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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: Teaching and Learning, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Students, Dwayne Johnson, Carroll County (Maryland)
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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: Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Teaching and Learning, Cecil County, Students, Finance
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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: The Happiest News!, Teaching and Learning, Mathematics, Carroll County (Maryland), Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Coppin professors group responds to college review
A professors' group at Coppin State University said Monday that it shared a review committee's improvement goals for the traditionally black college, but questioned why the reviewers didn't address certain funding issues nor a perceived lack of...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Colleges and Universities, Coppin State University, University System of Maryland
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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: Biology, Teaching and Learning, Nursing, Colleges and Universities, Graduation
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Catonsville High music teacher retiring after 40 years
The steel drum sounds that filled the room at Catonsville High School were so infectious that students playing the instruments couldn't help but dance. Music teacher Jim Wharton, the cavorting leader of the impromptu jam session, was steadily beating a...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Music, Schools, CBS Corp., Colleges and Universities
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Teacher-led survey in Baltimore shows dissatisfaction with union contract
A caucus of the Baltimore Teachers Union has conducted its own survey which concluded that, of the sample participants, city teachers have been overwhelmingly dissatisfied with the union contract that is set to expire this month. According to the...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Collective Contract, Unions, Academic Progress
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Some city schools say final farewells
While other city high school principals excitedly read off the names of colleges and universities their students will disperse to at the end of the school year, Denise Gordon fanned through a stack of acceptance letters with less enthusiasm. "New Era,...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Patapsco, Cherry Hill, Colleges and Universities
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Harford school system doing less with more [Editorial]
Harford County Public Schools leadership has left the realm of reality as it applies to budget management. The decision that no doubt will be getting the most attention in the coming weeks is a recommendation by the administration, and approved by the...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Schools, Students, Finance, Unemployment
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Flacco's contract shows America's skewed priorities
A few days ago, yet another article appeared in The Baltimore Sun about Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco and his contract that will pay him more than $20 million per year for the next six years. That's a total of over $120 million. I don't know Joe Flacco....
Tags: Teaching and Learning, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Colleges and Universities
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After Camden Yards assault, Orioles fans speak out
In the aftermath of a Camden Yards fight that left a Maryland man with severe head injuries, Orioles fans have turned to radio talk shows, Twitter, Facebook and office watercoolers to express their outrage. The alleged assault of lifelong Yankees fan...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, East Stroudsburg University, New York Yankees, National Football League, Major League Baseball
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Harford council defends 2014 budget, despite impact on schools
At their legislative session Tuesday, Harford County Council members defended their actions on the 2014 budget which leave the county school system with a considerably smaller increase in its county funding allotment than school officials requested...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Budgets and Budgeting
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