<?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>Schools</title><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/xml/Schools.xml</link><language>en-gb</language><description> The highlighted stories from the Schools category of the Spiderednews web site.</description><lastBuildDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 07:12:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://www.spiderednews.com/xml/Schools.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><copyright>© 2010 SpideredNews.com</copyright><ttl>15</ttl><item><title>Sunday Routine | Dennis M. Walcott: Dennis Walcott, Schools Chancellor, Runs, Cooks and Cleans on Sundays</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 03:40:04 GMT</pubDate><description>Dennis M. Walcott, the schools chancellor, devotes his Sundays to exercising, making waffles, singing in his church choir and cleaning the house with the radio or TV on.  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f2a0241b1839fa2499df5ede5e4eeda5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f2a0241b1839fa2499df5ede5e4eeda5</guid><category>Schools</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="80" url="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/05/20/nyregion/20ROUTINE1_SPAN/20ROUTINE1_SPAN-thumbStandard.jpg"/></item><item><title>We've created a society for non-doms, but not for children in our schools | Peter Lampl</title><dc:creator>GUARDIAN</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 23:04:42 GMT</pubDate><description>The super-rich are adding inequality to the education system, damning a generation to second-class schoolingI visited my old primary school in Wakefield a few months ago. The school</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/20/peter-lampl-education-reform-vital</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/may/20/peter-lampl-education-reform-vital</guid><category>Schools</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="48" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Observer/Pix/pictures/2012/5/18/1337357830787/SCHOOL-EXAM-003.jpg"/></item><item><title>ICSE &amp; ISC results: Uttar Pradesh's score improves, but marginally</title><dc:creator>FEEDSPORTAL</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 23:29:17 GMT</pubDate><description>Uttar Pradesh put up a poor show in comparison to other states in the ICSE and ISC examinations conducted by the Council for the Indian School of Certificate Examinations (CISCE).	</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://timesofindia.feedsportal.com/fy/8at2Etg0ZmQBI2P1/story01.htm</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://timesofindia.feedsportal.com/fy/8at2Etg0ZmQBI2P1/story01.htm</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>Georgetown, GWU and UMD make move-out season less wasteful</title><dc:creator>WASHINGTONPOST</dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 May 2012 13:50:56 EST</pubDate><description> This guest post was written by Chris Lyford, a news aide at The Post.   Theon O’Connor, a senior at Georgetown University, sprang from the sedan that was idling in a neighborhood near</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=5e6cf564c79d0ecfa73bf36f6cb62bd8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=5e6cf564c79d0ecfa73bf36f6cb62bd8</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>Georgetown U., GWU draw commencement controversies</title><dc:creator>WASHINGTONPOST</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 19:55:43 EST</pubDate><description>As Kathleen Sebelius addressed Georgetown University graduates Friday morning, the secretary of health and human services felt the wrath of anti-abortion activists when someone shouted</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=ae445b9b13817c157f39b831d5b635c6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=ae445b9b13817c157f39b831d5b635c6</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>The Learning Network Blog: Guest Post | Teenager Writes About 'Crushing Weight of College Debt'</title><dc:creator>NYTIMES</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 16:02:25 GMT</pubDate><description>George Edwards, 17, a high school senior, writes about how the prospect of crushing student debt is affecting his future plans.  </description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=dc5fed1b293f80091e80cb2a674dfc43</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=dc5fed1b293f80091e80cb2a674dfc43</guid><category>Schools</category><media:thumbnail width="80" height="80" url="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2012/05/12/business/studentdebt-grid/studentdebt-grid-thumbStandard.jpg"/></item><item><title>Graduation “gap” widens in Maryland</title><dc:creator>WASHINGTONPOST</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 09:37:00 EST</pubDate><description>Five years after the Maryland state university system pledged to reduce by half the “graduation gap” between low-income and minority students and other college students, the gap has</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=dd30bb4e3510103486fc5307478cec4c</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=dd30bb4e3510103486fc5307478cec4c</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>At Georgetown, Sebelius urges ‘conversation and compromise’</title><dc:creator>WASHINGTONPOST</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 11:28:13 EST</pubDate><description>Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius told some Georgetown University graduates Friday that a “process of conversation and compromise” is required when religious issues</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=50b3ddccd80d541e319bbac666817347</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=50b3ddccd80d541e319bbac666817347</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>NCLB waiver bid stalled by Ed Dept. concerns</title><dc:creator>WASHINGTONPOST</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 05:10:09 EST</pubDate><description>It turns out that the U.S. Department of Education has quite a few issues with the District’s application for relief from No Child Left Behind. The problems start with two chronic concerns:</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=89bb5ee9474e65957eef7bdc996a92d9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=89bb5ee9474e65957eef7bdc996a92d9</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>HHS Secretary Sebelius to address Georgetown graduates despite protest from Catholic archbishop</title><dc:creator>WASHINGTONPOST</dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 06:00:00 EST</pubDate><description>Graduates of the Georgetown University Public Policy Institute will gather Friday morning for an awards ceremony and keynote speech by a woman who has riled up controversy in the Catholic</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=ac780022ce8afedd00066616f414f51a</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=ac780022ce8afedd00066616f414f51a</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>Gove loses court ruling over cuts</title><dc:creator>BBC</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 18:44:29 GMT</pubDate><description>Education Secretary Michael Gove loses a High Court battle with Essex County Council over government cuts to nursery funding.</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-18109394#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/uk-england-essex-18109394#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/60310000/jpg/_60310554_gove.jpg"/></item><item><title>GWU’s Knapp recalls playing with Chuck Brown</title><dc:creator>WASHINGTONPOST</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 10:21:00 EST</pubDate><description>Just before Chuck Brown took the stage at a George Washington University Alumni Weekend concert in September, the “Godfather of Go-Go” chatted with GWU President Steven Knapp, who is a</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=44aae5455acc01643b75f6bfbba79251</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=44aae5455acc01643b75f6bfbba79251</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>Va. students prepare to take tougher math standards exams</title><dc:creator>WASHINGTONPOST</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 08:15:38 EST</pubDate><description>Fairfax County math teacher Vern Williams has never used class time to review for state tests. The multiple-choice exams have always been easy, he said, for his algebra and geometry</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=57490c72d93b933b361422482dbed6ea</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=57490c72d93b933b361422482dbed6ea</guid><category>Schools</category></item><item><title>Virginia’s new math tests: Can you hack them?</title><dc:creator>WASHINGTONPOST</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 08:24:42 EST</pubDate><description>How would you fare on Virginia’s new and more difficult generation of state math tests? The exams, which are being given across Northern Virginia this month, are designed to require</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=d23da0c9980fa5f381d382063fd50476</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://feeds.washingtonpost.com/click.phdo?i=d23da0c9980fa5f381d382063fd50476</guid><category>Schools</category></item><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>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>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>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>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>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>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. 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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>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? 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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><item><title>Teaching not stressful - Ofsted</title><dc:creator>BBC</dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 15:06:48 GMT</pubDate><description>Ofsted chief hits out at teachers who complain about stress levels and make excuses for poor performance.</description><link>http://www.spiderednews.com/Schools_I.php?url=@http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-18025202#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&amp;ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa</link><guid 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