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  <title>What I (continually) wish I had known at graduation</title>
  <dc:creator>Davison Cheney, ksl.com Contributor</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[I wish to offer graduating high school students some advice. I do this out of concern because I don't want &quot;The Hope of the World&quot; to take as long as I did to come up with a few of life's basics.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:10:09 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Ogden School District to cut reading coaches by 10 percent</title>
  <dc:creator>Benjamin Wood</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[Between 20 and 25 early reading interventionist positions will be cut at Ogden School District. The announcement follows similar cuts made in response to a $2.7 million budget deficit and rising costs.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 22:21:58 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>State School Board calls for support of Common Core</title>
  <dc:creator>Benjamin Wood</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[The State School Board has unanimously passed two resolutions that state official positions on the Utah Core Standards and the security of personal student information.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 13:08:25 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Sunday Edition: Education special and digital libraries</title>
  <dc:creator>Nadine Wimmer</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[A closer look at the value of a college diploma in today's economy. Plus, find out why all of our schools could use more parent volunteers. And in this digital age it may seem like libraries are obsolete.
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  <pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 09:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>New law proposes to hold students back if not reading by third grade</title>
  <dc:creator>Nadine Wimmer</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[A new law passed by 31 states proposed that if a child can't read by the third grade they will be held back to repeat that grade. A senator has tried to pass a similar law in Utah.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 19:05:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Layton H.S. student achieves 100% attendance since kindergarten</title>
  <dc:creator>Nadine Wimmer</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[A Layton High School student will graduate at the end of May without having missed a single day of school since he started Kindergarten.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 18:15:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>West Valley City school wins contest, builds playground</title>
  <dc:creator>Keith McCord</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[After a year of waiting and work, a West Valley school now has a playground, thanks to winning a contest for a $15,000 grant. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 22:43:34 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Unprepared for college math? Business tries to fill niche</title>
  <dc:creator>Mary Richards</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[So many Utah college students are going to school unprepared for math that it's created a cottage industry.  ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:01:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Brigham City volunteers raise bar for Read Today program</title>
  <dc:creator>Nadine Wimmer</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[During National Volunteer Week, many Utah schools have been honoring those who help meet the needs of students and teachers. Discovery Elementary, a small school in northern Utah, has generated huge volunteer support it through an unconventional campaign.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:24:46 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Proposed U. parking garage spurring student protest</title>
  <dc:creator>Andrew Wittenberg</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[A proposed $6 million parking garage could mean major parking help at the University of Utah. But some students say the garage would ruin another multimillion dollar university facility that's less than five years old.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 22:27:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Students play games they designed instead of taking finals</title>
  <dc:creator>Nkoyo Iyamba</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[Students with the University of Utah Entertainment Arts and Engineering program may look like they're not taking their studies seriously, but they're showing off months of work on a game called Race of the Zodiac. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:16:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>U of U partners with local schools to fund minority students' teaching education</title>
  <dc:creator>Mary Richards</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[As Utah's population grows more diverse, education leaders say teachers from difference races, cultures and backgrounds benefit not only minority students, but the community as a whole.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 08:10:12 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Davis students competing in national rocket competition</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Three Davis County students are competing to win the 2013 Team America Rocketry Challenge.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Provo schools among first to use Google Fiber</title>
  <dc:creator>Mike Anderson</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[Teachers and administrators at Provo City Schools are excited about the possibilities the recently announced Google Fiber could bring to their students. Schools will be among the first organizations to obtain access to the superfast giga-bit network.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Special book club for troubled youths having an impact</title>
  <dc:creator>Teri Harman, ksl.com Contributor</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[Youth and teens in the Utah Juvenile Justice Service residential programs have lived hard lives. Now a new book club program is helping them improve literacy, enjoy reading and open discussions on the tough situations they face.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 20:13:40 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Competition from charter schools helps traditional schools, study shows</title>
  <dc:creator>Mary Richards</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[It looks like competition is helping Utah schools. Research shows having charter schools nearby increases the achievement at traditional public schools.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:57:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Davis to give random drug tests to students</title>
  <dc:creator>Benjamin Wood</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[Students in Davis County will be subject to random drug tests beginning this fall after the Davis School Board on Tuesday adopted a policy aimed at deterring the use of illegal and prohibited substances.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 20:48:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Some schools face cyberbullying of teachers </title>
  <dc:creator>Mary Richards</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[More schools around the country are cracking down on cyberbullying, not just against students but against teachers. ]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:30:00 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>State board seeks comment on cursive-teaching plan</title>
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  <description><![CDATA[The state schools board is seeking public input on a plan to include cursive and handwriting lessons as part of Utah's education standards.
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  <pubDate>Sat, 13 Apr 2013 14:21:29 MDT</pubDate>
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  <title>Kids would benefit from more male teachers, experts say</title>
  <dc:creator>Mary Richards</dc:creator>
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  <description><![CDATA[Women still outnumber men by far when it comes to teaching positions. However, research shows many kids would benefit from a positive male role model in the classroom.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 12 Apr 2013 09:00:00 MDT</pubDate>
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