<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><?xml-stylesheet type='text/xsl' href='../Styles/xsl/FeedsStyle.xsl' ?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>Education</title><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/xml/Education.xml</link><language>en-gb</language><description> The highlighted stories from the Education category of the Spiderednews web site.</description><lastBuildDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 12:41:24 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://www.spiderednews.com/xml/Education.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><copyright>© 2010 SpideredNews.com</copyright><ttl>15</ttl><item><title>Michael Gove's Bibles: good for schools? | Poll</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 08:30:00 GMT</pubDate><description>This week, copies of the King James Bible were sent out to every state school in the country, courtesy of the education secretary Michael Gove. They were paid for by donations, not from the</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/poll/2012/may/16/gove-bibles-schools</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/poll/2012/may/16/gove-bibles-schools</guid><category>Schools</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/BOOKS/Pix/pictures/2011/5/10/1305028774725/A-Bible-003.jpg"/></item><item><title>Michael Gove proposes that schools set own teachers' pay</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 15:10:36 GMT</pubDate><description>Education secretary Michael Gove's suggestion would lead to the end of a national pay scale for the professionEngland's state schools could be allowed to set their teachers' salaries</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/16/michael-gove-schools-teachers-pay</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/16/michael-gove-schools-teachers-pay</guid><category>Schools</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Admin/BkFill/Default_image_group/2012/5/16/1337180997540/Michael-Gove-003.jpg"/></item><item><title>Gove pushes for performance pay</title><dc:creator>BBC</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:54:14 GMT</pubDate><description>Teachers' pay in England and Wales could be linked to performance and set at different local levels, under proposals set out by the government.</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18089505#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18089505#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</guid><category>Schools</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="59" url="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/60280000/jpg/_60280365_011065156-1.jpg"/></item><item><title>Michael Gove's King James Bible plan rescued by millionaire Tory donors</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 16:39:30 GMT</pubDate><description>Education secretary will send a copy of the Bible to every state school after donors club together to save £370,000 initiativeMillionaire Conservative party donors have clubbed together</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/15/michael-gove-king-james-bible</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/may/15/michael-gove-king-james-bible</guid><category>Schools</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/5/15/1337099802589/Michael-Gove-003.jpg"/></item><item><title>The Learning Network Blog: Test Yourself | English, May 15, 2012</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 08:30:35 GMT</pubDate><description>Can you choose the best antonym for "antithesis" as it is used in a sentence?  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=2afdffbb5c519a9d057f158aeda24260</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=2afdffbb5c519a9d057f158aeda24260</guid><category>Education</category></item><item><title>Calif. gov. urges budget cuts amid $16B shortfall</title><dc:creator>BOSTON</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 03:31:00 GMT</pubDate><description>California Gov. Jerry Brown called on state lawmakers to embrace austere cuts and urged voters to approve tax hikes in outlining a revised budget Monday.           </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=e8645e305549bf0590f48fb4aeeab4b4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=e8645e305549bf0590f48fb4aeeab4b4</guid><category>Education</category></item><item><title>The Learning Network Blog: May 15, 1911 | Supreme Court Orders Standard Oil Company to Be Broken Up</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 08:02:24 GMT</pubDate><description>On May 15, 1911, the Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c6a522ca5000f5841900fb715510f9a3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c6a522ca5000f5841900fb715510f9a3</guid><category>Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="98" url="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/05/13/learning/May15LN/May15LN-articleInline.jpg"/></item><item><title>Mt Eliza:  A Look at Australia's Top Innovating Educational Institution  [SLIDESHOW]</title><dc:creator>IBTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 20:18:24 EDT</pubDate><description>For the fifth consecutive year, Mt Eliza Executive Education has been ranked Australia’s No. 1 provider of Executive Education, and is ranked globally at No. 40, in the prestigious Financial</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340980/20120514/top-innovating-educational-institution-ft-ranks-mt.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/340980/20120514/top-innovating-educational-institution-ft-ranks-mt.htm</guid><category>Schools</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="65" url="http://img.ibtimes.com/www/data/images/full/2012/05/15/273834-mt-elizas-history.jpg"/></item><item><title>Motivation, Service and Public Leadership (10/17 - 10/18)</title><dc:creator>BROOKINGS</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>  DESCRIPTION: Service motivation is the core of government employment; commitment to the mission and the role of the agency in advancing the security and welfare of the public is the</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~r/BrookingsRSS/topfeeds/ExecutiveEducation/~3/ohu4OPRY860/201210</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~r/BrookingsRSS/topfeeds/ExecutiveEducation/~3/ohu4OPRY860/201210</guid><category>Education</category></item><item><title>Ethics in Action: Leading with Integrity (10/02 - 10/04)</title><dc:creator>BROOKINGS</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>  DESCRIPTION: This program helps participants develop a new self awareness, tools for moral reasoning and a robust ethical framework to assist in everyday decisionmaking.Program</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~r/BrookingsRSS/topfeeds/ExecutiveEducation/~3/yHW6tLuKFvc/201210</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~r/BrookingsRSS/topfeeds/ExecutiveEducation/~3/yHW6tLuKFvc/201210</guid><category>Education</category></item><item><title>Advanced Inside Congress: Legislative Strategies (10/02 - 10/04)</title><dc:creator>BROOKINGS</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>  DESCRIPTION: Gain a deeper understanding of the legislative process with this three-day advanced seminar. Avoid spin and hear directly from former members of Congress, key staff,</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~r/BrookingsRSS/topfeeds/ExecutiveEducation/~3/S4pvtxCJlXQ/201210</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~r/BrookingsRSS/topfeeds/ExecutiveEducation/~3/S4pvtxCJlXQ/201210</guid><category>Education</category></item><item><title>Managing the Federal Employee: Discipline and Performance Process (09/18 - 09/19)</title><dc:creator>BROOKINGS</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>  DESCRIPTION: This lively and engaging program provides the practical tools you need to expertly manage discipline and performance issues among your employees. You will also boost your</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~r/BrookingsRSS/topfeeds/ExecutiveEducation/~3/KljxWTIakjc/201209</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~r/BrookingsRSS/topfeeds/ExecutiveEducation/~3/KljxWTIakjc/201209</guid><category>Education</category></item><item><title>Inside Congress: Understanding Congressional Operations (09/17 - 09/21)</title><dc:creator>BROOKINGS</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>  DESCRIPTION: Walk the corridors of the Capitol and witness the legislative process for yourself with this fast-paced, in-depth course. Hear from members of Congress, congressional</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~r/BrookingsRSS/topfeeds/ExecutiveEducation/~3/WZcsfZ-a2sg/201309</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~r/BrookingsRSS/topfeeds/ExecutiveEducation/~3/WZcsfZ-a2sg/201309</guid><category>Education</category></item><item><title>Inside Congress: Understanding Congressional Operations (07/09 - 07/13)</title><dc:creator>BROOKINGS</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:30:00 GMT</pubDate><description>  DESCRIPTION: Walk the corridors of the Capitol and witness the legislative process for yourself with this fast-paced, in-depth course. Hear from members of Congress, congressional</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~r/BrookingsRSS/topfeeds/ExecutiveEducation/~3/naH02ksmk6s/201207</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~r/BrookingsRSS/topfeeds/ExecutiveEducation/~3/naH02ksmk6s/201207</guid><category>Education</category></item><item><title>Managing the Federal Employee: Discipline and Performance Process (06/12 - 06/13)</title><dc:creator>BROOKINGS</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Jun 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>  DESCRIPTION: This lively and engaging program provides the practical tools you need to expertly manage discipline and performance issues among your employees. You will also boost your</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~r/BrookingsRSS/topfeeds/ExecutiveEducation/~3/VuTGci_6dao/201206</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~r/BrookingsRSS/topfeeds/ExecutiveEducation/~3/VuTGci_6dao/201206</guid><category>Education</category></item><item><title>Ethics in Action: Leading with Integrity (05/22 - 05/24)</title><dc:creator>BROOKINGS</dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>  DESCRIPTION: This program helps participants develop a new self awareness, tools for moral reasoning and a robust ethical framework to assist in everyday decisionmaking.Program</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~r/BrookingsRSS/topfeeds/ExecutiveEducation/~3/OGg7KYE2Ry8/201205</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~r/BrookingsRSS/topfeeds/ExecutiveEducation/~3/OGg7KYE2Ry8/201205</guid><category>Education</category></item><item><title>Inside Congress: Understanding Congressional Operations (05/14 - 05/18)</title><dc:creator>BROOKINGS</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>  DESCRIPTION: Walk the corridors of the Capitol and witness the legislative process for yourself with this fast-paced, in-depth course. Hear from members of Congress, congressional</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~r/BrookingsRSS/topfeeds/ExecutiveEducation/~3/mIfP1sDej-c/201205</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~r/BrookingsRSS/topfeeds/ExecutiveEducation/~3/mIfP1sDej-c/201205</guid><category>Education</category></item><item><title>Inside Washington: Understanding Federal Decision-Making (06/06 - 06/08)</title><dc:creator>BROOKINGS</dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jun 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>  DESCRIPTION: Learn what makes Washington tick in discussions with federal agency leaders, members of Congress, journalists, diplomats, and advocates—in addition to renowned experts from</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~r/BrookingsRSS/topfeeds/ExecutiveEducation/~3/un1zLzRghU4/201206</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://webfeeds.brookings.edu/~r/BrookingsRSS/topfeeds/ExecutiveEducation/~3/un1zLzRghU4/201206</guid><category>Education</category></item><item><title>Romney’s Liberty U commencement speech — text</title><dc:creator>WASHINGTONPOST</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:49:43 EST</pubDate><description>Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney delivered the commencement speech at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va., this past weekend. It was seen as an appeal to religious</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=98ff25ae24739fc6c0c72f09d5d191ad</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=98ff25ae24739fc6c0c72f09d5d191ad</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>Obama’s Barnard commencement speech — text</title><dc:creator>WASHINGTONPOST</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 14:51:50 EST</pubDate><description>President Obama delivered a commencement speech on Monday at Barnard College, a woman’s college in New York affiliated with Columbia University, where he attended and earned a bachelor’s</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=da3fc84adb485a28cfcc93661accbc25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=da3fc84adb485a28cfcc93661accbc25</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>The Learning Network Blog: Lesson Plan | The Vice President as a Teenager: A Lesson à la 'Saturday Night Live'</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 19:48:07 GMT</pubDate><description>Try watching a "Saturday Night Live" skit from over the weekend and turn it into a legitimate classroom activity (using our questions and activities, of course).  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=b659b135b4a3e28d5aa8f34ca0754297</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=b659b135b4a3e28d5aa8f34ca0754297</guid><category>Education</category></item><item><title>Letter: 'Michael Butler gave me a glimpse of a different kind of politics, based on care and commitment'</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 17:35:27 GMT</pubDate><description>I first met Michael Butler (obituary, 7 May) when I was 10, and in a proper fix. My father and older brother had died, and my mother wanted me to attend Christ's Hospital, Horsham, a</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2012/may/14/letter-michael-butler-obituary</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/global/2012/may/14/letter-michael-butler-obituary</guid><category>Schools</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/5/14/1337012942083/Mike-Butler-003.jpg"/></item><item><title>The Learning Network Blog: Found Poem Favorite | 'The Dun Laoghaire and the Swerve'</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 15:17:15 GMT</pubDate><description>We received over 595 submissions to our Third Annual Found Poem Contest, and have chosen 11 winners. We're publishing them in order of submission through May 25. This is our first.  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c411c15812e4b85e748113b2c1729e27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=c411c15812e4b85e748113b2c1729e27</guid><category>Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="80" url="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/05/14/education/yankee-stadium-learning/yankee-stadium-learning-thumbStandard.jpg"/></item><item><title>NCLB waiver docs to be released by Friday</title><dc:creator>WASHINGTONPOST</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:56:15 EST</pubDate><description>The U.S. Education Department’s critique of the District’s application for relief from No Child Left Behind, which officials have been inexplicably sitting on, will be available to the</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=cbbe41efdb1799ef6db9e7a5d57d47aa</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=cbbe41efdb1799ef6db9e7a5d57d47aa</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>The Learning Network Blog: Student Opinion | Does Mitt Romney's High School Bullying Matter?</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 09:05:13 GMT</pubDate><description>Student Opinion | Tell us what you think about both this story and about Mr. Romney's response when questioned about it. Do you think Mr. Romney's current character, actions or views can</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=897e29acc24684ede1c959cdb3df8c4a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=897e29acc24684ede1c959cdb3df8c4a</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>The Learning Network Blog: 6 Q's About the News | Ashima Shiraishi, Bouldering Phenom at Age 11</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 11:18:11 GMT</pubDate><description>6 Q's About the News | How has Ashima Shiraishi taken the climbing world by storm?  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=0359eacabbd2a8a5587d48edb51fe9ac</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=0359eacabbd2a8a5587d48edb51fe9ac</guid><category>Education</category></item><item><title>How to really appreciate teachers: Stop the stupid jokes — and more</title><dc:creator>WASHINGTONPOST</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 03:00:00 EST</pubDate><description>This was written by David B. Cohen, who has been a teacher since 1993 and is in his 13th year of teaching in California public high schools. He is National Board Certified, and is associate</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=85cc98a023b2294c8432f0ff00d49845</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=85cc98a023b2294c8432f0ff00d49845</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>Prof Alice Roberts: 'Public engagement should be part of academic life' - video</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Comment is free interviews: Alice Roberts, professor of public engagement in science at Birmingham University explains why academics should get better at enaging the public with their</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/video/2012/may/14/alice-roberts-public-engagement-academic-video</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/HigherEducation_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/video/2012/may/14/alice-roberts-public-engagement-academic-video</guid><category>Higher Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/audio/video/2012/5/11/1336746326025/Cif-Alice-Roberts-003.jpg"/></item><item><title>The Learning Network Blog: May 14, 1948 | Israel Declares Independence</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2012 08:02:13 GMT</pubDate><description>On May 14, 1948, the independent state of Israel was proclaimed as British rule in Palestine came to an end.  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=fd7cbe3eee81d4a5181ac7cbe697b2a1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=fd7cbe3eee81d4a5181ac7cbe697b2a1</guid><category>Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="53" url="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/05/13/learning/May14LN/May14LN-articleInline.jpg"/></item><item><title>'Survivor: One World' winner crowned</title><dc:creator>BOSTON</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 23:20:00 GMT</pubDate><description>"Survivor: One World" should have probably just been called "Survivor: Kim's World." Kim Spradlin not only won the CBS reality competition's $1 million grand prize Sunday, the crafty</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=36a0e5308b4e822de0f58d52ff839a91</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=36a0e5308b4e822de0f58d52ff839a91</guid><category>Education</category></item><item><title>Why Mother’s Day founder came to hate her creation (and more on moms, gifts, baby names etc.)</title><dc:creator>WASHINGTONPOST</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 05:32:00 EST</pubDate><description>Your friendly Census Bureau has provided the following facts about mothers, children and there is some surprising history behind the annual ritual we call Mother’s Day (and that some people</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=e8a5568a57d2c0353940ba4c7379095f</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=e8a5568a57d2c0353940ba4c7379095f</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>The fantasies driving school reform: A primer for education graduates</title><dc:creator>WASHINGTONPOST</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 04:45:00 EST</pubDate><description>This is the text of the commencement speech that Richard Rothstein, a research associate at the Economic Policy Institute, gave this past weekend at the Loyola University Chicago School of</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=8679f67bcabdb915491e2ed87130e4b4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=8679f67bcabdb915491e2ed87130e4b4</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>Arlington | Briefs: School Committee fills vacant seat</title><dc:creator>BOSTON</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Arlington: School board fills vacant seat Former School Committee member Paul Schlichtman has been reappointed to the committee for a one-year period. By a majority vote, the School Committee</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=112f39d0d3dcff22487f8918e771b455</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=112f39d0d3dcff22487f8918e771b455</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>IQ: Willingham on the newest thinking</title><dc:creator>WASHINGTONPOST</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 06:39:35 EST</pubDate><description>This was written by cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham, a psychology professor at the University of Virginia and author of “Why Don’t Students Like School?” His next book, “When Can You</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=eaef62517aa70ca0c0232b7f4073972b</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=eaef62517aa70ca0c0232b7f4073972b</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>In L.A. Pregnancy 'Hot Spot,' An On-Campus Clinic</title><dc:creator>NPR</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 10:19:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Roosevelt High School in East Los Angeles has the only Planned Parenthood-funded family planning clinic in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The program has its opponents, but the</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.npr.org/2012/05/12/152460873/in-l-a-pregnancy-hot-spot-an-on-campus-clinic?ft=1&amp;f=1013</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.npr.org/2012/05/12/152460873/in-l-a-pregnancy-hot-spot-an-on-campus-clinic?ft=1&amp;f=1013</guid><category>Schools</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="60" url="http://media.npr.org/assets/img/2012/05/10/sexed.jpg?t=1336696500&amp;s=2"/></item><item><title>The Secret Teacher:  performance-related pay will force teachers to avoid A* pupils like clever lepers</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 07:15:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Our anonymous blogger is incredulous at the suggestion of paying teachers on how well their pupils meet their estimated targets – back in the real world, this just won't workIt is with</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2012/may/12/secret-teacher-performance-related-pay</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2012/may/12/secret-teacher-performance-related-pay</guid><category>Schools</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2012/5/11/1336736939740/Girl-doing-her-Sats-exams-003.jpg"/></item><item><title>University of Maryland student behind @FakeWallaceLoh outs himself</title><dc:creator>WASHINGTONPOST</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 17:18:00 EST</pubDate><description>A University of Maryland senior history major named Greg Nasif has just confessed to being the guy who runs a Twitter account that parodies U-Md. President Wallace D. Loh, @FakeWallaceLoh.</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=8cd2d2d7efb59db8d31238751ad946b1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=8cd2d2d7efb59db8d31238751ad946b1</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>Mitt Romney and bullying: missed opportunity, missing humanity | Michael Cohen</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 22:41:39 GMT</pubDate><description>What Mitt Romney did not say this week was as revelatory as what President Obama didThere are many things that have been – and will be said – about Mitt Romney as he seeks the</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/may/11/mitt-romney-missed-opportunity-bullying</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/may/11/mitt-romney-missed-opportunity-bullying</guid><category>Schools</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/5/11/1336775704417/Mitt-Romney-bullying-Cran-003.jpg"/></item><item><title>Mitt Romney's 'hijinks' seen as bullying today</title><dc:creator>BOSTON</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 18:32:00 GMT</pubDate><description>When Mitt Romney was a good-looking teen in the buttoned-up `60s, corporal punishment was the norm and bullying had a different, more acceptable name: hijinks.           </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=27b94456345299e209c691b1beaafa30</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=27b94456345299e209c691b1beaafa30</guid><category>Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="54" url="http://cache.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/AP_Photo/2012/05/11/1336723179_8312/539w.jpg"/></item><item><title>The Choice Blog: So Long, High School ... College Awaits!</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 18:04:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Autumn Chubbs, a high school senior from Long Beach, Calif., is excited about her final days in high school and her plans to attend San Diego State University.  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e2ad2868f99fb6a0d7478f0b19c293e6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=e2ad2868f99fb6a0d7478f0b19c293e6</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>Gove speech: good sports | Editorial</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 19:58:54 GMT</pubDate><description>Michael Gove uses intellectual sleight of hand on the advantages of private education, including sporting successSport and Englishness have enjoyed a long, close and often fruitful</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/11/gove-speech-good-sports-editorial</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/11/gove-speech-good-sports-editorial</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>Mitt Romney’s prep school and college days: What do they really tell us?</title><dc:creator>WASHINGTONPOST</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 12:02:00 EST</pubDate><description>Universities like to sell themselves as providing the four most formative years of your life. The same sell is often used by expensive, private high schools. But is it true? Just how</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=3e1293b41256dca4c5a9ed153e39101d</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=3e1293b41256dca4c5a9ed153e39101d</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>The Learning Network Blog: Fill-In | Winning 'The Voice'</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 13:00:36 GMT</pubDate><description>Fill in the blanks of the first several paragraphs of the Arts review, "Tearful Underdog Triumphs in 'The Voice' Finale"  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=8cb36f6dd5374f6939935cba4353ddee</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=8cb36f6dd5374f6939935cba4353ddee</guid><category>Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="53" url="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/05/10/education/The-Voice-Learning-n/The-Voice-Learning-n-blog480.jpg"/></item><item><title>The Learning Network Blog: Student Opinion | How Should Parents Address Internet Pornography?</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 11:25:43 GMT</pubDate><description>Student Opinion | Tell us what you think parents and other adults should do about children's stumbling over pornography online. What dangers do you think watching pornography poses?  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f1c0ea22bbe66ad74c62c9620c693764</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f1c0ea22bbe66ad74c62c9620c693764</guid><category>Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="64" url="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/05/10/education/internet-porn-learning/internet-porn-learning--blog480.jpg"/></item><item><title>The Choice Blog: 'So Done' With School, and Anxious About College</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 09:58:41 GMT</pubDate><description>Abigail Hansen writes, "I feel so done with everything remotely related to high school right now, so I wonder how I will get any passion for education back for college."  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f19733820a68ca1545841b21a3c2b4f5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f19733820a68ca1545841b21a3c2b4f5</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>We work harder than ever before, so don't tell us we don't know what stress is... a teacher responds to the Ofsted chief</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 09:32:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Michael Wilshaw's comments at the Brighton Conference have alienated teachers across the country, for Mikey Matthews the call to ban mobiles was the straw that broke the camel's backIn</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2012/may/11/michael-wilshaw-ofsted-stress</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/teacher-network/teacher-blog/2012/may/11/michael-wilshaw-ofsted-stress</guid><category>Schools</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/About/General/2012/5/11/1336727708945/Michael-Wilshaw-003.jpg"/></item><item><title>The Learning Network Blog: May 11, 1973 | Charges Dropped Against Pentagon Papers Leakers</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 08:05:01 GMT</pubDate><description>On May 11, 1973, Judge William M. Byrne dismissed charges of espionage, theft and conspiracy against Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony J. Russo Jr. for their role in leaking the Pentagon Papers.  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=911042816f5969b86a899e5e0cd2ca1b</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=911042816f5969b86a899e5e0cd2ca1b</guid><category>Education</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="119" url="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/05/08/learning/May11LN/May11LN-articleInline.jpg"/></item><item><title>The Learning Network Blog: Test Yourself | English, May 11, 2012</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 08:26:39 GMT</pubDate><description>Can you choose the word pair that best completes the sentence?  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=8ac94755b2ab8758e0d06c03bf54f1ce</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Education_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=8ac94755b2ab8758e0d06c03bf54f1ce</guid><category>Education</category></item><item><title>Boston investigates MCAS testing &amp;#8216;irregularity&amp;#8217; at Gardner Pilot Academy</title><dc:creator>BOSTON</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 May 2012 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>MCAS testing ‘irregularity’ under investigation The Boston public schools is investigating a report of an MCAS testing irregularity Wednesday at the Gardner Pilot Academy, prompting a staff</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=c292a3859706981463be0f071879f267</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.boston.com/click.phdo?i=c292a3859706981463be0f071879f267</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>Chinese students use IV amino acids to study for high-stakes tests</title><dc:creator>WASHINGTONPOST</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 22:52:52 EST</pubDate><description>How’s this for extreme? Students at a Chinese high school hooked themselves up intravenously — with the help of teachers — to amino acid supplement drips to study for high-stakes exams in</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=189cc3e468a6fb77a990aafa7e5d238c</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=189cc3e468a6fb77a990aafa7e5d238c</guid><category>Schools</category></item></channel></rss><!-- GENERATION DATE: Thursday, 17 May 2012 12:41:24 UTC/GMT, VERSION: 1.9.37 - 20120109 -->

