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	<title>On Assignment &#187; California</title>
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		<title>Contra Costa County 7th and 8th graders invited to explore college and careers during Friday &#8216;COOL Nite&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 May 2012 00:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa Harrington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is still space available for walk-ins at the 4th Annual free &#8220;COOL Nite&#8221; on Friday aimed at showing seventh-and eighth-graders and their parents in Contra Costa County that College Offers Opportunities for Life. Here&#8217;s more information from a news advisory: &#8220;WHAT: More than 200 Contra Costa County current seventh- and eighth-grade students, as well [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Campolindo retains title as county Academic Decathlon champ</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa Harrington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two Academic Decathlon teams from Campolindo High in Moraga again bested their competition during the annual Contra Costa County competition, sponsored by the Contra Costa County Office of Education. Since the Alameda County Office of Education doesn&#8217;t put on a similar event, Contra Costa also hosted two schools from that county in its competition, with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The state of education in California, according to governor</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa Harrington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Jerry Brown devoted a substantial amount of his State of the State address on Wednesday to education. He introduced a new funding plan and threw out ideas for overhauling tests and pensions. Here are his (prepared, excerpted) comments regarding education: &#8220;&#8230;Next, I want to say something about our schools. They consume more tax dollars [...]]]></description>
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		<title>County Board of Education to hear Clayton Valley High School charter appeal Dec. 7</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:11:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa Harrington</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contra Costa County Board of Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Expecting a large crowd, the Contra Costa County Board of Education has changed its meeting place to the Pleasant Hill Elementary multiuse room Dec. 7, when it will hear the Clayton Valley High School charter appeal. The meeting will begin at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 7 at the school, located at 2097 Oak Park Blvd. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California seeks Race to the Top grant for Early Learning Programs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:19:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa Harrington</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arne Duncan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kathleen Sebelius]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although California has been criticized for failing to signal early interest in a No Child Left Behind waiver, the state is not shying away from going after a federal Race to the Top grant to support early childhood education. State schools chief Tom Torlakson announced Thursday that California has submitted an Early Learning Challenge grant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mt. Diablo Flex charter school has decided to wait a year before opening</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 04:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa Harrington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NOTE: This post has been updated to clarify the date of the letter. Mark Kushner, who heads up the Mt. Diablo Flex charter school that received conditional approval from the Contra Costa County Board of Education, sent an Aug. 15 letter to the board and county superintendent, informing them of the school&#8217;s intention to wait [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Education reform advocate touts charter schools, online learning</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 02:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa Harrington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many education reformers focus their attention on low-income schools with a high percentage of English language learners and students who are in ethnic minorities. But, Lance Izumi &#8212; an author and senior director for education at the Pacific Research Institute public policy think tank &#8212; says suburban campuses that don&#8217;t at first appear to fit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A closer look at spending and test scores in East Bay schools</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 16:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa Harrington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent study by California Watch has found no correlation between the amount of money school districts spend per student and their level of academic achievement on test scores. The study compared 2009-10 school district per student spending and 2010 Academic Performance Index (API) scores. For each district, the study showed whether spending and scores [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does California adequately fund education?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa Harrington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our Contra Costa Times readers&#8217; forum question this week was: &#8220;Do you think California is adequately funding education?&#8221; Unfortunately we were only able to fit six responses into our print edition, which were from West Contra Costa County and Dublin. Here are a few more responses from Central, East and West Contra Costa County readers, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Child Left Behind: the federal education reform act everybody loves to hate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Sep 2011 01:01:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Theresa Harrington</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Educators across the state and country are struggling with what many view as an impossible task: bringing all students up to proficient levels in math and English in the next three years. The task-master is the federal government, which has mandated success in every school that receives federal funding for its low-income students, under the [...]]]></description>
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