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Columbia music historian compiles Vietnam War songs
Nearly 40 years ago, a haunting photograph of a naked Vietnamese girl running in anguish after being severely burned in a napalm bomb attack on her village became an iconic image of the Vietnam War.
But most who have seen the Pulitzer Prize-winning...Tags: Entertainment Events, Richard Nixon, Agent Orange Poisoning (1961-1971), Concerts, Johnny Cash
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Bill would limit public information requests of professors
In Virginia, the attorney general, skeptical of global warming, tried to use his subpoena powers to build a fraud case against a climatology professor. In Wisconsin, Republican Party officials sought the emails of a history professor, trying to...Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Colleges and Universities, Research, Global Warming, Global Change
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UM, federal officials discuss ideas to reduce college costs
Andrew York hopes to bring better health services to desperately poor Native Americans when he's done earning dual degrees in law and pharmacy from the University of Maryland, Baltimore. But he might not be able to afford that modest-paying career path...Tags: John P. Sarbanes, Colleges and Universities, Civil and Public Service, Teaching and Learning, Students
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Connecting to careers
My two teenage granddaughters are high school seniors. They both plan to take next year off before entering college while they try to figure out how to connect to adult roles. How will they fit in the wider community? What are the careers where they...Tags: Physical Fitness and Exercise, Colleges and Universities, Music, Concerts, Johns Hopkins University
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The promise of technology in the classroom
It's getting harder for a public school teacher to reach excellence. By "excellence," I mean being responsible for helping each student significantly develop his or her knowledge or learning capacity. This increased difficulty is not the fault of...Tags: The Holocaust (1934-1945), World War II (1939-1945), Joseph Goebbels, Schools, Teaching and Learning
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Redesigned UMBC courses are part of a statewide effort
The Sun's high praise for the course design innovations at the University of Maryland Baltimore County is well deserved ("A Model Institution," Dec. 27). UMBC's success in transforming courses in fundamental chemistry, mathematics and physics has led to...Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, University System of Maryland, Music, Concerts
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Punishment of last resort
Students who are disruptive, rude or violent are every teacher's worst nightmare and every kid's worst example of how to behave. Just a few bad actors can derail an entire classroom. No wonder school officials' natural impulse is to kick them out. But...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Punishment, Punishment, Students, Teachers
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Baltimore County suspension rate reveals the problem of 'mainstreaming' disturbed students
Liz Bowie's "High suspension rate in Balto. Co." (Dec. 26) raises important issues. Cleary 10,000 Baltimore County school students suspended in one year (about 10 percent and a much higher rate than most of Maryland) sounds terrible. Furthermore, the data...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Baltimore County, Students, Towson
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Md. fails to keep its promise to HBCUs
Maryland is attempting to renege on its obligation to provide sufficient funding to make its historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) comparable and competitive with other public universities in Maryland in terms of mission, academic program...Tags: Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Laws, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC
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Despite the law, too many schools fail to take bullying seriously
According to the Maryland State Department of Education, there were 3,818 incidents of bullying in Maryland schools during the 2009-2010 school year, and reports of bullying have been increasing over the past three years. The harmful results of this...Tags: Maryland General Assembly, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Health and Safety at School, Lawyers, Judges
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A teachers contract that works
The Baltimore City school system as made much progress toward under its new teachers contract. As with any new contract, it takes time for all its provisions to be fully implemented ("Baltimore schools' uncharted waters," Dec. 20). Each teacher needs...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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Grading teachers takes more than test scores
Speaking as a retired independent middle school principal with 32 years of service, it was most disturbing to read The Sun's editorial that appeared to search for satisfactory criteria that would "tie a teacher's pay to performance rather than seniority"...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers
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