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	<title>Shropshire Star &#187; Education: </title>
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		<title>Schools team set to focus on closure threat</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/16/schools-team-set-to-focus-on-closure-threat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/16/schools-team-set-to-focus-on-closure-threat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mid wales]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A special committee was expected to be set up today to discuss proposals which could see up to five secondary schools closed in Mid Wales, amid  reassurances no decisions have yet been made.]]></description>
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		<title>Young gardeners wait for the warmer days</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/09/young-gardeners-wait-for-the-warmer-days/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/09/young-gardeners-wait-for-the-warmer-days/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Youngsters at a Telford &amp; Wrekin school are waiting for the frosts to end before they improve their vegetable garden.]]></description>
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		<title>Probe over school place &#8216;cheats&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/02/probe-over-school-place-cheats/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/03/02/probe-over-school-place-cheats/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 10:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some parents in Telford &amp; Wrekin cheated in a bid to get their children places in their first-choice secondary schools, it emerged today.]]></description>
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		<title>Fears over sexual images and children</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/02/26/fears-over-sexual-images-and-children/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/02/26/fears-over-sexual-images-and-children/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Children are being increasingly exposed to sexual imagery, with parents finding it difficult to stop it, a report for the Home Office said today.]]></description>
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		<title>Thieves smash way into school</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/02/25/thieves-smash-way-into-school/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/02/25/thieves-smash-way-into-school/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 07:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adams grammar newport]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Shropshire school had hundreds of pounds of damage done to it after thieves smashed their way in and made off with a classroom projector worth almost £600.]]></description>
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		<title>Protest fails to stop schools axe</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/02/12/protest-fails-to-stop-schools-axe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/02/12/protest-fails-to-stop-schools-axe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mid wales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[powys]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Placard-waving protesters have failed in their bid to get controversial proposals to close up to five schools in Powys scrapped.]]></description>
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		<title>Letter: We need to look again at county schools</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/02/09/letter-we-need-to-look-again-at-county-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/02/09/letter-we-need-to-look-again-at-county-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shropshire council]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Letter: The problem of surplus school places in Shropshire is back on the front page (Shropshire Star Feb 2)]]></description>
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		<title>Burst pipe closes school</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 15:03:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Shropshire school shut today sending its 1,300 pupils home after a burst water pipe saw the main supply cut off.]]></description>
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		<title>County schools face massive fall in pupils</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/02/02/county-schools-face-massive-fall-in-pupils/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/02/02/county-schools-face-massive-fall-in-pupils/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 11:32:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[much wenlock]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shropshire secondary schools are facing a massive fall in pupil numbers over the next six years, leaving education bosses facing a £25 million headache.]]></description>
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		<title>The MMR jab: One mother&#8217;s experience</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/29/the-mmr-jab-one-mothers-experience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/29/the-mmr-jab-one-mothers-experience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 09:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Daily Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talking point]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have been dreading this appointment since my son Beau was born. I knew it would come and I knew I would have no choice but to face it. Today Beau, at just over  14 months, is scheduled to have his MMR jab.]]></description>
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		<title>Letter: Teachers are born, not made</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/29/teachers-are-born-not-made/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/29/teachers-are-born-not-made/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 07:58:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letters]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Letter: The Conservative leader stated he wanted the highest qualified graduates to be teachers.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rally cry to save schools</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/28/rally-cry-to-save-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/28/rally-cry-to-save-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:23:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[llanidloes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Parents, pupils and teachers in Powys are being urged to bombard council bosses with letters as part of a campaign against plans to close up to five secondary schools.]]></description>
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		<title>Sex lessons for 11 year olds plan</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/26/sex-lessons-for-11-year-olds-planned/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/26/sex-lessons-for-11-year-olds-planned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Children as young as 11 should be given lessons on the importance of marriage, according to new Government guidance. It also recommends children as young as seven be taught about sex and domestic violence.]]></description>
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		<title>Letter: Praising school for its standards</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/26/letter-praising-school-for-its-standards/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/26/letter-praising-school-for-its-standards/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:03:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[letters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blessed robert johnson]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In response to the article “Anger after girl sent home over piercing”, Shropshire Star January 13, I am also a parent of a pupil who attends Blessed Robert Johnson and I would like to congratulate the school on its stance on standards.]]></description>
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		<title>Schools axe plan hits staff morale</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/23/schools-axe-plan-hits-staff-morale/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/23/schools-axe-plan-hits-staff-morale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 09:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pupils have been left devastated and staff morale at five Powys high schools threatened with closure has sunk to an all time low, it has been claimed.]]></description>
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		<title>Town&#8217;s talents to step into the limelight</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/19/towns-talents-to-step-into-the-limelight/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/19/towns-talents-to-step-into-the-limelight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 09:06:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Leggett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Street dancers and singers stepped into the limelight as auditions for Telford's Talent 2010 continued at Lawley Community Centre.]]></description>
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		<title>Anger after girl sent home over piercing</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/14/anger-after-girl-sent-home-over-piercing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/14/anger-after-girl-sent-home-over-piercing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telford]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A Shropshire father hit out at a rule which saw his 14-year-old daughter sent home from school for having lip piercings.]]></description>
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		<title>Schools hit new record in GCSE tables</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/13/schools-hit-new-record-in-gcse-tables/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/13/schools-hit-new-record-in-gcse-tables/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Shropshire schools recorded their best ever GCSE results in the summer, new Government performance tables confirmed today.]]></description>
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		<title>Borough students&#8217; best ever results</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/13/borough-students-best-ever-results/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/13/borough-students-best-ever-results/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:59:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[telford & wrekin]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Students across Telford and Wrekin are celebrating after official confirmation that they have achieved the borough's best ever GCSE results.]]></description>
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		<title>Poor schools &#8217;still failing&#8217; their pupils</title>
		<link>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/13/poor-schools-still-failing-their-pupils/</link>
		<comments>http://www.shropshirestar.com/2010/01/13/poor-schools-still-failing-their-pupils/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 11:09:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andrew Owen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hundreds of thousands of children are still being failed by poor secondary schools, according to new performance league tables published today.]]></description>
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