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Carroll puts an end to open-space classrooms
By the end of 2014, it is believed that Carroll County Public Schools will be the first school district in the state to eliminate all of its open-space classrooms. Teachers are already raving about the results. For 16 years, Amy Durdon said she...
Tags: Carroll County (Maryland), Teachers, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Dwayne Johnson, Teaching and Learning
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Students at Ohr Chadash Academy win writing honors [ Owings Mills]
Three fifth-grade students at Ohr Chadash Academy are published writers of their historical family stories. Submitting their work to the Grannie Annie Family Story Celebration, these young people were competing with 120 entries from 12 different states....Tags: Flag Day (United States), The Home Depot, Johns Hopkins University, Teaching and Learning
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Howard school bus accident closes Cedar Lane
Two 12-year-old Wilde Lake Middle School students sustained minor injuries Tuesday afternoon after the school bus they were riding in collided with a van on Cedar Lane between Little Patuxent Parkway and Hickory Ridge Road in Columbia, Howard County...
Tags: Motorvehicle Accidents, Transportation Accidents, Howard County General Hospital, Health and Safety at School, Hospitals and Clinics
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Harford school board imposes new activity fees, cuts positions, cancels teacher raises
Harford County school leaders spent Monday evening eliminating jobs and planned employee raises, imposing new activity fees and taking other steps to reduce what they hoped to spend in the next school year. Members of the Board of Education voted 6-3...
Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Unemployment, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Teachers, Harford County
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Talking Terps with Dave Tucker of Testudo Times
The Baltimore SunThe Baltimore sports scene is blessed with a bunch of talented bloggers who bring their unique perspective to the conversation. Each week, I hope to chat with one of them in a regular feature called Blogger on Blogger. This week, I exchanged emails with...Tags: Randy Edsall, Danny O'Brien, Mark Turgeon, NBA Draft, Football
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School is out for veteran teachers in Carroll County
When the school year ends on June 12, Lois Meticus, a math teacher at South Carroll High School, will return her overhead projector to the school's media center. She doesn't think anyone else will ever check it out. "I'm probably the only one using...
Tags: Stroke, Sykesville, Mathematics, Germany, Teachers
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Review & preview: Premature 2014 poll, part 4
Here is the fourth installment of an attempt at a premature poll for next season. The Top 20 will be broken up into four installments with Tuesday’s post involving teams ranked from Nos. 5 to 1. Thursday featured Nos. 20 to 16, Friday Nos. 15 to...
Tags: Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Syracuse Orange, College Sports, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Philosophy
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Howard students explore the many possibilities of STEM
At one end of the room, children pressed their faces up to a glass tank with bright eyes as they watched an underwater robot. Off in another corner, kids strained their necks to look at giant telescopes and shuffled through maps of the constellations....
Tags: Entertainment Events, Elementary Schools, Festive Events, Science, United States Naval Academy
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Another laurel for Md. schools
A new report showing Maryland schools now lead the nation in efforts to boost student achievement levels has vindicated the commitment the state made more than a decade ago to adequately fund education and adopt smart policy choices that return the...
Tags: Schools, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress
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Officials recommend closing West Friendship Elementary
Officials with the Howard County Public School System Thursday night recommended closing West Friendship Elementary School, the oldest school in the county. The recommendation came during the presentation of the annual feasibility study at the Board...Tags: Schools, Middle Schools, Teaching and Learning, Research
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A raw, realistic reflection from a first-year Baltimore teacher
As this week marks the end of the school year for Baltimore City schools, I thought I'd share a piece sent to me by a first-year teacher that draws a rather provocative conclusion that many of the district's struggles are fueled by its own low...Tags: Teachers, Personal Income, Teaching and Learning
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Coppin State again targeted for transformation
When Tasha Wilkie helped out in the math department as an undergrad at Coppin State University, she dealt with some students who came in without basic skills. They didn't know their multiplication tables or how to work with fractions. "We have...
Tags: Medical Specialization, Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Colleges and Universities, U.S. Department of Education, Teachers
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