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  <title><![CDATA[ Community College Out of Gas ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ ASHEVILLE, NC (AP) -- A gas shortage that's frustrating drivers in the Southeast has prompted a community college in North Carolina to cancel classes for the rest of the week.&nbsp; ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:40:02 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Corporate Executives Are Principals For A Day in Duval Schools ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ JACKSONVILLE, FL --  More than 60 top corporate and community executives spent the day as " Principals For The Day" at Duval County schools. 
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:13:44 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Trinity Teens Try Out Simulated Flying Machine ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ JACKSONVILLE, Fla -- It's homecoming this week at Trinity Christian Academy, not Halloween. But thanks to the Navy, some students are getting to go for a slightly scary ride. 
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  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 22:36:07 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Clay County Offering H1N1 Vaccines in Schools ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ CLAY COUNTY, Fla.-- Starting today, the Clay County Health Department will be offering the H1N1 vaccine to public and private school students. 
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  <title><![CDATA[ Pre-k Programs Get $1.7M Infusion from Stimulus ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ ATLANTA (AP) -- Pre-kindergarten classrooms across the state are getting $1.7 million in federal stimulus money. 
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  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:14:20 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Disney Expands Refunds on `Baby Einstein' DVDs ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ LOS ANGELES - The Walt Disney Co. is expanding a refund program for its "Baby Einstein" videos for toddlers in response to challenges about the legitimacy of its educational claims. 
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  <pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:06:41 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Med School Enrollment Edges Up; 11th Year in a Row ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. medical school enrollment is up for the 11th consecutive year as colleges seek to meet a growing demand for physicians. ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:35:34 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Math Tests: Fourth-Grader Progress Stalls ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON (AP) -- New math scores show fourth-graders made no gains since 2007, the first time in two decades they have failed to improve. Eighth-graders advanced for yet another year. ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:22:05 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ UNF Students Getting 'Trashed' ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ <P>JACKSONVILLE, FL&nbsp;-- At today's Garbage on the Green,&nbsp;University of North Florida students and&nbsp;faculty were talking trash.</P> ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:21:15 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Breathalyzers in the Classroom ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ FOXBORO, MA -- Some Massachusetts high school students will soon be subject to alcohol breath tests at school. ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 12:43:07 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Hendricks Avenue Elementary Walks to School ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ <P>JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Health for the body and&nbsp;the mind was stressed today around the world.</P> ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 19:45:32 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Duval Superintendent Sees Parental Involvement as Key to Turnaround ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ JACKSONVILLE, FL -- One year after announcing a strategic plan to take Duval County Public Schools to the top, the superintendent is giving a progress update.  ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:00:58 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ UNF Names 'Distinguished Professor' ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The University of North Florida took time Friday to recognize its top professor. ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:06:49 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Principal Turned into Human Ice Cream Sundae ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ <P>JACKSONVILLE, FL -- The principal at&nbsp;<A href="http://www.hmds.net/new/index.asp" target=_blank><STRONG><FONT color=#003366>Hendricks Day School</FONT></STRONG></A> in Jacksonville agreed to let her students turn her into a human ice cream sundae today!</P> ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:50:48 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Duval, St. Johns County School Enrollment Numbers Released  ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ DUVAL COUNTY, FL -- E<FONT size=2>nrollment in Duval County Schools is about the same as last school year while St. Johns County is reporting it has nearly 800 more students in its classrooms.</FONT> ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:40:47 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ White House Looks to Improve No Child Left Behind ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ WASHINGTON (AP) -- Education Secretary Arne Duncan says the Obama administration is committed to the school accountability at the heart of the No Child Left Behind law but also wants to make changes. ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:53:39 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Buses on Biofuel in Jacksonville  ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ <P>JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Ten school buses used to transport students in the Duval County School District are running on a cleaner burning fuel, called biodiesel fuel. It is a mix of diesel and chicken fat. </P> ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:49:27 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Suspicious Van at Northwestern Middle School ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Police say a child was waiting for the bus at Northwestern Middle School early this morning when a suspicious&nbsp;van passed her. ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 01:53:41 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Ribault Looks for New Life this School Year ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ <P><STRONG>Troubled School Series:&nbsp;</STRONG>This is a make-or-break year of sorts for Jacksonville's Ribault High School.</P> ]]></description> 
  <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:45:34 GMT</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ Local School Districts Get State Recognition ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[ TALLAHASSEE, FL -- Of Florida's 67 school districts (counties), 21 have been designated "academically high-performing," including some from the First Coast. ]]></description> 
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