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News 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2722 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif UC students occupy buildings to protest fee hike (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_us/us_california_university_fees ap/20091121/us_california_university_fees AP us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:29:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_us/us_california_university_fees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.b91b087aea05408eb1546e346e22bfe7.california_university_fees_caps106.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=KONbGy66cnLo_6RTxgtuTA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Demonstrators struggle with police with a barricade in front of a closed off building on the University of California, Berkeley on the Berkeley, Calif., campus, Friday,. Nov. 20, 2009, during a demonstration against university fee hikes and layoffs. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0" /></a>AP - Dozens of demonstrators who barricaded themselves inside a campus building at the University of California, Berkeley in a protest over fee hikes and budget cuts were removed late Friday, bringing the daylong occupation to an end, university officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091121/ap_on_re_us/us_california_university_fees"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091121/capt.b91b087aea05408eb1546e346e22bfe7.california_university_fees_caps106.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=KONbGy66cnLo_6RTxgtuTA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Demonstrators struggle with police with a barricade in front of a closed off building on the University of California, Berkeley on the Berkeley, Calif., campus, Friday,. Nov. 20, 2009, during a demonstration against university fee hikes and layoffs. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) Mo. governor: Community colleges to freeze tuition (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_nixon_higher_education_missouri ap/20091120/us_nixon_higher_education_missouri AP business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:18:58 GMT AP - Community colleges have joined Missouri's four-year colleges and universities in agreeing to freeze tuition next school year if state officials promise to nick and not slash their budgets. California students protest university fee hike (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/ts_alt_afp/useducationuniversityprotest afp/20091120/useducationuniversityprotest AFP us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:22:24 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/ts_alt_afp/useducationuniversityprotest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258751844178-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=KoymRB6OhpTzNZlQB2EsNg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) student Kendall Brown and other UCLA students and supporters protest as the UC Board of Regents votes to approve a 32 percent tuition hike next year on November 19 in Los Angeles, California.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Student protests spread at California state universities over a big tuition hike Friday, with protesters barricading themselves inside a building at the University of California, Berkeley.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/ts_alt_afp/useducationuniversityprotest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258751844178-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=KoymRB6OhpTzNZlQB2EsNg--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) student Kendall Brown and other UCLA students and supporters protest as the UC Board of Regents votes to approve a 32 percent tuition hike next year on November 19 in Los Angeles, California.(AFP/Getty Images/File/David Mcnew)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) Obama drops by daughter Sasha's school for event (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama_school ap/20091120/us_obama_school AP politics Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:31:31 GMT AP - Fresh from his weeklong trip through Asia, President Barack Obama is taking time to catch up on dad duty. Audit: public schools lax in financial management (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_bi_ge/us_school_audits ap/20091120/us_school_audits AP business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:56:32 GMT AP - Legislative auditors have faulted poor financial management by school districts for allowing questionable spending of public money, including the purchase of a $91,000 tow truck. Detroit schools seek to force board member to talk (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_detroit_schools_hearings ap/20091119/us_detroit_schools_hearings AP business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:43:42 GMT AP - The Detroit Public Schools will seek a court order forcing a school board member to testify about his role in a $1.5 billion construction bond issue, the district's emergency financial manager said Thursday. Gates Foundation gives $335M for teacher quality (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gates_foundation_best_teachers ap/20091119/us_gates_foundation_best_teachers AP business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 20:04:02 GMT AP - Three school districts and a coalition of charter schools have agreed to be test kitchens for some radical ideas for improving teacher quality &mdash; from paying new teachers to spend another year practicing before getting their own class to letting student test scores affect teacher pay. Idaho schools face cuts, agencies face elimination (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_budget_cuts_idaho ap/20091119/us_budget_cuts_idaho AP business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:52:48 GMT AP - Two months before the 2010 Idaho Legislature convenes, the session's bitter tenor is set: Public education funding is due to be slashed again and state agencies now scraping to get by could be eliminated to help cover a remaining $52 million budget shortfall. Study charts use of 'swap' deals by Pa. schools (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_pennsylvania_schools_risky_investments ap/20091119/us_pennsylvania_schools_risky_investments AP business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:46:44 GMT AP - Auditor General Jack Wagner said about one-fifth of Pennsylvania's school districts have recently been involved with interest rate "swaps," a practice he said the Legislature should ban. Second lawsuit attacks Florida school funding (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_school_funding_lawsuit ap/20091119/us_school_funding_lawsuit AP business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:11:39 GMT AP - State officials are facing a second lawsuit filed in as many weeks accusing them of shortchanging public schools in violation of a state constitutional provision requiring a "high quality" education for Florida's children. Chicago police: No homicide in schools chief death (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_re_us/us_chicago_schools_president_dead ap/20091119/us_chicago_schools_president_dead AP us Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:03:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_re_us/us_chicago_schools_president_dead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.284ce2e3e02b4cdfb7207dd6a747b8b1.chicago_schools_president_dead_cx313.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=bhSbqsCuq7Jx6GGHW4nQIw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="Community activists Melvin Bailey, left, Kublai Toure, and Harold Davis, right, speak about the suicide ruling in the death of Chicago Public School Board President Michael Scott during a news conference at Holy Starlight M.B. Church in Chicago, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. More than two dozen ministers and activists gathered to say they don't believe Scott committed suicide and are calling on state and federal authorities to conduct their own investigations. Scott's body was found early Monday, Nov. 16 partially submerged in the Chicago River. He had been shot once in the head. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)" border="0" /></a>AP - Chicago police said Wednesday that tests have revealed gunshot residue on the hand of Michael Scott &mdash; the strongest evidence yet that the president of the city's school board took his own life.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_re_us/us_chicago_schools_president_dead"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091118/capt.284ce2e3e02b4cdfb7207dd6a747b8b1.chicago_schools_president_dead_cx313.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=bhSbqsCuq7Jx6GGHW4nQIw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="Community activists Melvin Bailey, left, Kublai Toure, and Harold Davis, right, speak about the suicide ruling in the death of Chicago Public School Board President Michael Scott during a news conference at Holy Starlight M.B. Church in Chicago, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. More than two dozen ministers and activists gathered to say they don't believe Scott committed suicide and are calling on state and federal authorities to conduct their own investigations. Scott's body was found early Monday, Nov. 16 partially submerged in the Chicago River. He had been shot once in the head. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) Missouri to freeze higher education tuition (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_bi_ge/us_nixon_higher_education ap/20091118/us_nixon_higher_education AP business Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:16:43 GMT AP - Tuition and academic fees will be frozen for the second straight year at Missouri's public four-year colleges and universities, Gov. Jay Nixon announced Tuesday. Okla. ed board wants use of Rainy Day Fund now (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091118/ap_on_bi_ge/ok_education_board ap/20091118/ok_education_board AP business Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:15:54 GMT AP - Cuts in state funding for education mean teachers at one northeastern Oklahoma school now must clean their own classrooms while their superintendent scrubs the toilets. A superintendent in a neighboring county is considering laying off five teachers. Yet another is asking veteran teachers to consider early retirement. Virtual pioneers: Macedonia schools to get wired (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091118/tc_nm/us_macedonia_schools nm/20091118/us_macedonia_schools Reuters technology Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:19:07 GMT Reuters - "Practical English Grammar by Correspondence" -- a 1973 tome published by the Soviet Union -- sits atop a pile of books on the librarian's desk in Macedonia's Grigor Prlichev elementary school. USDA backs rewarding schools serving healthy food (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091117/us_nm/us_usa_nutrition_schools nm/20091117/us_usa_nutrition_schools Reuters us Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:13:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091117/us_nm/us_usa_nutrition_schools"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091117/i/r1229977191.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=mG6eMeI3Rpye2dCZ19rc5Q--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Carrots are chopped in the kitchen of Revolution Foods in Los Angeles August 19, 2009. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Schools that serve more fruits, vegetables and whole grains to pupils should see higher federal support rates than those serving less-healthier meals loaded with high fats and sugar, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said on Tuesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091117/us_nm/us_usa_nutrition_schools"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091117/i/r1229977191.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=mG6eMeI3Rpye2dCZ19rc5Q--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Carrots are chopped in the kitchen of Revolution Foods in Los Angeles August 19, 2009. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) China fuels US foreign student boom (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/lf_afp/useducationimmigrationchina afp/20091117/useducationimmigrationchina AFP topstories Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:34:40 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/lf_afp/useducationimmigrationchina"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091117/capt.photo_1258402531480-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=70&q=85&sig=xw76.BE3mU31owDHmSzRVQ--" align="left" height="70" width="130" alt="A representative from State University of New York-Brockport (L) talks to a Vietnamese high school student during a US higher-education fair held in Hanoi in September 2009. The number of foreigners enrolled at US universities shot to a record high in the last academic year fueled by an influx of Chinese students, an educators' group said Monday.(AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Soaring interest by Chinese students has led to record foreign enrollment at US universities, offering a potential boon to the United States both economically and politically, a study said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091117/lf_afp/useducationimmigrationchina"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091117/capt.photo_1258402531480-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=70&q=85&sig=xw76.BE3mU31owDHmSzRVQ--" align="left" height="70" width="130" alt="photo" title="A representative from State University of New York-Brockport (L) talks to a Vietnamese high school student during a US higher-education fair held in Hanoi in September 2009. The number of foreigners enrolled at US universities shot to a record high in the last academic year fueled by an influx of Chinese students, an educators' group said Monday.(AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) Judge tells Chicago to let students transfer (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_re_us/us_chicago_beating_death_schools ap/20091116/us_chicago_beating_death_schools AP us Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:15:49 GMT AP - A federal judge says Chicago Public Schools must arrange for the immediate transfer of students who want to leave a South Side high school after an honor student's brutal beating death. Hawaii gov's plan would restore classroom days (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091116/ap_on_bi_ge/us_hawaii_school_year ap/20091116/us_hawaii_school_year AP business Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:57:09 GMT AP - Hawaii Gov. Linda Lingle proposed a plan Sunday to end the state's hotly disputed teacher furloughs starting in January, using a rainy day budget fund and converting planning days for teachers into regular classroom time to cancel a 10 percent reduction in school days. Gates Foundation helps Houston charter schools (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gates_foundation_charter_schools ap/20091113/us_gates_foundation_charter_schools AP business Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:34:22 GMT AP - The Bill & Melinda Gates foundation is offering $30 million to help charter schools in Houston get $300 million in tax-exempt bonds to build more schools. Ala. board suggests teachers pay more for benefits (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/education/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_bi_ge/us_education_costs ap/20091113/us_education_costs AP health Fri, 13 Nov 2009 12:58:30 GMT AP - Teachers and other education employees could have to pay more for their retirement and health insurance benefits under a financial plan proposed Thursday by the Alabama Board of Education.