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Nation's School Drinking Water Contains Toxins
Over the last decade, the drinking water at thousands of schools across the country has been found to contain unsafe levels of lead, pesticides and dozens of other toxins.
9/25/2009
Edweek.org
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/09/25/05drinkingwater_ap.h29.html?tkn=MSRFeqDX5aWRykvtZMjR0w0wk8GUWxdqmREZ
Professor: Smaller Class Sizes Optimal For Kids
State budget cuts across the country have meant layoffs for teachers and larger class sizes. Some schools is Los Angeles have as many as 43 students in a class. Jeremy Finn, a professor of education at the State University of New York-Buffalo, says from kindergarten through third grade classes with fewer than 20 students are best.
9/25/2009
National Public Radio
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113176988&ft=1&f=1013
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage district asks: Where should ninth-graders go to school?
Burnsville-Eagan-Savage school officials are talking about moving freshmen to Burnsville High School, but some residents are skeptical.
9/25/2009
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/local/south/61391847.html?elr=KArksUUUoDEy3LGDiO7aiU
Readers Write for Friday, Sept. 25
MINNEAPOLIS SCHOOLS
Change, opportunity and Pratt's political clout
9/25/2009
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/letters/61283722.html?elr=KArksUUUoDEy3LGDiO7aiU
MISC. NEWS:
Duncan Sounds Starting Gun on ESEA Renewal
Secretary of Education Arne signaled this week that the U.S. Department of Education is poised to launch reauthorization efforts for the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as he used a packed meeting here to underline his likely priorities to a broad range of key stakeholders.
9/25/2009
Edweek.org
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/09/24/05esea.h29.html?tkn=MMTFZYvGfj8Mhf8d9X%2Fz3Oi7KQttyOvTuHZK
School Nurse Shortage Hampers Swine Flu Response
As schools grapple with a resurgence of swine flu, many districts have few or no nurses to prevent or respond to outbreaks, leaving students more vulnerable to a virus that spreads easily in classrooms and takes a heavier toll on children and young adults.
9/25/2009
Edweek.org
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2009/09/25/302862usswinefluschoolnurses_ap.html?tkn=SPPFYD3uEdLfvpOuA5uTn2rfFam97%2FAg5VhP
Arden Hills / Bethel University to share in $55K MPCA fine
Bethel University and a Minneapolis construction company must pay the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency a combined $54,825 to settle storm water violations at the university's expansion project in Arden Hills.
9/25/2009
Pioneer Press
http://www.twincities.com/education/ci_13416093.html
This dorm has everything but room service
Both UW-River Falls and UW-Stout are enjoying record numbers of students on campus this fall.
9/25/2009
Pioneer Press
http://www.twincities.com/education/ci_13416045.html
U of M to hold memorial for Nobel winner Borlaug
The University of Minnesota will hold a public memorial service for the late scientist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Norman Borlaug next month.
9/25/2009
Pioneer Press
http://www.twincities.com/education/ci_13418531.html
Ruth Marcus: Did you notice the movement on education?
Beneath all this headline turmoil, Obama is overseeing a quiet upheaval in the nation's approach to education, from preschool through college.
9/25/2009
Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/opinion/commentary/61283842.html?elr=KArksUUUoDEy3LGDiO7aiU