<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><xml><meta><title>Toronto trustees approve Afrocentric school : XML WIDGET</title><link>http://www.plime.com/education/</link><description>You can use this XML spec to create a desktop widget or other application (i.e. Flash visualization). Please share it with us in our forum and we'll link it here!</description><language>en-us</language></meta><items><link><id>48888</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/48888/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Toronto trustees approve Afrocentric school]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Toronto District School Board has approved an &quot;operational model&quot; for an Afrocentric school intended to help struggling black students in the city's education system. Critics say the decision smacks of segregation.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>59</score><crdate>1/30/2008 10:40:21 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-30T10:40:21+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>40268</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/40268/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Teenagers in Toronto may get to sleep in 	 	]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Toronto District School Board is looking to set up a pilot project in one high school in the Greater Toronto Area where classes would not begin until 11:30 AM]]></description><comments>10</comments><score>204</score><crdate>11/1/2007 11:38:13 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-11-01T11:38:13+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>10188</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/10188/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Priority Should Be On High School, Not Preschool]]></title><description><![CDATA[Does anyone really believe universal, publicly funded preschool will help improve high school test scores? Yet this is what the South Dakota Department of Education seems to be touting. Perhaps it is time to evaluate what is happening in our high schools instead of funding two or more years of public management of preschool-age children with the outside hope that their test scores and social lives at age 16 will be enhanced.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>13</score><crdate>2/6/2007 8:25:09 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-02-06T08:25:09+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>50489</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/50489/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Sex Article Causes Stir at School]]></title><description><![CDATA[FRANKLIN, Ind. -- A First Amendment debate is raging at Franklin High School after an article in the school newspaper raised some eyebrows.]]></description><comments>7</comments><score>279</score><crdate>2/13/2008 9:24:05 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-13T21:24:05+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>45463</id><url>http://www.plime.com/science/l/45463/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Flying Spaghetti Monster defeats Florida School Board]]></title><description><![CDATA[Members of the Polk County School Board back down on their plans to add ID to the curriculum after being touched by His Noodly Appendage.<br/><br/>&quot;They've made us the laughingstock of the world,&quot;  board member Lofton told the Tampa Tribune.]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>353</score><crdate>12/29/2007 10:10:18 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-12-29T10:10:18+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>37784</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/37784/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Woman left 'naughty' daughter at school]]></title><description><![CDATA[A woman left her three-year-old daughter at a central Queensland school to teach her a lesson after she was naughty. The girl, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was found wandering alone around Glenmore State School in Rockhampton's north just before 10am.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>220</score><crdate>10/9/2007 9:48:08 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-10-09T09:48:08+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>51336</id><url>http://www.plime.com/entertainment/l/51336/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Im always a sucker for a good lightsaber battle]]></title><description><![CDATA[These kids (in high school) completed this video of dueling it out with light sabers in the school halls for their final project. After it was made they got to show it to the whole school. <br/><br/>Its pretty impressive if you ask me. <br/>acting - A  video A+]]></description><comments>4</comments><score>217</score><crdate>2/19/2008 10:51:53 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-02-19T22:51:53+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>27307</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/27307/1/</url><title><![CDATA[School mistakes huge burrito for weapon, goes into lockdown]]></title><description><![CDATA[A call about a possible weapon at a middle school prompted police to put armed officers on rooftops, close nearby streets and lock down the school. All over a giant burrito.]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>16</score><crdate>7/13/2007 1:53:57 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-07-13T13:53:57+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>59914</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/59914/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Student with gun puts Tacoma high school in lockdown]]></title><description><![CDATA[Tahoma High School is in lockdown after a student allegedly brought a loaded handgun to school Monday.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>51</score><crdate>4/28/2008 3:50:52 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-28T15:50:52+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>62412</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/62412/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Girl's fear of school costs district thousands]]></title><description><![CDATA[Rebecca Maykish is 17 and dreads school so much that she stopped going regularly.<br/><br/>In fourth grade.<br/><br/>Those days off have come at a price to her school district and the Palmerton taxpayers who support it. Since 2004, the Palmerton Area School Board has authorized payments of more than $45,000 to help Rebecca make up for her missed school days.]]></description><comments>6</comments><score>297</score><crdate>5/19/2008 9:37:05 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-05-19T21:37:05+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>21050</id><url>http://www.plime.com/weird/l/21050/1/</url><title><![CDATA[School apologises for insulting report]]></title><description><![CDATA[A school has had to apologise after a confidential report was found that called pupils &quot;away with the fairies&quot; and said one mother was &quot;quite rough&quot;.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>49</score><crdate>5/22/2007 1:09:44 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-05-22T13:09:44+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>48937</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/48937/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Toronto&#8217;s Education System Votes Yes to Segregation!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Last night the Toronto District School Board set back any hopes of racial equality at least 40 years by voting 11 &#8211; 9 in favour of opening a publicly funded alternative Africentric school in 2009.<br/><br/>Edit: <a class="plime" href="/redir.p?http://www.plime.com/education/l/48888/1/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">News version of this story</a>]]></description><comments>9</comments><score>274</score><crdate>1/30/2008 3:37:47 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-01-30T15:37:47+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>8479</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/8479/1/</url><title><![CDATA[1 person dead in Washington state high school shooting.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Update: Later reports said victim and shooter were both students.]]></description><comments>3</comments><score>102</score><crdate>1/3/2007 1:53:55 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-01-03T13:53:55+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>16099</id><url>http://www.plime.com/politics/l/16099/1/</url><title><![CDATA[AHHH! School days are gonna be longer!]]></title><description><![CDATA[In an attempt to solve a promblem with schools, Edward Kennedy,D-Mass proposed to make school days longer. The arguement is, does more hours of school equal more hours of productivity in school or more frustrated students and teachers?]]></description><comments>5</comments><score>24</score><crdate>4/12/2007 11:56:15 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-04-12T23:56:15+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>1392</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/1392/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Hostage in High School]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not too far from the site of the infamous Columbine school shooting, 6 students in a Colorado high school were held hostage at gunpoint. Motive still unclear as gunman committed suicide. As if kids need another reason to skip school.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>10</score><crdate>9/27/2006 9:15:49 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-09-27T21:15:49+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>56659</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/56659/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Toronto considers partial homework ban]]></title><description><![CDATA[In a move that makes the little kid in me shout for glee, Toronto School Board officials are considering banning homework for weekends and holidays.  Critics argue that this 'culture of homework' is ruining family life, and that homework for homework's sake doesn't accomplish anything.]]></description><comments>11</comments><score>413</score><crdate>4/1/2008 7:22:24 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-04-01T19:22:24+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>7483</id><url>http://www.plime.com/world/l/7483/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Parents protest segregation in school.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not for race, creed or color, but for hot or cold lunch.  Some people just have to protest for the sake of hearing their own voices.]]></description><comments>10</comments><score>74</score><crdate>12/12/2006 11:10:53 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-12-12T11:10:53+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>64832</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/64832/1/</url><title><![CDATA[School board must rehire convicted killer]]></title><description><![CDATA[Quebec's Superior Court has upheld an arbitrator's ruling that Montreal's school board must rehire a teacher convicted of manslaughter. By a 2-1 ruling, the court said the board must rehire electronics teacher Jean-Alix Miguel, who pleaded guilty to the 1990 beating death of his common-law wife.]]></description><comments>9</comments><score>144</score><crdate>6/9/2008 1:18:27 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-06-09T13:18:27+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>1772</id><url>http://www.plime.com/technology/l/1772/1/</url><title><![CDATA[Back To School With The Internet]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the start of the new school year, many teachers and students are seeking new products and technologies to help them. With the increase of teachers using blogs and wikis, and students utilizing online tools, the demand for easier and more efficient ways of learning is on the rise. This site consolodates some of the helpful online products and services that can help students, teachers and administrators alike.]]></description><comments>0</comments><score>29</score><crdate>10/1/2006 10:08:19 AM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2006-10-01T10:08:19+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>8984</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/8984/1/</url><title><![CDATA[High School Principal's try to stop &quot;FREAKING&quot; and &quot;Grinding&quot; at dances]]></title><description><![CDATA[Principals try to describe exactly what Grinding is, after a letter went home to parents about stopping grinding, only 3 tickets were sold for the dance. <br/>This is a funny article.]]></description><comments>1</comments><score>13</score><crdate>1/13/2007 1:53:34 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2007-01-13T13:53:34+01:00</atomdate></link><link><id>72482</id><url>http://www.plime.com/plime-com/l/72482/1/</url><title><![CDATA[North Texas school district will let teachers carry guns]]></title><description><![CDATA[A tiny Texas school district may be the first in the nation to allow teachers and staff to pack guns for protection when classes begin later this month.]]></description><comments>14</comments><score>419</score><crdate>8/15/2008 4:42:01 PM</crdate><rssdate></rssdate><atomdate>2008-08-15T16:42:01+01:00</atomdate></link></items></xml>