and girls in public and private schools from the fourth grade. Currently, boys and girls are separated in grade seven in public schools, and private schools can set their own rules. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)&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=e546b9d1-42ff-48fd-bc9a-4ea051b7f477.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=e546b9d1-42ff-48fd-bc9a-4ea051b7f477.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Palestinian school girls and boys walk in front of a the UNRWA elementary school in Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Gaza's Hamas-controlled parliament has passed a law requiring separate classes for boys and girls in public and private schools from the fourth grade. Currently, boys and girls are separated in grade seven in public schools, and private schools can set their own rules. (AP Photo/Hatem Moussa)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Republicans Won't Fund Roads or Schools But Funded Two Wars to Benefit the Rich</title>
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Credit is based on trust which allows one party to provide resources  to another party where that second party does not reimburse the first  party immediately, but arranges either to repay or return those  resources at a later date. However, some resources cannot be returned in&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/31/17540039-republicans-wont-fund-roads-or-schools-but-funded-two-wars-to-benefit-the-rich</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/31/17540039-republicans-wont-fund-roads-or-schools-but-funded-two-wars-to-benefit-the-rich</guid><category>schools</category><category>politics</category><category>republicans</category><category>obama</category><category>roads</category><category>john-boehner</category><category>military-industrial-complex</category><category>infrastructure</category><category>infrastructure-improvement-program</category><pubDate>Sun, 31 Mar 2013 15:27:42 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat380AC7DC-370A-125E-18FC-62392BFCF3F6.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="282" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeat380AC7DC-370A-125E-18FC-62392BFCF3F6.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="85" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Most indicted Atlanta schools educators surrender</title>
<description><![CDATA[All but one of the former Atlanta schools educators indicted last week have surrendered to authorities.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Associated Press]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17520557-most-indicted-atlanta-schools-educators-surrender</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/29/17520557-most-indicted-atlanta-schools-educators-surrender</guid><category>us</category><category>schools</category><category>atlanta</category><category>cheating</category><category>us-news</category><category>fulton-county</category><category>former-atlanta</category><category>atlanta-public-schools</category><category>atlanta-schools</category><category>beverly-hall</category><category>schools-cheating</category><category>juwanna-guffie</category><category>when-beverly-hall</category><category>former-atlanta-public-schools</category><pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 21:42:35 +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://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c8c73d14-5507-4a63-ae50-09e660c5870b.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="279" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=c8c73d14-5507-4a63-ae50-09e660c5870b.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this June 13, 2011 file photo, outgoing schools superintendent, Dr. Beverly Hall, center, arrives for her last Atlanta school board meeting at the Atlanta Public Schools headquarters in Atlanta. Hall and nearly three dozen other administrators, teachers, principals and other educators were indicted Friday, March 29, 2013, in one of the nation's largest cheating scandals. (AP Photo/Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Curtis Compton)  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><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=74dc5402-ac11-4779-b168-007e88a71ca0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="398" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=74dc5402-ac11-4779-b168-007e88a71ca0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2009 file photo, then Atlanta superintendent of public schools Beverly Hall smiles after she was named the 2009 Superintendent of the Year at the American Association of School Administrators' National Conference on Education in San Francisco. Hall and nearly three dozen other administrators, teachers, principals and other educators were indicted Friday, March 29, 2013, in one of the nation's largest cheating scandals. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, 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=ea961cee-2343-4dcf-83ad-93c16168db2a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="275" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=ea961cee-2343-4dcf-83ad-93c16168db2a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Atlanta Public Schools defendant Sandra Ward, right, turns herself in at the Fulton County Jail accompanied by her attorney Robbin Shipp, left, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in Atlanta. 35 defendants in Atlanta's school cheating scandal are named in a 65-count indictment that alleges a broad conspiracy involving cheating on standardized tests in Atlanta Public Schools. All 35 defendants must turn themselves in Tuesday. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&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=0b015004-a26a-4e17-a153-f6596663ae55.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=0b015004-a26a-4e17-a153-f6596663ae55.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Raymond Lail, attorney for Atlanta Public Schools defendant Tameka Goodson, walks down the entrance to the Fulton County Jail, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in Atlanta. Goodson, one of the 35 defendants in Atlanta's school cheating scandal, turned herself in Tuesday. All 35 defendants are named in a 65-count indictment that alleges a broad conspiracy involving cheating on standardized tests in Atlanta Public Schools. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&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=9db23fc2-6103-4467-96ce-8a387a3db81c.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="278" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=9db23fc2-6103-4467-96ce-8a387a3db81c.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="84" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Photos of some of the 35 defendants in Atlanta's school cheating scandal decorate a board as the media wait for the defendants to turn themselves in at Fulton County Jail, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in Atlanta. The defendants are named in a 65-count indictment that alleges a broad conspiracy involving cheating on standardized tests in Atlanta Public Schools. All 35 defendants must turn themselves in Tuesday. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&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=5b864583-d33e-405f-944e-19fa0c9ec254.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="259" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5b864583-d33e-405f-944e-19fa0c9ec254.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="78" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Defendants in Atlanta's school cheating scandal Starlette Mitchell, left, and Angela Williamson, right, turn themselves in at the Fulton County Jail accompanied by attorney Gerald Griggs, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in Atlanta. Thirty-five defendants are named in a 65-count indictment that alleges a broad conspiracy involving cheating on standardized tests in Atlanta Public Schools. All 35 defendants must turn themselves in Tuesday. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&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=02e7f813-8ae9-49cb-a8e5-406fb5602adc.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="245" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=02e7f813-8ae9-49cb-a8e5-406fb5602adc.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="74" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rev. Timothy McDonald, center, leads a protest against the high bonds set for 35 defendants in Atlanta's school cheating scandal outside the Fulton County Jail, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in Atlanta. The 35 defendants are named in a 65-count indictment that alleges a broad conspiracy involving cheating on standardized tests in Atlanta Public Schools. All 35 defendants must turn themselves in Tuesday. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&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=d1fe1f5e-5bf0-43ae-ba7c-12352575ea46.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=d1fe1f5e-5bf0-43ae-ba7c-12352575ea46.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="81" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Rev. Timothy McDonald, from left, Rev. Gerald Durley, Rev. Darrell Elligan, and Jerome Harris, gather outside Fulton County Jail to protest the high bonds set for 35 defendants in Atlanta's school cheating scandal, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in Atlanta. The 35 defendants are named in a 65-count indictment that alleges a broad conspiracy involving cheating on standardized tests in Atlanta Public Schools. All 35 defendants must turn themselves in Tuesday. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&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=2634f6f1-b012-4e2d-b9a1-a187983da93a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="272" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=2634f6f1-b012-4e2d-b9a1-a187983da93a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Jessie Thomas, of Atlanta, drives by to take a picture of the media gathered outside the Fulton County Jail waiting for defendants in Atlanta's school cheating scandal to turn themselves in, Tuesday, April 2, 2013, in Atlanta. 35 defendants in Atlanta's school cheating scandal are named in a 65-count indictment that alleges a broad conspiracy involving cheating on standardized tests in Atlanta Public Schools. (AP Photo/David Goldman)&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=5839d301-d6d1-4a68-bdb1-b6590e319dd2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="318" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=5839d301-d6d1-4a68-bdb1-b6590e319dd2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="96" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Tuesday, April 2, 2013 booking photo provided by the Fulton County Sheriff shows former Atlanta Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Beverly Hall. Hall is among the thirty-five educators within the Atlanta school system named in a 65-count indictment last week that alleges a broad conspiracy to cheat, conceal cheating or retaliate against whistleblowers in an effort to bolster student test scores and, as a result, receive bonuses for improved student performance. Prosecutors set a Tuesday deadline for all defendants to surrender to authorities. (AP Photo/Fulton County Sheriff)&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=6373801e-5600-4b4d-ae6d-73b523e3e984.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="383" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=6373801e-5600-4b4d-ae6d-73b523e3e984.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Tuesday, April 2, 2013 booking photo provided by the Fulton County Sheriff shows Tamara Cotman. Smith is among the thirty-five educators within the Atlanta school system, including former Superintendent Dr. Beverly Hall, who were named in a 65-count indictment last week that alleges a broad conspiracy to cheat, conceal cheating or retaliate against whistleblowers in an effort to bolster student test scores and, as a result, receive bonuses for improved student performance. Prosecutors set a Tuesday deadline for all defendants to surrender to authorities.  (AP Photo/Fulton County Sheriff)&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=3725f650-f7fa-49d4-a229-8fef1208e9fb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="384" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3725f650-f7fa-49d4-a229-8fef1208e9fb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Tuesday, April 2, 2013 booking photo provided by the Fulton County Sheriff shows Michael Pitts. Pitts is among the thirty-five educators within the Atlanta school system, including former Superintendent Dr. Beverly Hall, who were named in a 65-count indictment last week that alleges a broad conspiracy to cheat, conceal cheating or retaliate against whistleblowers in an effort to bolster student test scores and, as a result, receive bonuses for improved student performance. Prosecutors set a Tuesday deadline for all defendants to surrender to authorities.  (AP Photo/Fulton County Sheriff)&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=4217abc8-7356-4a99-9e2f-85d659d65dc3.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="384" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=4217abc8-7356-4a99-9e2f-85d659d65dc3.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="160" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;This Tuesday, April 2, 2013 booking photo provided by the Fulton County Sheriff shows Christopher Waller. Waller is among the thirty-five educators within the Atlanta school system, including former Superintendent Dr. Beverly Hall, who were named in a 65-count indictment last week that alleges a broad conspiracy to cheat, conceal cheating or retaliate against whistleblowers in an effort to bolster student test scores and, as a result, receive bonuses for improved student performance. Prosecutors set a Tuesday deadline for all defendants to surrender to authorities.  (AP Photo/Fulton County Sheriff)&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=41123239-99cc-4621-94a2-a6f8730e382e.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="378" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=41123239-99cc-4621-94a2-a6f8730e382e.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="163" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo released by the Fulton County Jail, Derrick Broadwater is seen in a booking photo, in Atlanta. Broadwater, an educator is named in a 65-count indictment that alleges a broad conspiracy involving cheating on standardized tests in Atlanta Public Schools. (AP Photo/Fulton County Jail)&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=06119556-4a00-47f8-881c-31548eddd534.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="381" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=06119556-4a00-47f8-881c-31548eddd534.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="161" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo released by the Fulton County Jail, Millicent Few is seen in a booking photo, in Atlanta. Few, an educator is named in a 65-count indictment that alleges a broad conspiracy involving cheating on standardized tests in Atlanta Public Schools. (AP Photo/Fulton County Jail)&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=8d382d43-de73-4ddc-ba04-72abae65b0bb.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="512" width="380" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8d382d43-de73-4ddc-ba04-72abae65b0bb.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="162" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo released by the Fulton County Jail, Sharon Davis-Williams is seen in a booking photo, in Atlanta. Williams, an educator is named in a 65-count indictment that alleges a broad conspiracy involving cheating on standardized tests in Atlanta Public Schools. (AP Photo/Fulton County Jail)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>