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Franchot's September song
Data-stream around Grandpa, youngsters 2.1 and 3.1, while he tells you about the time long, long ago when a certain elected official grew so nostalgic about a time even longer ago when Labor Day marked the beginning of the school year. Way back in the...
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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: Martin O'Malley, Kathleen Sebelius, Financial Aid, Rutgers University, Colleges and Universities
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Fixing No Child Left Behind
The news last week that nearly 90 percent of Baltimore City elementary and middle schools failed last year to make adequate yearly progress is less an indictment of the city educational system than it is evidence of the flaws of the Bush-era's No Child...Tags: Arne Duncan, Teaching and Learning, Schools, Public Schools, Maryland
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James Dowling 'Jay' Cherry Jr.
James Dowling "Jay" Cherry Jr., a former associate professor and chairman of the department of speech at the old Mount St. Agnes College who also gave one-man performances of historic Unitarians, died Aug. 24 of congestive heart failure at Timothy House...Tags: Pathology, Towson University, Towson, Charles Village, Coppin State University
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District 5: Scott M. Carberry
1. Please describe your educational and professional background and how it has prepared you to serve on the City Council.
I was an Education Major at Towson University and I often approach problem solving as an exercise in critical thinking....Tags: Teaching and Learning, Employment Opportunities, Public Officials, Behavioral Conditions, Borderline Personality Disorder
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District 7: Nick Mosby
1. Please describe your educational and professional background and how it has prepared you to serve on the City Council.
Growing up, my mother was my guiding light and she always stressed education as a top priority. Because of my mother's wisdom and...Tags: Epidemics and Plagues, Labor Legislation, Tuskegee University, Juvenile Delinquency, Budgets and Budgeting
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Education reform coming to the suburbs
As the school year finally gets under way, public school students across the state will be writing more often and learning to think differently in math class, as the state begins major education reforms that will change everything from the curriculum to...Tags: Bowie, Montgomery County (Maryland), Colleges and Universities, U.S. Department of Education, Prince George's County
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Former Howard County farm envisioned for children's garden
Former farmland near the heart of Columbia would become a children's garden and "early childhood education nature center" if a citizens group is successful in persuading Howard County officials to carry out the project. The land is part of a 300-acre...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Chesapeake Bay, Mergers, Acquisitions and Takeovers, James Rouse, Howard County
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Martha Roseman, Hopkins associate dean, dies
Baltimore Sun reporterMartha O. Roseman, a retired Johns Hopkins University associate dean of academic advising who was recalled as a "grandmother" of the Homewood campus, died of cancer July 22 at Gilchrist Hospice Care in Towson. The Pikesville resident was 90. Born...Tags: Cleveland Indians, Colleges and Universities, University of Michigan, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
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School board approves gang activities policy, coordinator promotion
A new gang policy was approved for Harford County Public Schools Friday night, but not before the school board vice president said the policy could have "unintended consequences." The policy update — of the gang-related activities portion as well...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Finance, Harford County, Gang Activity
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Charles Village enjoys a quiet Night Out
Joining Charles Village's National Night out Against Crime in Calvert Street Park on Aug. 2 was former auto mechanic Darren Cole, 41, who lives across the street and hasn't been able to work since a car on a lift fell on his head.
Cole keeps busy...Tags: Child Abuse, Charles Village, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Otis Rolley, Teaching and Learning
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Baltimore: A great destination for African-American tourism
J.B. Salganik's suggestion that Baltimore City celebrate and promote its unique connection to black culture and history is exactly what the late Thelma Banks Cox had in mind when she founded the African-American Heritage Society and the Black Landmarks...Tags: Minority Groups, History, Schools, Public Schools, Culture
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