<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Education Standards: News &amp; Videos about Education Standards - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Education_Standards</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Education Standards from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:03:36 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Education Standards: News &amp; Videos about Education Standards - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Education_Standards</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Education Standards from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Give Obama A+ for school reform ideas</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/06/navarrette.obama.education/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/11/06/navarrette.obama.education/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Obama deserves an A+ for his agenda for education reform. His decision to nominate Arne Duncan as U.S. education secretary was inspired, and his comments on holding the system accountable are honest, refreshing and insightful.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Report card shows U.S. students need to improve math skills</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/14/schools.report.card/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/14/schools.report.card/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. schoolchildren still have work to do when it comes to mathematics, the secretary of education said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The CEO educator</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/30/news/economy/joel_klein_nyc_schools.fortune/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/30/news/economy/joel_klein_nyc_schools.fortune/index.htm</guid><description>Joel Klein's title is New York City school chancellor, but he's really a CEO. He oversees America's largest public school system -- 1.1 million students -- with more authority than his counterparts in most other major cities, thanks to a landmark 2002 law that was just renewed for another five years.</description><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Let's take 'all children forward'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/08/duncan.education/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/08/duncan.education/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In our first 100 days, the Obama administration has presented a comprehensive education agenda -- from the cradle through college -- that protects children and jobs in the short term and invests in the long term by advancing education reform.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Alex Wolff:  Myles Brand leaves a legacy of integrity, focus on academics in sports</title><link>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/alexander_wolff/09/16/myles.brand/index.html</link><guid>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/alexander_wolff/09/16/myles.brand/index.html</guid><description>Learning of the death today of NCAA president Myles Brand, from pancreatic cancer at age of 67, it's hard not to think back to the events that first thrust him into the college sports fan's consciousness in 2000.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Despite push, year-round schools get mixed grades</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/04/us.year.round.schools/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/04/us.year.round.schools/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>As students head back to class across the United States, educators are weighing the benefits of a longer school year, which has been tried in several districts with mixed results.</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Who says public schools need more money?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/07/chavis.education/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/07/chavis.education/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Teachers unions and politicians are constantly claiming that K-12 public schools need more money in order to produce good academic results. But does the data support the argument that our schools need more money to succeed?</description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Obama on risky ground on schools</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/08/noguera.school.controversies/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/08/noguera.school.controversies/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Obama has made it clear from the earliest days of his presidency that he intended to make education a high priority for his administration.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: What parents can do for their kids</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/07/17/ferguson.education.parents/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/07/17/ferguson.education.parents/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Raising the quality of teaching and learning in American schools is a priority. It receives a great deal of attention in our national discourse and should receive more.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 22:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Study: Achievement gap narrows between black, white students</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/16/education.gaps/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/07/16/education.gaps/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Math and reading scores for fourth- and eighth-graders in public schools improved nationwide, but African-American students continued to lag behind their white classmates, a new federal study found.</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2009 05:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sotomayor says she was 'perfect affirmative action baby'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/11/sotomayor.affirmative.action/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/11/sotomayor.affirmative.action/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Supreme Court nominee Judge Sonia Sotomayor years ago said she was a "product of affirmative action" when she was admitted to prestigious universities, but defended the contributions she offered as a Hispanic woman to classroom and workplace diversity.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary:  Give kids a beacon of hope</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/11/polis.charter.schools/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/11/polis.charter.schools/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>To be effective in Congress, you must focus. With so many issues and debates occurring at any given time, it is easy to spread yourself too thin and lose sight of your goal.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 12:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chew on this: Gum may be good for body, mind</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/22/chewing.gum.benefits/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/04/22/chewing.gum.benefits/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>If you're looking to curb your appetite and improve your memory, you're probably exercising, eating healthier foods and trying to get some sleep.</description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2009 20:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Throwing billions at schools won't fix them</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/05/noguera.schools/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/05/noguera.schools/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, President Obama's stimulus package, could serve as a historic investment in our children's future, an initiative that could very well change the course of our nation.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Duncan details $150 billion education stimulus</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/30/campbell.brown.duncan/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/30/campbell.brown.duncan/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Education Secretary Arne Duncan talks to CNN's Campbell Brown about the President's $150 billion increase in federal money for education. Here is the transcript of that interview.</description><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 04:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>10 years later, school still sugar free and proud</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/11/sugar.free.school/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/12/11/sugar.free.school/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The children in the cafeteria drink low-fat milk, shovel corn kernels on their sporks and munch on tuna sandwiches on wheat.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>No Dropouts Left Behind: New Rules on Grad Rates</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1854758,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1854758,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>With 1 in 4 U.S. teens becoming dropouts, tough new federal regulations will start to measure schools by how many students graduate within four years</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Regulations to Require Dropout Tracking</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1854455,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1854455,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Schools and states will now have to track and lift the graduation rates for all students under regulations being announced Tuesday by Education Secretary Margaret Spellings</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Oct 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CNN Classroom Edition: Joe Biden Revealed</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/10/09/cnnce.biden.revealed/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/10/09/cnnce.biden.revealed/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Record the CNN Presents Classroom Edition: Joe Biden Revealed when it airs commercial-free on October 20, 2008, from approximately 4:10-- 5:00 a.m. ET on CNN. (A short feature begins at 4:00 a.m. and precedes the program.)</description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Oct 2008 13:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary: Don't use SATs to rank college quality</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/17/hawkins.tests/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/10/17/hawkins.tests/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A recent controversy at Baylor University has brought new attention to the widespread misuse of standardized college admission tests to rank the quality of America's colleges and universities.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CNN Classroom Edition: Sarah Palin Revealed</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/10/09/cnnce.palin.revealed/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/10/09/cnnce.palin.revealed/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Record the CNN Presents Classroom Edition: Sarah Palin Revealed when it airs commercial-free on October 13, 2008, from approximately 4:10-- 5:00 a.m. ET on CNN. (A short feature begins at 4:00 a.m. and precedes the program.)</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 02:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CNN Student News Learning Activity: Vice Presidential Candidates</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/10/01/activity.vp.candidates/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/10/01/activity.vp.candidates/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Students will examine the roles of vice presidents and evaluate the qualifications of the current vice presidential candidates.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 03:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama dishes out tough talk on education</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/09/campaign.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/09/campaign.wrap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Sen. Barack Obama on Tuesday detailed his plan to strengthen the education system and charged that the Bush administration's "failure to act has put our nation in jeopardy."</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'100 mph' school chief seeks 'radical changes'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/09/09/dc.schools/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/09/09/dc.schools/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Michelle Rhee says she runs at 100 miles per hour. As the chancellor of one of the nation's lowest-performing school districts, she says she has no choice -- too much bureaucracy to cut through, too many problems to fix after decades of neglect.</description><pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CNN Classroom Edition: The First Patient</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/02/22/cnnce.first.patient/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/studentnews/02/22/cnnce.first.patient/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Record the CNN Classroom Edition: The First Patient when it airs commercial-free on Monday, August 11, 2008, from 4:00 -- 5:00 a.m. ET on CNN. (A short feature begins at 4:00 a.m. and precedes the program.)</description><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 19:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Schools Experiment by Paying Kids</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1814295,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1814295,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Schools, under pressure to boost student achievement, are offering incentives -- field trips and cash, for example -- to motivate students</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jun 2008 11:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>No Child Left Behind: Doomed to Fail?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1812758,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1812758,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A former Administration official says Bush's signature domestic initiative was spoiled by inflexible standards, a narrow focus and mixed motives</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>More colleges move toward optional SATs</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/30/test.drop/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/30/test.drop/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Jen Wang of Short Hills, New Jersey, took her first SAT when she was in sixth grade, long before she would start filling out college applications. </description><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 15:33:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wake Forest Drops SAT Requirement</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1809580,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1809580,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Wake Forest University will no longer require applicants to take the SAT and ACT exams, boosting a movement to lessen the importance of standardized tests in college admissions</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 14:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to Make Great Teachers</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1713174,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1713174,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>American public schools are struggling to attract and retain high-quality teachers. Is it time we paid them for performance?</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush: Congress has work to do</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/17/bush.transcript/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/17/bush.transcript/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>President Bush on Wednesday spoke about legislation pending in Congress -- including an override of his veto on the State Children's Health Insurance Program -- and answered journalists' questions during a news conference at the White House.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Johnny Isn't Reading Much Better</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1665512,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1665512,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>The Nation's Report Card shows U.S. students are improving slightly in math, but less so in reading</description><pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bloomberg Pushes Merit Pay for Teachers
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1647141,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1647141,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a potential independent presidential candidate, pushes for performance-based merit pay for teachers in the nation's public schools</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Schools to Review Integration Plans</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1638704,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1638704,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>School officials around the country are asking what to do following a Supreme Court decision rejecting racial integration plans in Seattle and Louisville, Ky.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2007 15:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How Nebraska Leaves No Child Behind</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1626423,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1626423,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>One maverick state devised its own education strategy that bucks the trend toward high-stakes tests and federal control</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2007 20:10:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush: State of union is strong</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/23/sotu.bush.transcript/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/23/sotu.bush.transcript/index.html</guid><description>Below is the text of President Bush's State of the Union address with links to key points:</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:28:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush initiatives face uphill battle in Congress</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/23/sotu.domestic/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/01/23/sotu.domestic/index.html</guid><description>Facing a Democratic Congress for the first time, President Bush on Tuesday evening sought to refocus his domestic agenda during his State of the Union address, outlining initiatives on health care, energy, immigration and education.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:14:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How to bring schools into 21st century</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/10/time.cover.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/12/10/time.cover.tm/index.html</guid><description>American schools aren't exactly frozen in time, but considering the pace of change in other areas of life, our public schools tend to feel like throwbacks.</description><pubDate>Sun, 10 Dec 2006 14:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush transcript, part 5: Entitlements, immigration key</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/08/bush.transcript5/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/11/08/bush.transcript5/index.html</guid><description>QUESTION: Americans have heard it before: "There's going to be cooperation; we're going to get along." What can you do to show Americans that you'll stop and avoid any gridlock, because they've seen it come anyway?</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Nov 2006 23:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>No excuses or short cuts at Atlanta charter school </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/10/02/kipp.ways/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/10/02/kipp.ways/index.html</guid><description>Students at the West Atlanta Young Scholars Academy in Atlanta, Georgia, are expected to go to college.</description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 19:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>No child left out of the dodgeball game?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/08/20/PE.NCLB/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/08/20/PE.NCLB/index.html</guid><description>As more of America's school-age children are growing fatter, the physical education curriculum that might help them win the fight is gasping for air, says a recently released report.</description><pubDate>Sun, 20 Aug 2006 22:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>It's not your mom's PTA</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/06/28/national.pta.convention/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/06/28/national.pta.convention/index.html</guid><description>They come from all walks of life to the searing desert heat in Phoenix, Arizona: parents, some who are also teachers; administrators and school board representatives.</description><pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 16:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dobbs: No summer vacation for our failing schools</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/27/dobbs.june28/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/27/dobbs.june28/index.html</guid><description>School's out in nearly every part of the country, and students are delightfully spilling into their summer vacations with little, if any, thought of what September will bring.</description><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jun 2006 21:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cheat sheet for parents on testing</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/03/13/testing.types/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/EDUCATION/03/13/testing.types/index.html</guid><description>MEAP, ITBS, CRCT, TAKS. There are scores of acronyms in educational testing, but these four-letter terms stand for far more than No. 2 pencils and pages of tiny circles.</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush says Gulf Coast ripe for small biz</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/10/smbusiness/bush_neworleans/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/10/smbusiness/bush_neworleans/index.htm</guid><description>President Bush said Friday that the Gulf Coast region was a "great opportunity" for small businesses even though the rebuilding process may pose some hurdles.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2006 15:57:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Transcript of Democrats' response </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/31/Dems.transcript/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/31/Dems.transcript/index.html</guid><description>The following is a transcript of the Democrats' address to the nation,  given in response to President Bush's State of the Union address on Tuesday night, and released before the speech was delivered by Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine from Richmond.</description><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 22:17:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>An Apple for the student</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/06/technology/laptop_schools/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/09/06/technology/laptop_schools/index.htm</guid><description>"The dog ate my homework," the time-worn classic of student excuses, won't fly in the paperless age.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2005 16:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Spellings: No Child Left Behind lawsuit a 'red herring' </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/08/25/education.secretary.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/08/25/education.secretary.ap/index.html</guid><description>Education Secretary Margaret Spellings on Wednesday called claims that the No Child Left Behind Act isn't fully funded "a red herring," and suggested states that are balking may simply fear seeing the test results.</description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2005 13:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The new math of college admissions</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/28/pf/college/collegeguide_newmath/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/28/pf/college/collegeguide_newmath/index.htm</guid><description>SALEM, Ore. (CNN/Money) - Here is a pop quiz:</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2005 18:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Does the neighborhood make the grade?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/22/real_estate/homeguide_schools/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/03/22/real_estate/homeguide_schools/index.htm</guid><description>Homebuying hits high season in the spring as parents of school-age children rush to time their move with summer break.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2005 17:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>State lawmakers call for changes in Bush education plan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/23/no.child.left/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/02/23/no.child.left/index.html</guid><description>Federal law has forced the nation's children to meet rigid academic performance standards that create "too many ways to fail," a bipartisan panel of state lawmakers who reviewed the No Child Left Behind Act said Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2005 22:12:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>No ... Teenager Left Behind? </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/24/nochild.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/01/24/nochild.tm/index.html</guid><description>If only it were still 2001.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2005 18:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush picks Spellings for education secretary</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/17/education.secretary/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/17/education.secretary/index.html</guid><description>President Bush on Wednesday  nominated domestic policy adviser Margaret Spellings to be the next education secretary, replacing Rod Paige.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2004 16:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush has chosen education nominee, official says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/16/education.secretary/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/11/16/education.secretary/index.html</guid><description>President Bush has tapped domestic policy adviser Margaret Spellings to be the next education secretary, replacing Rod Paige, a senior administration official told CNN on Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Nov 2004 01:49:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Transcript Part I: Candidates tackle Iraq</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/08/debate.transcript/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/10/08/debate.transcript/index.html</guid><description>The following is a transcript of the debate between President George W. Bush and Sen. John Kerry held Friday night at Washington University. The second debate took a town hall style format.</description><pubDate>Fri, 08 Oct 2004 19:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Key points of Bush's speech</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/02/gop.bush.points/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/02/gop.bush.points/index.html</guid><description>In his acceptance speech Thursday night to the Republican National Convention, President Bush talked about what he said his administration had achieved and what he would do if re-elected. Here are the highlights.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2004 03:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Key points of Cheney's speech</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/02/gop.cheney.points/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/02/gop.cheney.points/index.html</guid><description>In his speech Wednesday night to the Republican National Convention, Vice President Dick Cheney sought to contrast the record of the Bush administration with the record of the Democratic nominee, Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts. Here are the highlights.</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2004 04:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>First lady: Bush a 'strong and determined' leader</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/31/gop.laurabush.transcript/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/31/gop.laurabush.transcript/index.html</guid><description>First lady Laura Bush addressed the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night. She was introduced by her twin daughters, Jenna and Barbara, and via satellite by her husband, President Bush. This is a transcript of her remarks.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2004 02:51:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Paige: 'No Child Left Behind is working'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/31/gop.paige.transcript/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/31/gop.paige.transcript/index.html</guid><description>Education Secretary Rod Paige addressed the Republican National Convention on its second night, touting the No Child Left Behind Act. This is a transcript of his remarks.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Paige touts progress of No Child Left Behind</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/31/gop.paige/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/31/gop.paige/index.html</guid><description>Schools are being held accountable and are progressing under the Bush administration, Secretary of Education Rod Paige told the Republican National Convention on Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2004 00:02:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush praises public education law</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/21/bush.radio/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/21/bush.radio/index.html</guid><description>President Bush on Saturday praised the No Child Left Behind Act as "a bipartisan law that is challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations in public education."</description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2004 13:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Charter schools remain subject of debate</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/08/13/b2s.charters/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/08/13/b2s.charters/index.html</guid><description>The cheerleading squad and the math team rarely compete for members at most middle schools, but at Fulton Science Academy, they are often second choices to the Chess Club.</description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2004 13:05:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Who's the education president?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/09/time.education.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/09/time.education.tm/index.html</guid><description>When the schedule of prime-time speakers for the Republican National Convention was announced two months ago, it was full of the some of the party's top stars, many of them moderates: Arnold Schwarzenegger, John McCain and Rudy Giuliani.</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2004 15:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Landmark desegregation ruling remembered</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/15/brown.anniversary/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/15/brown.anniversary/index.html</guid><description>Civil rights activists gathered in Washington on Saturday to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's Brown v. Board of Education decision, but warned that America has not done nearly enough to fulfill the ruling's promise.</description><pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2004 02:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>A sprawling map, a tight message</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/12/wed.hot/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/12/wed.hot/index.html</guid><description>Check out the links below to hot political stories around the country this morning.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2004 12:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry, Bush, court Hispanic voters</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/05/campaign.main/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/05/campaign.main/index.html</guid><description>On a day when politicians reached out to Hispanic voters, Sen. John Kerry criticized President Bush's record on education Wednesday during a stop in a state with a sizable Latino population.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2004 20:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kennedy: 'Iraq is George Bush's Vietnam'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/05/kennedy.speech/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/04/05/kennedy.speech/index.html</guid><description>Sen. Edward Kennedy launched a blistering election-year attack on the Bush administration's candor and honesty Monday, saying President Bush has created "the largest credibility gap since Richard Nixon."</description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2004 21:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraq through the eyes of the voter</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/24/iraq/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/03/24/iraq/index.html</guid><description>This week, The Inside Edge looks at pressing election issues from U.S. policy in Iraq to college education reform.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2004 17:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Education chief's 'terrorist' remark ignites fury</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/02/24/paige.terrorist.nea/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/EDUCATION/02/24/paige.terrorist.nea/index.html</guid><description>The president of the nation's largest teachers' union Tuesday blasted Education Secretary Rod Paige for calling his group a "terrorist organization."</description><pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2004 17:38:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>No child left behind: leaving states cold</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/16/timep.child.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/16/timep.child.tm/index.html</guid><description>James Dillard isn't negotiating anymore.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2004 19:11:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Clark lashes out at Kerry, Edwards</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/05/elec04.prez.clark.remarks/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/02/05/elec04.prez.clark.remarks/index.html</guid><description>His hopes buoyed by apparent victory in Oklahoma, retired Gen. Wesley Clark unleashed his most heated attacks yet against Sens. John Kerry and John Edwards, suggesting his chief rivals are "conventional" politicians who "say one thing and then do another."</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2004 12:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Political battle surges over Bush education policy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/08/elec04.prez.bush.education/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/08/elec04.prez.bush.education/index.html</guid><description>Gearing up for an election-year fight over the centerpiece of his education agenda, President Bush hailed his "historic" No Child Left Behind Act Thursday and announced he will seek a substantial increase in its funding for 2005.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2004 18:18:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Edison Doesn't Work Chris Whittle still dreams of             transforming the nation's public schools--and making lots of  </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/12/09/333467/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2002/12/09/333467/index.htm</guid><description>The idea sprang fully formed from Chris Whittle's mind about a decade ago, and it was a stunner: transform public education in America with a chain of 1,000 or more for-profit, privately run gramma...</description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Dec 2002 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>'Will He Be a Friend or a Foe?' The campaign is over and one thing is sure: The small-business community will be the winner no m</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/11/13/291615/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/11/13/291615/index.htm</guid><description>If small-business owners are the heroes of the new economy, they have also been the darlings of the presidential candidates. Both Vice President Al Gore and Texas Governor George W. Bush have gone ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 13 Nov 2000 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Friend or Foe? The campaign is all but over. Who's             the best man for small business? It's a matter of political taste</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/11/01/291516/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2000/11/01/291516/index.htm</guid><description>If small business owners are the heroes of the new economy, they're also the darlings of the presidential candidates. Both Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush have gone out of thei...</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Nov 2000 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Class Struggle Does it matter if you're white or black? From a rich family or a poor one? When it comes to college admissions, i</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/10/01/287372/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2000/10/01/287372/index.htm</guid><description>Thomas Jefferson considered himself the father of the University of Virginia, and like any father he left a complicated legacy. "Our university is the last of my mortal cares and the last service I...</description><pubDate>Sun, 01 Oct 2000 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>To Fix Schools, Discriminate on Spending</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/09/04/286787/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2000/09/04/286787/index.htm</guid><description>The presidential candidates have seized on education in the hope of finding an issue that will ignite voter excitement. Bush's and Gore's plans differ in nuance, but both men advocate policies that...</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2000 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man? IT'S ALL IN             YOUR BRAIN</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/08/16/264277/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1999/08/16/264277/index.htm</guid><description>As men age, they lose their brain cells at rates up to three times faster than women. Then again, men typically have more brain cells to lose. Please keep those biologically uncontested facts in mi...</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 1999 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>QUOTAS FOR SMART KIDS</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/11/25/218716/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1996/11/25/218716/index.htm</guid><description>One senses uneasily that the headline above will engender a certain amount of dismay in Norma Cantu, who heads the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) in the U.S. Department of Education and will instant...</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Nov 1996 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Why PRIVATE SCHOOLS ARE RARELY WORTH THE MONEY Forget the myth that private schools are the best. Our survey shows many public s</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/10/01/89175/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/1994/10/01/89175/index.htm</guid><description>With prep school costs running nearly as high as the $26,000 a year that Ivy League colleges command these days, most families who send their kids to private or parochial schools must sacrifice new...</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 1994 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>SCHOOL REFORM: BIG PAIN, LITTLE GAIN The theme of FORTUNE's sixth annual Education Summit was ''Progress: How far have we come?'</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/29/78669/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1993/11/29/78669/index.htm</guid><description>AFTER A DECADE of adopting schools, lobbying legislators, consulting on curriculums, wrangling with teachers' unions, and struggling to understand a culture practically devoid of secretaries, telep...</description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1993 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>FOR STATES: REFORM TURNS RADICAL Officials are devising new standards, inventing new tests, and giving teachers more money and p</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/10/21/75606/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1991/10/21/75606/index.htm</guid><description>THE BELLS you hear ringing in your local schools these days may be the tocsins of revolution. Stung by the failure of earlier reforms, an increasing number of states and cities are radically alteri...</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Oct 1991 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>SCHOOLS: TACKLING THE TOUGH ISSUES FORTUNE's third annual summit of executives, politicians, and educators focuses on the reform</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/12/17/74458/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/12/17/74458/index.htm</guid><description>WILL THE DRIVE to revive America's ailing public schools, launched in the early 1980s, start producing results in the 1990s? It had better. By the latest tally, the high school dropout rate remains...</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 1990 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>THE REST OF THE MAJOR CITIES </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/10/22/74220/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/10/22/74220/index.htm</guid><description>ALBANY, NEW YORK -- Slow growth typical of older Northeastern cities, low unemployment, and the difficulty of getting anyone outside state government to move there may turn companies away from New ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 1990 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>HOW WASHINGTON CAN PITCH IN George Bush wants to be             Education President. He gets A for rhetoric; Incomplete for     </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/05/28/73588/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1990/05/28/73588/index.htm</guid><description>By the year 2000, every child must start school ready to learn. The United States must increase the high school graduation rate to no less than 90%. In critical subjects, at the fourth, eighth, and...</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 May 1990 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>HOW TO HELP AMERICA'S SCHOOLS A FORTUNE conference of corporate leaders, educators, and politicians suggests a wealth of ways to</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/12/04/72823/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1989/12/04/72823/index.htm</guid><description>BUY A BURGER and catch a disturbing glimpse of America's future. When they ring up your order, those bustling teenagers behind most fast-food restaurant counters are pressing pictures of hamburgers...</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 1989 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>HOW TO SMARTEN UP THE SCHOOLS Will the education crisis torpedo U.S. economic preeminence? Business leaders, stuck with underedu</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/02/01/70141/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/02/01/70141/index.htm</guid><description>SO IGNORANT and benighted are many young recruits to the U.S. work force that ) one executive after another has recoiled in horror, gasping with astonishment. These are the troops we're supposed to...</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 1988 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>HOW TO MEASURE MERIT Those widely hated SATs turn out to be enormously useful in deciding who will do well at elite colleges.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/07/22/66152/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1985/07/22/66152/index.htm</guid><description>America's founding fathers believed that the new republic, in forsaking a hereditary nobility, must look to a ''natural aristocracy'' for its leadership. Two centuries later, the country generally ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jul 1985 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>