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The hidden impediment to school renovation
A major reason many Maryland jurisdictions — especially Baltimore County and Baltimore City — confront a growing problem of aging, obsolete school buildings is an obscure bit of Internal Revenue Service bureaucracy called the "prior use rule."...Tags: Eric Cantor, Tax Credits, Democratic Party, Government Debt, U.S. Senate Committee on Finance
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School officials worry about overwhelming students, schools with tests
The 2013-2014 school year may seem like a long way off, but state school officials are already fretting over a perfect storm of education reforms that could make today's extensive state testing regimen seem like a snap. That's the year when students...Tags: Kate Walsh, Music, Bowie, Students, Baltimore County
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State progressing on Race to Top reforms
Except for a delay in a new teacher-evaluation program, Maryland has made a strong start toward achieving the ambitious school reform goals that won the state a coveted $250 million grant, according to federal officials. Maryland, one of 11 states and...Tags: U.S. Department of Education, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Teaching and Learning
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Three steps to fix our schools
The nation's public schools have been battered by a continuing stream of bad news in the past few years, challenging what at one time was considered one of the world's leading education systems. In 2010, the results of international testing comparing...Tags: U.S. Senate, Maryland General Assembly, Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, Students
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Three city schools to extend day by three hours
Three Baltimore schools have extended their school day by three hours, using a national program that has boosted achievement in other urban districts and has been hailed as a way to make American students competitive in the 21st century. Hilton...Tags: Conservation, U.S. Department of Education, Collective Contract, Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress
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Maryland wins $50 million Race to Top grant for early childhood programs
Maryland was one of nine states that won a federal competition Friday for early education funds intended to boost the quality of programs available to young children. The state, which has been seen as a strong proponent of early childhood programs for...Tags: Curricula, Financial Aid, Columbia University, Martin O'Malley, Poverty
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U.S. Secretary of Education Duncan visits Wilde Lake High School
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, who says he has seen a broad spectrum of the nation's schools, from successful to struggling, left Wilde Lake High School this week singing not only its praises but those of the Howard County school system. During...Tags: Severna Park, Elementary Schools, Towson, Students, High Schools
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At Wilde Lake High, lessons of diversity and inclusion for Secretary of Education
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan paid a visit to Wilde Lake High School Tuesday and called the Columbia school a microcosm of the educational world: diverse and inclusive.
Duncan and Assistant Secretary of Education Alexa Posny joined Wilde...Tags: Students, Teaching and Learning
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Even without NCLB, teaching is debased
Unlike the teacher quoted in your article "Obama to ease school standard" (Sept. 23), I did not greet this announcement with the joyful anticipation as I began my 19th year in a Baltimore City classroom in September. Quite the opposite. What Liz Bowie'...Tags: Barack Obama, Teaching and Learning
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Alonso plans to close schools that are underused, dilapidated
Baltimore schools CEO Andrés Alonso said Friday that he plans to close more than a dozen schools by 2014 in an effort to vacate underused and dilapidated buildings.
The schools chief would not specify how many or which schools would be affected but did...Tags: Mary Pat Clarke, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, American Civil Liberties Union, Barack Obama, Lobbying
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Lime Kiln Middle School earns National Blue Ribbon honor
Lime Kiln Middle School has been named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. The school, which opened in Fulton in 1999, earned the distinction of being Howard County's only public school to be named a Maryland Blue Ribbon...Tags: U.S. Department of Education, Ceremonies, Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC, Howard County
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Ten Maryland schools receive National Blue Ribbon Designation
Ten Maryland schools have received a National Blue Ribbon designation, the U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday, an award bestowed on the highest-performing schools in the nation or those with extraordinary success in closing the achievement...Tags: Severna Park, Roman Catholicism, Towson, U.S. Department of Education, High Schools
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