<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>US-education News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=12&amp;catid=296</link><description>News Feed for - US-education</description><item><title>State must reveal, not conceal, school aptitude</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96369797&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T04:18:00</pubDate><description>This year marks the 10th anniversary of California's Public Schools Accountability Act, an early legislative triumph of then-Gov. Gray Davis. While some good things have come out of the law, the act has </description><source>San Francisco Chronicle</source></item><item><title>Audit: Civic education group misused $5.9M</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96369239&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T04:11:00</pubDate><description>WASHINGTON  A non-profit group that gets millions of dollars a year from Congress to help teach students about government misspent or failed to justify more than $5.9 million last year, Education Department </description><source>USA Today</source></item><item><title>Arizona union challenges law changes on teachers</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96312715&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T02:00:00</pubDate><description>Registeror subscribe now, or login below, to continue reading. Have an account? LOGIN HERE Email Password Keep me logged in Education Week print subscriber: Check here to claim your FREE premium subscription </description><source>Education Week</source></item><item><title>Roosevelt University to construct 32-story building: School says it will be 2nd-tallest </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96382203&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T11:13:00</pubDate><description>Officials at Roosevelt University are moving forward with a plan to build what they say would be the second-tallest university building in the nation. Construction on the 32-story, $110 million building </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>Stars line up for CNN's Heroes show</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96216633&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T11:36:00</pubDate><description>Actress Jenna Fischer poses as she arrives for the at the Kodak theatre in Hollywood, California, November 21, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)</description><source>China Economic Net</source></item><item><title>Intel Partners with White House to Advance Math and Science Education</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96339183&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T09:22:00</pubDate><description>White House to Advance Education - HotHardware s Partners with White House to Advance Education Monday, November 23, 2009 - by Partners with White House to Advance Education November 23rd, 2009 - Today, </description><source>Hot Hardware</source></item><item><title>US expert hails medical education programme at HMC</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96380552&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T08:39:00</pubDate><description>DOHA: A renowned American expert in the field of medical education has deemed the medical education programme at Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), as being world-class and on par with other leading international </description><source>Qatar Peninsula</source></item><item><title>US teachers in Indonesia in danger from bullets</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96370130&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T04:22:00</pubDate><description>In the latest in a string of attacks directed against foreigners in Indonesia, gunmen have fired at the home of two US academics in the Indonesian province of Aceh, which is on the nothern tip of Sumatra. </description><source>Malaysia Sun</source></item><item><title>US teachers fired upon in Indonesia</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96359630&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T02:51:00</pubDate><description>In the latest in a string of attacks directed against foreigners in Indonesia, gunmen have fired at the home of two US academics in the Indonesian province of Aceh, which is on the nothern tip of Sumatra. </description><source>Africa Leader</source></item><item><title>LOC-US Embassy gives books to schools</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96354009&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T00:32:00</pubDate><description>THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean continued its book donations to primary schools last Thursday by presenting to two more schools, this time in St Lucy. The first presentation </description><source>Barbados Daily Nation</source></item><item><title>Obama??s ??Safe Schools Czar? Kevin Jennings</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96388296&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T11:24:00</pubDate><description>Over the past few months, a movement has been growing to expel President from his post. The effort has been led primarily by Christian groups such as Americans for Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH), MassResistance, </description><source>The New American</source></item><item><title>UConn's Huskies Steal ND's Thunder</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96388283&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-24T11:24:00</pubDate><description>Tears, tears for old Notre Dame! That's how the national news media, that 'herd of independent minds,' is playing the big sports story of last weekend, perhaps the biggest of this year's college football </description><source>The New American</source></item><item><title>Education Realty Trust Announces Closing of $95 Million Revolving...</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96314523&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:21:00</pubDate><description>Company: Education Realty Trust Inc (EDR) Education Realty Trust, Inc. (NYSE:EDR), one of the nation's largest developer, owner, and manager of student housing communities today announced the closing </description><source>Zibb</source></item><item><title>National Teacher Survey Indicates High Number of U.S. Children Too Hungry to Learn</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96323221&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T16:43:00</pubDate><description>Hunger in America's Classrooms: Share Our Strength's Teachers Report Shows Schools and Teachers Are Critical Safety Net for Nearly 17 Million U.S. Children Facing Hunger WASHINGTON, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ </description><source>Houston Chronicle</source></item><item><title>'Teach For America' Teachers Learn On The Job</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96295654&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T12:35:00</pubDate><description>Tim Cooper, 26, is a new teacher at Isaac Bildersee Middle School in Brooklyn, N.Y. Cooper has his own classroom after a brief six-week training program with Teach for America. TFA says it has raised </description><source>NPR</source></item><item><title>US magnate Dow helps rebuild quake-zone schools</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96281958&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T07:03:00</pubDate><description>Pupils and their teachers participate in the ground-breaking ceremony of Chongxin Primary School in Wuhuang County of Ziyang city, southwest China's Sichuan Province November 21, 2009. [chinadaily.com.cn] </description><source>CHINAdaily</source></item><item><title>Denied relief, W.Va. schools ready to sue</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96244690&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T19:21:00</pubDate><description>West Virginia will likely be sued by most - if not all - of its 55 county school boards, after the Legislature shot down Gov. Joe Manchin's offer of short-term relief from retiree health costs.</description><source>KTTC</source></item><item><title>Michael Scott: Big names join the public at memorial for Chicago school board president: </title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96268865&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:08:00</pubDate><description>(McClatchy-Tribune Informa) The public memorial for Chicago school board President Michael Scott gave a platform for prominent figures to share memories, but the event also allowed West Side residents </description><source>Individual.com</source></item><item><title>US teachers attacked in Indonesia</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96302012&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T12:08:00</pubDate><description>Banda Aceh, Indonesia - Gunmen fired at the home of two US academics in the Indonesian province of Aceh on Monday, the latest in a string of attacks directed against foreigners in the region, police said. </description><source>IOL</source></item><item><title>Small University Accuses Stanford of Cribbing Idea for New Artificial Knee</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96275806&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T05:48:00</pubDate><description>Tom Barnard, LeTourneau U. Some student researchers at Stanford U. were recognized by 'Time' magazine for inventing a prosthetic knee (left) that a team at LeTourneau U., in Texas, says is very similar </description><source>Chronicle of Higher Education</source></item><item><title>Massachusetts School of Law at Andover, Inc. v. American Bar Ass'n, et al.</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96268298&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T03:28:00</pubDate><description>Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae (06/21/1997) Brief for the United States as Amicus Curiae (10/28/1996)</description><source>United States Department of Justice</source></item><item><title>Schools' college placement: 100%</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96168544&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-21T16:55:00</pubDate><description>Yes, I would like to receive occasional CNN member updates about new features and special offers. 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STORY HIGHLIGHTS Classmates skeptical boy once had met President Lincoln Unidentified buyer said to </description><source>CNN</source></item><item><title>All kids at this school get to college</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96079506&amp;Channel_ID=12&amp;Category_ID=296</link><pubDate>2009-11-20T15:15:00</pubDate><description>Yes, I would like to receive occasional CNN member updates about new features and special offers. CNN will use the information you submit in a manner consistent with our Privacy Policy. By clicking on </description><source>CNN</source></item></channel></rss>