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		<title>Mass. Senate Passes School Nutrition Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts Senate unanimously passed a bill Thursday that bans the sale of salty and sugary snacks and high-calorie sodas in public schools as the state looks to battle a rising tide of childhood obesity.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. Senate Passes Anti-Bullying Legislation</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>STEVE BROWN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prompted anew by the suicide of a 15-year-old South Hadley girl, the Massachusetts Senate unanimously approved a bill Thursday designed to clamp down on school bullying across the state.]]></description>
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		<title>Listen: &#8216;Different Kind Of Work&#8217; Needed In Boston Schools, Superintendent Says</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A day after the city of Boston took substantial measures in an attempt to transform a number of its "underperforming" schools, Superintendent Carol Johnson told WBUR she is looking for "transformational" leaders.  ]]></description>
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		<title>List: Massachusetts&#8217; 35 &#8216;Level 4,&#8217; Or Underperforming, Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE WBUR NEWSROOM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following schools have been deemed "underperforming," according to a release from the Massachusetts Department of Education.]]></description>
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		<title>Hyde Park&#8217;s Greenwood School Takes Steps To &#8216;Perform&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 13:18:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MONICA BRADY-MYEROV</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thirty-five "underperforming" public schools in Massachusetts are facing an ultimatum under the state's recently approved education reform effort.  WBUR stopped by Hyde Park's Elihu Greenwood, where progress has begun, to understand the challenges and possibilities the “underperforming” label presents.]]></description>
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		<title>Teachers Are Asked To Reapply At 6 Boston Schools</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/04/underperforming-schools-firings</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 22:16:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ANDREW PHELPS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teachers and staff members at six Boston schools will have to reapply for their jobs, and the principals of five schools have been fired, after the state identified 12 city schools as "underperforming" on Thursday.]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. Identifies 35 Underperforming Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MONICA BRADY-MYEROV</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thirty-five Massachusetts schools -- including 12 in Boston -- have been tapped to undergo major restructuring because they are deemed underperforming, in accordance with the state's recently-passed education reform package.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Mass. Among &#8216;Race To The Top&#8217; Finalists</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/04/race-to-the-top</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:49:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE WBUR NEWSROOM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Education has named 16 finalists in the first round of its "Race to the Top" competition, which will deliver $4.35 billion in school reform grants.  Massachusetts is among the finalists for the funding.  ]]></description>
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		<title>UMass President Jack Wilson: Time For &#8216;Something Fresh&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:18:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DELORES HANDY</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jack Wilson, president of the University of Massachusetts, says he has accomplished the work he set out to do when he took the job in 2003. Wilson announced Monday he is stepping down in June 2011. "It's time to move on, do something else, do something fresh," Wilson told WBUR. ]]></description>
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		<title>UMass President Announces June 2011 Resignation</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/01/umass-president-resigns</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GABRIELLE LEVY</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the eight years of Wilson's leadership, UMass has increased research funding, financial aid spending and enrollment, reported higher average grades and test scores for its incoming students, and completed sizable facility upgrades to its five campuses.]]></description>
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		<title>Listen: Quake Alters Viewpoint For Boston&#8217;s Haitian Students</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/01/haitian-essay</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:13:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE WBUR NEWSROOM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a Haitian student, the January earthquake has changed the way Hyde Park's Sabrina Isaac sees her life.  She shares an essay on the subject.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Strained Themselves, Incoming Haitian Students Strain Local Schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:54:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MONICA BRADY-MYEROV</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many Haitian communities in the Greater Boston area have been welcoming new arrivals since Haiti's devastating earthquake in January.  And while that transition has been difficult for many students, that influx of new immigrants has also created a challenge in the schools.]]></description>
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		<title>Brandeis Weighs Lowering Curtain On Graduate Theater, Among Cuts</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/24/brandeis-cuts</link>
		<comments>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/24/brandeis-cuts#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 14:03:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ANDREA SHEA</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though the school took criticism last year for announcing its intention to close the Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, facing further financial woes, is considering more cuts to the arts, among items on the chopping block.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Somerville Students Tap Into Sweet Education</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/15/somerville-syrup</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ARI DANIEL SHAPIRO</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you grew up in New England, you may know how the sap from maple trees gets turned into sticky, sweet maple syrup early in the spring.  A local non-profit, Groundwork Somerville, has been teaching that lesson to a new generation of local students.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Teen Suicide Sheds Light On New Era Of Bullying</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/05/student-suicide</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DEBORAH BECKER</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The suicide of a 15-year-old girl last month in South Hadley is raising questions throughout Massachusetts about what schools should do about teen bullying. With bullies now more likely to be on the computer than in the school yard, a lot of taunting is happening on the screen. Some parents and teenagers say it's time to clearly define –- and deal with --  a new era of bullying.]]></description>
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		<title>South Hadley Suicide Spurs Action On School Bullying</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/03/south-hadley-bullying</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE WBUR NEWSROOM</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[State lawmakers are working to craft a bill against school bullying, following the suicide last month of a freshman at South Hadley High School who is thought to have killed herself after enduring harassment by her classmates at school and online. ]]></description>
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		<title>Pros &amp; Cons: The UMass Law School Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/02/02/public-law-school</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:17:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BOB OAKES</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Massachusetts Board of Higher Education has approved a plan to create the state's first public law school, a proposal that has generated controversy from the start.  State Education Secretary Paul Reville, who supports the idea, and state Rep. Jim Miceli, who opposes the idea, debate the plan.  ]]></description>
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		<title>UMass Law School Plans Wins Final Approval</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>STEVE BROWN</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Members of the board meeting in Bridgewater voted unanimously on the proposal to incorporate the unaccredited Southern New England School of Law in Dartmouth into the University of Massachusetts system. ]]></description>
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		<title>Boston School Plan Requires Some Teachers To Reapply</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/01/28/boston-schools-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BIANCA VAZQUEZ TONESS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Teachers at six under-performing schools in Boston will have to reapply for their jobs this fall, as part of the city's plan to turn around failing schools. ]]></description>
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		<title>Education Board Revokes Springfield Charter</title>
		<link>http://www.wbur.org/2010/01/26/charter-revoked</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>THE ASSOCIATED PRESS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The state Board of Education has voted to close a Springfield charter school after staff members were accused of cheating during last year's MCAS exams.]]></description>
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