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The right to birth control
Each year in Maryland, approximately 75,000 women unintentionally become pregnant. Of those pregnancies, about 36,000 end in abortions and 8,000 end in miscarriages. Additionally, many unintended pregnancies lead to premature births, low birthweight...Tags: Birth Defects, Abortion, Health Insurance, Companies and Corporations, Health and Safety at School
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Towson Twitter ban comes as legislators move to protect student freedoms
Towson's resurgent football season ended when wide receiver Ryan Spadola had 13 catches — a Johnny Unitas Stadium record —to help Lehigh beat the Tigers in the playoffs in December.
The next week, Spadola didn't even play. He'd been suspended...Tags: Jerry Rice, Towson Tigers, Labor Legislation, Students, Football
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Howard grads score high on AP exams
Students in Howard County's class of 2011 outperformed their counterparts statewide and nationwide on Advanced Placement exams, according to the College Board's annual Report to the Nation. Among 2011 graduates, 40 percent took an AP test and scored a...Tags: Students, Colleges and Universities, Howard County
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Harford County school board, teachers union approve agreement for one-time bonus
Both the Harford County Public Schools Board of Education and the county's teachers union have voted to approve an agreement that will give Harford's teachers the same one-time $625 bonus other school and county employees received in December. During...Tags: Teachers, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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CCBC students go to Annapolis to advocate for funds
Before the sun rose on Feb. 9, Stephen Kurtz had already thrown a blazer over his shirt and tie and made the seven-mile trip from his home in Windsor Mill to the Catonsville campus of the Community College of Baltimore County.
Kurtz, 28, a student in the...Tags: Students, Science, Windsor Mill, Colleges and Universities, Baltimore County
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Catonsville and Arbutus students stand out in Future Business Leaders of America regional competition
Students from Catonsville and Lansdowne high schools and Western School of Technology and Environmental Science were among the 161 from19 Baltimore County public schools whose scores at a regional competition qualified them for the statewide Future...Tags: Students, Music, Port of Baltimore, Dundalk, Concerts
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The AP achievement gap
For the fourth year in a row, Maryland students have topped the nation in the proportion of high school graduates who successfully passed the rigorous Advanced Placement exams, leaping even further ahead of other top states. Twenty-nine percent of last...Tags: Early Learning, Students, Poverty, Personal Income, Family
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Teacher pension shift could force county to cut staff
Howard County government may have to cut its workforce if Gov.Martin O'Malley's proposal to shift a portion of teachers' pension costs to the counties passes through the General Assembly. Ray Wacks, the county's budget administrator, told the County...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Local Government, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare, Regional Authority
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Highland/Fulton: Hammond Elementary PTA's basket bingo was a huge success
A few weeks back, the Hammond Elementary School PTA sponsored its second annual basket bingo. Denise Simmerly, a parishioner at St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Parish of Fulton, was kind enough to fill in the details no the hugely successful event. "It...Tags: George Washington, Teaching and Learning, Roman Catholicism, Students, Clarksville
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Room for improvement
In the fictional Minnesota town of Lake Wobegon, made famous by public radio hostGarrison Keillor,"all the women are strong, all the men are good looking, and all the children are above average." But real life doesn't work that way — a fact that...Tags: Teachers, Music, Students, Concerts, Annapolis
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Police officers mentoring children at Middle River school
When Baltimore County police squad cars arrive at Chase Elementary in Middle River, it is usually for a social call. Uniformed officers, carrying several bags of carryout from a local deli, head to the fifth-grade classroom.
The school on Eastern...Tags: Students
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Student test scores aren't a reliable way of evaluating teachers
We should all worry about "overwhelming students, schools with tests" (Too many tests in Md.?" Feb. 7). As The Sun points out, the new testing will be extremely time-consuming. There is no scientific evidence, however, that increasing the amount of...Tags: Teachers, Students, University of Southern California
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