<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://wcbstv.com/education/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>New York News, Weather, Sports &amp; Traffic - WCBSTV.com</title><link>http://wcbstv.com/education</link><description><![CDATA[New York News, Weather, Sports & Traffic - WCBSTV.com]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:12:15 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Corzine Signs Bill On Students' Criminal Records]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/topstories/corzine.criminal.records.2.1327520.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/topstories/corzine.criminal.records.2.1327520.html</link><description><![CDATA[Gov. Jon Corzine has signed a measure that gives high school administrators in New Jersey access to adult students' criminal histories. The bill requires that principals be made aware when any high school student 18 or older is charged with certain criminal offenses. And if a student 18 or older transfers, the old school must share criminal records with the new school. The bill was unanimously approved by the Assembly and Senate this summer.<br />
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:26:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NJ Law Restricts Campus Credit Card Solicitations]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/topstories/credit.card.campus.2.1326332.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/topstories/credit.card.campus.2.1326332.html</link><description><![CDATA[Credit card companies that want to solicit customers on New Jersey's college campuses are now facing tighter restrictions. Legislation that Gov. Jon Corzine signed bars the companies from buying lists of students' names and addresses from colleges. They also can't offer gifts to entice students to apply for a card. Companies also now must register with colleges if they want to sign up students on their campuses and provide credit education courses that explain how interest is calculated and discuss the proper use of credit. They also must certify that student applicants successfully completed the course.
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:39:19 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Instruments In 1 NYC Music Program Replaced By PSP]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/seenon/psp.the.beaterator.2.1325431.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/seenon/psp.the.beaterator.2.1325431.html</link><description><![CDATA[Public school budget cuts have forced teachers to become more creative with curriculums in coveted programs like music. In one school, a music program has students not even playing instruments. They're learning their music on a video game! 
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:40:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NJ District Proposes Charging For Kids' Detention]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/watercooler/paying.for.detention.2.1323136.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/watercooler/paying.for.detention.2.1323136.html</link><description><![CDATA[It's the first of its kind in a New Jersey school district &#150; a plan that would cost parents money for their children's punishment. It's a proposal that has some parents in the Nutley School District up-in-arms, a plan that would make them pay the price for their kids' detention.&nbsp;Two board members are sponsoring the plan that would target students who are habitually sent to detention. Steven Rogers, who is also a police lieutenant, said the proposal would save the district $10,000 a year and force parents to be responsible for their kids. Some parents are furious with the idea.
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:47:34 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[N.J. Principal Teaches Students To Tweet]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/topstories/twitter.new.milford.2.1320932.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/topstories/twitter.new.milford.2.1320932.html</link><description><![CDATA[While some people frown on Twitter, especially in school, there's a high school in New Jersey where students are learning to tweet in class. Meet Eric Sheninger, the principal at New Milford High School. He's teaching his students to tweet. "I can honestly say it's the most powerful learning tool that I've ever experienced in my education career," he said. On Twitter, students can send out quick messages on a smart phone or computer to thousands of people worldwide, and get immediate responses. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:51:53 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NJ Teen Sues School Claiming Censorship]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/topstories/abortion.teen.school.2.1318245.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/topstories/abortion.teen.school.2.1318245.html</link><description><![CDATA[A New Jersey high school student has sued her school claiming administrators kept her from participating in a day of silent protest against abortion. The girl, identified in court papers as C.H., says she asked the principal at Bridgeton High School last month for permission to join in the Pro Life Day of Silent Solidarity. She planned to remain silent, except when called on in class. She also wanted to wear an arm band with the word "life" on it and to hand out anti-abortion pamphlets.
]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:26:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NY Regents Considers New Ways To Improve Teaching]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/topstories/regents.teaching.albany.2.1313584.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/topstories/regents.teaching.albany.2.1313584.html</link><description><![CDATA[The state Board of Regents is considering innovations to improve teaching. The policy-making board will consider new requirements for incoming teachers to demonstrate knowledge of a subject and classroom skills that can be linked to effective instruction. In addition to performance-based assessments for new teachers, the board will consider assessments for teachers who are two years in the job. It could also take longer for teachers to earn a master's degree. <br />
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:09:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[S.I. Student Hospitalized After Being Hit By Car]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/topstories/accident.car.student.2.1311266.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/topstories/accident.car.student.2.1311266.html</link><description><![CDATA[A student was fighting for her life Friday after she was hit by a car while crossing the street in front of Tottenville High School on Staten Island. One motorist stopped at Luten Avenue and was rammed him from behind by another car. The victim was under the car and in full cardiac arrest when paramedics arrived. There were no obvious signs of injury on her body and they began CPR immediately and loaded her into an ambulance. She was arrived after they left the scene. 
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:13:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[NYC Chinese Adoptees Learn Culture - Through Dance]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/local/chinese.adoptee.dance.2.1309149.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/local/chinese.adoptee.dance.2.1309149.html</link><description><![CDATA[Millions of families nationwide are celebrating "National Adoption Awareness Month," including a group of beautiful young girls who are learning about their Chinese heritage &#150; through dance. Meet some of the girls from the Laurel Project, a dance program in Manhattan created for children adopted from China. They start as young as two years old, learning Chinese dance and language. 
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:20:17 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Former NY Gov. Spitzer Speaks At Harvard]]></title><guid>http://wcbstv.com/local/eliot.spitzer.harvard.2.1308692.html</guid><link>http://wcbstv.com/local/eliot.spitzer.harvard.2.1308692.html</link><description><![CDATA[Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is scheduled to speak at a Harvard University ethics forum. Spitzer's address scheduled for Thursday at Harvard's Safra Foundation Center for Ethics is entitled "What Should Be the Rationale for Government Participation in the Market?" The center's faculty director, Lawrence Lessig, said in a statement that Spitzer was invited to speak because of his extensive background as both a governor and prosecutor in matters involving institutional corruption in the financial sector. 
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