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   <title>Athletes Highlight Education as Key to Success</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Shane Battier of the Houston Rockets and Myron Rolle, former Florida State football player and current Rhodes Scholar, talk about education in two videos.]]></description>
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   <title>Recovery Act Is Helping Schools</title>
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   <title>Vote on Videos</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Help pick the winners for the "I Am What I Learn" video contest.  Watch these 10 videos and vote!]]></description>
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   <title>Race to the Top Begins</title>
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   <title>State Fiscal Stabilization Fund</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[Application requirements are now available for the final $11.5 billion under the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund.]]></description>
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   <title>Economic Security and a 21st Century Education</title>
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   <title>Outstanding Principals Receive Bell Award</title>
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   <title>Race to the Top</title>
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   <title>ED Recovery Funds for Pennsylvania</title>
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   <description><![CDATA[$1.4 billion in Recovery Funds are now available for Pennsylvania to save jobs and drive education reform.]]></description>
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   <title>ED Recovery Act Report</title>
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   <title>Recovery Act: Over One Million Jobs</title>
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   <title>State Standards Are Too Low</title>
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   <description><![CDATA["Far too many states are telling students that they are proficient when they actually are performing below the basic level" on the Nation's Report Card, Secretary Duncan said in response to a new report. ]]></description>
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   <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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   <pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:33:19 GMT</pubDate>
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