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It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. <![CDATA[Mississippi Learning: Why the State's Students Start Behind -- and Stay Behind]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/nation/~3/Q91yew9jYcI/0,8599,2120539,00.html The first in a series in which The Hechinger Report is teaming up with TIME to examine what's behind the woeful performance of Mississippi's schoolchildren, as well as possible solutions to help them catch up<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/nation/~4/Q91yew9jYcI" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:55:00 EST http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2120539,00.html http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2120539,00.html <![CDATA[Texas Crash: Undocumented Victims Confined like Hostages]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/nation/~3/lxbZ-J7fGNA/0,8599,2120440,00.html A truck overpacked with undocumented workers smashed into trees in the Texas countryside. Now the hard work of identifying the victims begins<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/nation/~4/lxbZ-J7fGNA" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:55:00 EST http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2120440,00.html http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2120440,00.html <![CDATA[Anaheim's Long, Hot Summer: The Police vs. the Latino Community]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/nation/~3/C30_hqRX5v4/0,8599,2120405,00.html A dramatic video of cops suppressing a local protest against an earlier shooting has spiraled into controversy and a spotlight on how the police do their business in a minority community<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/nation/~4/C30_hqRX5v4" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:55:00 EST http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2120405,00.html http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2120405,00.html <![CDATA[Columbine, Now Aurora: Students Continue Lockdown Practice]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/nation/~3/HB9UjNBaLu8/0,8599,2120255,00.html A TIME reporter (and part-time substitute teacher) talks about the legacy of Columbine in schools -- and how little of that can be transferred to emergencies in public places<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/nation/~4/HB9UjNBaLu8" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:55:00 EST http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2120255,00.html http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2120255,00.html <![CDATA[Dark Knight Rises Shooting in Aurora Puts the Colorado town on the map in a bad way]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/nation/~3/02UumvfB3q4/0,8599,2120098,00.html Diverse and aspiringly middle-class, the biggest suburb in Colorado is home to defense contractors and the Pentagon's drone monitoring operation. Now it will be known as the town of the Batman massacre<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/nation/~4/02UumvfB3q4" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:55:00 EST http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2120098,00.html http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2120098,00.html <![CDATA[The Latest on the Colorado Dark Knight Rises Shooting Rampage]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/nation/~3/yGHvDdSGAxQ/ Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:55:00 EST http://topics.time.com/aurora-theater-shooting/ <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/nation/~4/yGHvDdSGAxQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://topics.time.com/aurora-theater-shooting/ <![CDATA[Twelve Dead, Dozens Injured, in Shooting Rampage at Colo. Movie Theater]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/nation/~3/eF_jn8v5TpA/ A heavily armed gunman, wearing a gas mask, opened fire on a Batman movie screening in Aurora, Colo. Police have a 24-year-old suspect in custody.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/nation/~4/eF_jn8v5TpA" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:55:00 EST http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/07/20/shooting-rampage-at-dark-knight-showing-in-colo-10-dead/ http://newsfeed.time.com/2012/07/20/shooting-rampage-at-dark-knight-showing-in-colo-10-dead/ <![CDATA[Is Online Teacher Training Good for Public Education?]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/nation/~3/WA8OipsftvY/0,8599,2118396,00.html Internet courses and degrees are exploding at every level of education, but questions remain over whether it's possible to teach people to be face-to-face classroom instructors in a program that's entirely online.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/nation/~4/WA8OipsftvY" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:55:00 EST http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2118396,00.html http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2118396,00.html <![CDATA[Why Libraries Are a Smart Investment for the Country's Future]]> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/time/nation/~3/lKRMiZgQM7Y/0,8599,2118141,00.html Across from the United States Supreme Court, two hundred people gathered at the Library of Congress to celebrate yesterday -- and not because of the court's immigration decision<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/time/nation/~4/lKRMiZgQM7Y" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 30 Jul 2012 01:55:00 EST http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2118141,00.html http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2118141,00.html