<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://wcco.com/education/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>Minneapolis/St. Paul Breaking News, Weather, Video, Traffic and Sports for Minnesota from WCCO-TV</title><link>http://wcco.com/education</link><description><![CDATA[Minneapolis/St. Paul Breaking News, Weather, Video, Traffic and Sports for Minnesota from WCCO-TV]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 02:23:24 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[U Of M Regents To Meet, Then Go On Retreat]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/education/board.of.regents.2.1072366.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/education/board.of.regents.2.1072366.html</link><description><![CDATA[The University of Minnesota regents are going to compress their usual two days of meetings into one this week before leaving for their annual retreat. The regents are scheduled to meet Wednesday in both their workshop and regular meeting before going to Owatonna on Thursday and Friday.
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:13:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Summer Homework Helps Kids Stay Smart]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/education/summer.homework.smart.2.1067798.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/education/summer.homework.smart.2.1067798.html</link><description><![CDATA[Minnesota seems to be in sort of a holding pattern when it comes to reading and math test scores.
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 23:00:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[On Key Tests, Minn. Students Mostly Hold The Line]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/education/minnesota.students.test.2.1066877.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/education/minnesota.students.test.2.1066877.html</link><description><![CDATA[A half-million Minnesota students turned in a testing report card remarkably similar to one from last year, a holding pattern that will land more schools on a list of underperformers. The Minnesota Department of Education published results Wednesday for seven grades' worth of testing in reading and math.
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:03:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rep. Kline In On 'No Child Left Behind' Debate]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/education/no.child.left.2.1064006.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/education/no.child.left.2.1064006.html</link><description><![CDATA[Minnesota Rep. John Kline expects Congress to pull back on federal testing requirements during an upcoming rewrite of the No Child Left Behind education law. Kline will have a prominent voice in the debate as the senior Republican on the House Education and Labor Committee, a role he assumed this month.
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:03:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA['U' To Host Student Leaders From North Africa]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/education/north.africa.student.2.1063896.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/education/north.africa.student.2.1063896.html</link><description><![CDATA[Twenty students from North Africa will study at the University of Minnesota this fall under a State Department program to promote understanding of the United States and develop future leaders.
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:17:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Mpls. South High Teacher Gets Hip-Hop Schooling]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/education/hip.hop.education.2.1063198.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/education/hip.hop.education.2.1063198.html</link><description><![CDATA[Rap is and always will be a passion for Darryl McDaniels. Likewise, he says, is education. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame invited the former member of pioneering hip-hop group Run-DMC to rap with teachers attending its annual Summer Teacher Institute.
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:44:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[U of M To Survey Iron Range For Cancer Study ]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/education/u.of.m.2.1060810.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/education/u.of.m.2.1060810.html</link><description><![CDATA[A random sample of current and former Iron Range taconite workers will
soon receive letters inviting them to participate in a screening
program for a rare lung disease.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:09:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA['U' Honors 3 Professors]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/education/university.minnesota.professors.2.1060637.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/education/university.minnesota.professors.2.1060637.html</link><description><![CDATA[The University of Minnesota is giving three professors its highest honor, naming them regents professors.
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:40:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA['U' Board Bans Stadium Alcohol, Passes Job Cuts]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/education/university.alcohol.rule.2.1057461.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/education/university.alcohol.rule.2.1057461.html</link><description><![CDATA[The University of Minnesota's new stadium will be dry when it opens this fall, and in-state undergraduate students will see tuition increase by about 3.1 percent after a pair of votes by university regents on Wednesday.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 23:56:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Teach For America To Help Struggling MN Students]]></title><guid>http://wcco.com/education/teach.for.america.2.1058481.html</guid><link>http://wcco.com/education/teach.for.america.2.1058481.html</link><description><![CDATA[Minnesota has one of the highest achievement gaps in the country when it comes to the differences of how children of color perform in the classroom. Because of that gap, Teach for America, a program that sends top college students into troubled schools, is coming here. 
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