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City school system passes $1.2B budget
The Baltimore school board unanimously passed a $1.2 billion budget Monday that essentially remained intact since it was presented. The last budget of outgoing schools CEO Andrés Alonso includes cuts to per-pupil funding and high schools but retains...
Tags: Corporate Officers, Teaching and Learning, Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Students
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Recalling the man who made Alonso
Amid the acclaim for the work of Andres Alonso as Baltimore city schools CEO over the past six years, an unsung hero is Brian Morris, chairman of the school board that selected Dr. Alonso. We were members of that board. The board set its sights high and...
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A Baltimore City teacher's farewell to Alonso
In the weeks following the news that city schools CEO Andres Alonso was leaving, I've come across various pieces of commentary about the legacy the schools chief will leave. As with most resignations, much of the commentary has been expressions of...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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City school system receives seven charter applications
The city school board is considering proposals for seven charter schools that include two named for female trailblazers, another attempt at an all-male, college-preparatory program in East Baltimore, and an elementary school for at-risk youths. The new...
Tags: Roland Park, Colleges and Universities, Customs and Tradition
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Why doesn't Baltimore's schools chief need teaching experience?
The Baltimore SunWhy doesn’t Baltimore’s schools CEO need teaching experience, like other superintendents in the state? It was a question on the mind of many education observers last week, after hearing that the city’s schools chief is not bound by the...Tags: Baltimore County, Lawyers, Corporate Officers, Separation of Church and State, Judges
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Statement from Andres Alonso on his resignation
Monday, May 6, 2013 Dear City Schools Partners and Friends, I am writing to you today to let you know that at the end of the current school year, I will retire and leave Baltimore City Public Schools and this great city to return to my home in New...
Tags: Academic Progress
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City schools chief Alonso resigns
Baltimore schools CEO Andrés Alonso tearfully announced his resignation Monday, ending a six-year tenure marked by bold yet often divisive reforms and casting uncertainty on the future of the long-troubled school system. Under Alonso's leadership, city...
Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, University of Maryland, College Park, Colleges and Universities, Martin O'Malley, Government
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Alonso timeline
2007 •The Baltimore school board hires Andrés Alonso, New York City's No. 2 education official, as its schools CEO. 2008 •Alonso introduces "Fair Student Funding," which gave principals the autonomy to formulate their budgets. He also...
Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Teaching and Learning, New York City, Finance, Arne Duncan
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Corruption is endemic in Baltimore
What a bombshell — more corruption in the state of Maryland ("Corruption alleged at jail," April 24). From what I read, we really do have the inmates running the asylum. It seems that public safety department secretary Gary D. Maynard is totally...
Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Car Repair and Maintenance Tips
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City officials celebrate passage of $1B school construction bill
The Baltimore SunA year ago, city officials left Annapolis distraught, their plans to obtain massive funding for school construction in the General Assembly’s trash bin. What a difference a year makes. On Wednesday, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Schools...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Maryland Stadium Authority, Public Officials, Government, Annapolis
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After deadlock, city school board renews contract of Hopkins-run school
Following a two-month impasse, the Baltimore City school board voted Tuesday to extend a one-year contract to the operators of Baltimore Talent Development High School. The school board voted unanimously, with one recusal, to allow the Center for Social...
Tags: Johns Hopkins University
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W.E.B. DuBois High School wins mayor's attendance challenge
W.E.B. DuBois High School is the latest to win the Mayor's Attendance Campaign competition, after its ninth-grade class increasing its daily attendance by nearly 11 percentage points. The school was surprised with the honor--which includes a dance party...Tags: Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Under Armour Inc.
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