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Baltimore Teachers Union supports call to halt Common Core consequences
The Baltimore Teacher's Union has called for the district hold off on attaching penalties to schools' performance on the the new Common Core assessments, citing insufficient professional development and resources to implement the new high-stakes...Tags: School Examinations, Adult Education, Teaching and Learning, Credit and Debt, Standardized Testing
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The vast left-wing conspiracy
I'm not big into conspiracy theories. I never bought into the grassy knoll in Dallas or the anti-Obama birther movement. And it will take a lot of convincing for me to believe Oakland Raiders coach Bill Callahan took a dive in Super Bowl XXXVII to...
Tags: Interior Policy, Same-Sex Marriage, Greenpeace, Gun Control, Labor Legislation
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Brenda J. Clayburn, City Union of Baltimore president, dies
Brenda J. Clayburn, a founder and later president of the City Union of Baltimore who was also a longtime city Police Department supervisor, died Sunday of undetermined causes at her Northwest Baltimore home. She was 63. "She had recently been sick, and...
Tags: Baltimore City Community College, Newport News (Newport News, Virginia), AFL-CIO, Baltimore Police Department, Government
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Michelle Rhee's education organization gives Maryland policy, reforms a grade of D+
A controversial set of national report cards issued this week by StudentsFirst--the advocacy and lobbying organization started by former Washington, D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee-- gave Maryland's educational policies and reforms a grade of D+...Tags: Report Cards, Schools, Washington, DC, Charter Schools, Teaching and Learning
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American Federation of Teachers, BTU parent union, proposes new 'bar exam' for teachers
In the next five years, teachers entering the profession would first have to pass an comprehensive licensing exam--much like the bar exam for attorneys--as part of their certification, under a new proposal announced this week by the largest U.S....Tags: Teachers Unions
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Patricia Cook-Ferguson, teacher and Balto. Co. NAACP president
Patricia Cook-Ferguson, a longtime Baltimore teacher and president of the Baltimore County NAACP known for wearing multiple hats in advocating for youth education and civil rights advancements, died Wednesday of complications from lung cancer. She was 56....
Tags: Randallstown, Civil Rights, Kevin Kamenetz, Teaching and Learning, Human Rights
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Diverse coalition funded same-sex marriage effort
A broad coalition of donors — including casino giant MGM, Delta Airlines, a Washington nightclub and thousands of individuals across the country — together gave nearly $6 million to the campaign to legalize same-sex marriage in Maryland,...
Tags: Penn National Gaming, Martin O'Malley, Voting, Adam Lambert, Gays and Lesbians
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Emanuel, teachers union both miss the big picture in Chicago strike
The Windy City is engulfed in a stormy teachers' strike that has gathered front-page national attention. But will it turn out to be just more hot air in the national debate over school reform? I'm afraid so, even though the issues at stake in Chicago are...
Tags: Adrian Fenty, Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, New York University, Barack Obama
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Baltimore educators to rally in support of Chicago teacher strike
Baltimore City educators are planning to rally in solidarity with their Chicago Public Schools counterparts, who made national news Monday by executing their first teacher strike in 25 years. About 25,000 Chicago unionized educators fulfilled their vow...Tags: Arne Duncan, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Tribune, Barack Obama, Strikes
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Maryland Dream Act defenders want to "educate" voters
Defenders of the state's Dream Act say voter education will be key to their success in November, when Marylanders weigh-in on a new law that lets some illegal immigrants pay in-state tuition. "Our goal will be be education about what the Dream Act...Tags: Maryland Dream Act, AFL-CIO, Voting, Judges, Labor Legislation
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Critics seek more oversight of renovations at school district headquarters
Outraged education, community and political leaders have called for increased oversight of spending in the Baltimore City school system, amid revelations that about $500,000 was spent to upgrade offices at the district headquarters while city and state...Tags: Renovation, Teaching and Learning, Andres Alonso, Technology, Teachers
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Baltimore Teachers Union surprises special educator with extreme classroom makeover
On any given day, the activity in Ellen Vikestad's classroom would resemble a round of bumper cars.
As Vikestad and her special-needs students at Claremont High School have made their way from one end of her cramped classroom to the other for lessons,...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers Unions, Students, Parent Organizations, Teachers
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