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EMT cheating scandal: Another black eye for Baltimore
When you cheat, they tell kids in school, you only cheat yourself, but in Baltimore, we've recently learned that's not always true. Sometimes you also cheat the students you're supposed to be teaching when you change the answers on their state...Tags: Physical Conditions, Medical Procedures and Tests, Civil and Public Service, Health and Safety at Work, Employees
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Unarmed Fla. teen's death: Who is safe?
What combination of childhood snacks is punishable by death in America ("Florida rally seeks arrest in unarmed teen's death," March 20)? I need to know the answer so that I can make sure my 6-year-old son never runs down the street carrying them. Is it...Tags: Criminals, Murder
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Too hot to learn: The crumbling school infrastructure in Baltimore City and County
The recent reports on suspected cheating on standardized tests at some Baltimore City schools included the statement that school officials worry they might "have hit a wall in educating children." Some of those walls have been in place for a long time...Tags: Prince George's County, Schools, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Medical Procedures and Tests, Elections
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Harford County Public Schools has $6.1 million surplus
The Harford County public school system still has a $6 million budget surplus, but it's not as much as it was last year by about $2.7 million, the school system's top finance official said Monday. The school system's annual audit for the 2010-11 fiscal...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Teachers, Finance, Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior (tv program)
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With Hairston's departure, rethinking school oversight in Balto. Co.
After nearly a dozen years at the helm of Baltimore County Public Schools, Joe A. Hairston has decided to retire from his post after the end of the current school year. It was the right decision and ensures that the superintendent will be remembered...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Kevin Kamenetz, Executive Branch, African Americans, Annapolis
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Secure the tests
This week, schools in Baltimore City and across Maryland are administering the state standardized tests in reading and math for students in the third through eighth grades. There's a lot riding on the outcome. Among other things, the test results will...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Teachers, Academic Progress, Examinations
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Easy as pi
Not many numbers can claim their own holiday. Yet math lovers and educators nationwide celebrate the elusive —and seemingly infinite — pi, better known as 3.14, every year on March 14. For the past five years, the mathematics department at C....Tags: Teaching and Learning, Pi Day, Students
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First Generation College Bound seeking monetary donations
First Generation College Bound is participating in the Greater Washington Give to the Max Day event on Nov. 9 through Razoo to help raise money for nonprofits in the area, http://give2max.razoo.com/. Prizes for nonprofits that raise the most money that...Tags: Financial Aid, Colleges and Universities, Chicago Hotels
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How to stop cheating on school standardized tests
Unfortunately, it appears that for some time Baltimore City school personnel have been setting an example for students that cheating is acceptable as long as you don't get caught ("Schools keep eye on testing," March 5). Here's my suggestion for... -
Md. students make gains on national test
Maryland's public school students made greater gains on a national standardized test than their peers in nearly every other state, although the achievement gap between white and minority students persists. Bucking the trend on the National Assessment...Tags: Cecil County, Early Learning, Nancy Grasmick, Colleges and Universities, Andres Alonso
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Top of the class
A report this week that Maryland students made greater gains on national reading and math tests than their peers in nearly every other state is the clearest sign yet that the decade-long effort to increase school funding and make teachers and principals...Tags: Prince George's County, Nancy Grasmick, Mathematics, Concerts, Colleges and Universities
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Blog: Alonso's 2012 videotaped message to district about testing integrity
Baltimore city schools CEO Andres Alonso has released his 2012 message to the district on testing integrity, as the school system gears up to begin administering the Maryland School Assessements to students in grades three through eight on March 12. A...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Andres Alonso, Academic Progress
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