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		<title>Career derailed amid allegations of racism</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/08/18/career-ends-amid-allegations-of-racism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/08/18/career-ends-amid-allegations-of-racism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 20:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I returned to civilization last night from a five-day, blissfully unplugged vacation to hear what you may well know by now: Pete Sarna, the chief of the Oakland school district&#8217;s police force, has retired at 41 following accusations that he made shocking racist statements to an African-American sergeant in his force while under the influence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ETS finds cheating took place on AP tests at Skyline</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/07/27/ets-finds-cheating-took-place-on-ap-tests-at-skyline/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 02:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Education Testing Service investigators believe some Skyline High School students cheated on their advanced placement tests, Principal Troy Johnston told families in a letter he sent out this week that details some of the findings (see below). The Skyline Oracle published a story in June about the ETS&#8217;s investigation into possible procedural breaches. In its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Investigators allege systemic, decade-long cheating in Atlanta schools</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/07/06/investigators-allege-systemic-decade-long-cheating-in-atlanta-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/07/06/investigators-allege-systemic-decade-long-cheating-in-atlanta-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 22:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[achievement gap]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you been following the cheating scandal in Atlanta? Beverly Hall, the superintendent implicated in the recent state investigation, was named national superintendent of the year in 2009 by the American Association of School Administrators &#8212; in part, for her students&#8217; rising test scores. As the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports today, the Georgia governor&#8217;s special investigators [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An inspiring story, with lots of holes</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/04/18/an-inspiring-story-with-lots-of-holes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/04/18/an-inspiring-story-with-lots-of-holes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 03:28:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[investigations]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/?p=12295</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I watched the 60 Minutes report about the possible fabrications made by Greg Mortenson, the author of &#8221;Three Cups of Tea,&#8221; and the questionable expenditures of his charity, Central Asia Institute, I thought of all of the kids who donated pennies for the girls in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Have you seen the 60 Minutes investigation (embedded below)? Did your students or kids read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A disturbing report at an elementary school</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/01/20/a-disturbing-report-at-an-elementary-school/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2011/01/20/a-disturbing-report-at-an-elementary-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2011 03:28:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[elementary schools]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Oakland school district officials are investigating a report that two second-graders engaged in oral sex in their classroom while the teacher was present. They&#8217;re also looking into a complaint that, in the same classroom and in front of the teacher, some students were taking off their clothes and clowning around. The teacher, who has been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond `pay for play&#8217;: Some schools charge for P.E. uniforms, electives</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:59:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A mother in San Lorenzo who saw the `pay to play&#8216; blog post wrote to tell me that her daughter&#8217;s new middle school was charging a $20 fee for electives. Another mom sent me a letter from an Oakland middle school that listed prices for P.E. uniforms and clothing that matched the school&#8217;s dress code. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kakishiba to stay on Oakland school board</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2009/11/23/kakishiba-to-stay-on-oakland-school-board/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2009/11/23/kakishiba-to-stay-on-oakland-school-board/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Kakishiba will remain on the Oakland school board for the rest of his term &#8211; which ends in December 2010 &#8212;  rather than step down, as he had initially announced, he told me today. &#8220;I believe my obligation, my responsibility, is to serve out my term,&#8221; he said. Kakishiba&#8217;s original announcement, that he would resign from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peralta board wants an investigation</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2009/07/22/peralta-college-board-calls-for-investigation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2009/07/22/peralta-college-board-calls-for-investigation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 23:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[college]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, the Peralta Community College District board called for an investigation into a no-bid contract given to one of Chancellor Elihu Harris&#8217;s business partners (whose relationship to the chancellor was not disclosed beforehand). The board might also ban the use of credit cards for personal expenses. The Alameda County community college district, however, has so far kept secret the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Deep cuts, lavish spending</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2009/07/13/deep-cuts-lavish-spending/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2009/07/13/deep-cuts-lavish-spending/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:14:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[finances]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Taxpayers spent $3,740 for Peralta Community College District Chancellor (and former Oakland mayor) Elihu Harris and his wife to attend Barack Obama&#8217;s inauguration. They also covered over $4,000 in personal expenses that Trustee Marcie Hodge racked up on a district credit card before she was asked to repay the money. Through public records requests, my colleagues Matt Krupnick and Thomas Peele uncovered these [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Another arson fire at Oakland elementary school</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2009/06/09/another-arson-fire-at-oakland-elementary-school/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/education/2009/06/09/another-arson-fire-at-oakland-elementary-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Katy Murphy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[buildings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[elementary schools]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sobrante Park Elementary School in East Oakland has been plagued by suspicious fires in the last couple of years. This time, a 10-year-old boy &#8211; a student who was suspended from the school &#8212; was arrested on suspicion of arson. What a way to end the school year.]]></description>
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