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Crowding Balto. Co.'s classrooms
The results of Baltimore County Superintendent Joe Hairston's poor decision to cut teachers from high schools are now clear: A sharp drop in the number of classes available to students (including Advanced Placement courses), increasing class sizes and...
Tags: Science, Students, Dundalk, Baltimore County, Joe A. Hairston
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Orioles' Chen talks baseball, culture and work ethic in visit to Towson High
A day after pitcherWei-Yin Chenimproved to 3-0 with 7-2/3 strong innings in the Orioles' home-run-filled 6-5 win over Texas on Thursday afternoon, the Taiwanese left-hander hit a home run of his own at a Friday appearance at Towson High School. "I've...
Tags: Baseball, Students, High Schools, Elections, College Sports
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Maryland counties seek to make English official language
Jose Soto doesn't pay attention to politics in Frederick County. He's new to town and spends much of his time working at an apple-processing plant in Pennsylvania. But he heard something a few weeks ago about the county making English its official...Tags: Anne Arundel County, Migration, Republican Party, El Salvador, Frederick County (Maryland)
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Storytime for Essex children comes in English and Spanish
A monthly Storytime at Essex Library includes all the trappings familiar to its pre-school participants — books, puppets, songs, games and a crafts table. But this program, organized by Spanish language students at a nearby high school, gives...Tags: Libraries, Students, High Schools, Essex (Baltimore, Maryland), Teaching and Learning
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South River Spanish teacher wins state foreign language honor
The creators of the language-learning software Rosetta Stone have made it simple to grasp the complexities of Spanish. But can they back it up and Dougie?
"Usted and ustedes if you're talking to a group. Start with the 'yo' form and throw it for a loop!"...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Students, Colleges and Universities, Anne Arundel Community College, Ricky Martin
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Ein Reich, ein Volk, ein Englisch
The Baltimore SunConservatives used to have a good deal of fun with the Baltimore city Council, which, as the city sank into poverty and disrepair, would busy itself with ineffective loony-left measures like resolutions to declare Baltimore a nuclear-free zone....Tags: Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Immigration
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New club in Columbia helps women find their voices
Lisa Stearns wants to help women find their voices.
To that end, last summer she formed in Columbia a public speaking club, Voice of a Woman.
The club helps women build confidence and be understood -- in their homes, at their workplaces or when... -
Staff urges board to "take bold steps" in changing middle school reading curriculum
A plan to restructure the middle school schedule in Howard County went before the Board of Education last week, with some board members questioning the validity of the change that would include the removal of traditional reading classes. "Teaching...Tags: Science, Customs and Tradition, Students, Consumers, Howard County
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As changes loom, a look inside a reading classroom
In a sixth-grade reading classroom at Dunloggin Middle School in Ellicott City on Tuesday, teacher Amy Monachino guided her students through a chapter in Lois Lowry's "Number the Stars."
Books on the Holocaust lined the chalkboard. But the only book up...Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), Students, Schools, Language, Teaching and Learning
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Councilman wants to make English Arundel's official language
County Councilman Jerry Walker plans to introduce a bill at Monday night's council meeting that would declare English the official language of Anne Arundel County. The Gambrills Republican said the bill is the first in a series he plans to press that...Tags: Anne Arundel County, Migration, Labor Legislation, Labor Legislation, Annapolis
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The French (and Spanish) connection
Drew Wall, a junior at Atholton High School, says a curious thing happened after he visited Spain in a student exchange program last summer: He found himself automatically translating a popular song that got stuck in his head into Spanish.
The...Tags: Trips and Vacations, Students, France, New York City, Language
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The war of the words
Sadly, much of what is taught of grammar and usage in the schools, when taught at all, amounts to rubbish, and linguistics is scarcely heard of except at the college level, and seldom there. Oh, you can go to Language Log and eavesdrop on the linguists,...Tags: Anxiety, Language
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