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Physical education is no game in Howard County
Anna Spring remembers the resources that were poured into combating teen smoking and pregnancy. The retired Howard County physical education teacher said she hasn't seen the same response to address childhood obesity. "We have all this research that...
Tags: Baltimore County, Teaching and Learning, Schools, Renee Foose, Weight
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Education briefs
Seeking part-time faculty Anne Arundel Community College is seeking part-time faculty to teach credit and noncredit courses. Qualified persons should have at least a master's degree or a bachelor's degree or certified technical expertise. Adjunct faculty...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Nursing, Financial Aid, Awards and Prizes, Glen Burnie
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Harford teachers union head pushes for school funding increase [letter]
Editor: All citizens of Harford County should be dismayed by County Executive Craig's proposed FY2014 Budget. Despite his claims of being a life-long educator, despite Harford County taking in more revenue than ever before, County Executive Craig has...Tags: Teaching and Learning
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David Jahnke wins Maryland DAR Outstanding Teacher of American History for 2013
David Jahnke is the winner of the Maryland Daughters of American Revolution Outstanding Teacher of American History for 2013. He was nominated by the Governor William Paca DAR Chapter of Harford County. On March 23 at Hunt Valley Inn, Jahnke was presented...Tags: Hunt Valley, Teaching and Learning, American Revolutionary War (1775-1783), Government, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland)
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In testing-dominated system, real learning comes outside the classroom
It's Teacher Appreciation Week, the standardized testing season has mostly ended in the public schools this year — and what have we learned? Parents have learned that their first-graders are developing test anxiety. Teachers have learned that they...
Tags: Culture, Schools, Teaching and Learning, Mulan (movie), Public Schools
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Howard County band leaders still rock
The spring concert season is in full swing in Howard County high schools, and nowhere is it swinging more than at Wilde Lake and Glenelg high schools, home of two of the most respected, senior and successful band directors in the state. At Wilde Lake,...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Schools, Concerts, Music Industry, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland)
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Alonso's final report card
The reverberations from the departure of Baltimore schools CEO Andrés Alonso will be felt nationally as well as locally. Six years ago, I was a member of the Baltimore school board that hired him. Our risky vision was to try to recruit a game-changer...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Corporate Officers, Michelle Rhee, Arne Duncan
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City schools chief Alonso resigns
Baltimore schools CEO Andrés Alonso tearfully announced his resignation Monday, ending a six-year tenure marked by bold yet often divisive reforms and casting uncertainty on the future of the long-troubled school system. Under Alonso's leadership, city...
Tags: Collective Contract, Teaching and Learning, U.S. Department of Education, Abell Foundation, Customs and Tradition
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Dr. Edward L. "Mac" McDill, Hopkins professor
Edward L. "Mac" McDill, former chairman of the Johns Hopkins University's sociology department who was also the founding director of the Hopkins Center for Social Organization of Schools, died April 25 of prostate cancer at Gilchrist Hospice Care in...
Tags: Culture, Schools, Teaching and Learning, Report Cards, Johns Hopkins University
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Service dog helps Monarch Academy teacher monitor her diabetes
As Monarch Academy music teacher Kenzie Turk talked about the trials of living with Type 1 diabetes, her service dog, Bear, lay nearby, drifting in and out of a deep sleep. Dozing in class isn't usually acceptable at the public charter school in Glen...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students, Action (Movie Genre), Diabetes, Charter Schools
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Principal Addie Kaufman honored by the Washington Post
In my last column, I wrote about Addie Kaufman, the inaugural principal of Reservoir High School and currently the principal of Marriotts Ridge High School, who was selected by the Washington Post as the Distinguished Educator Leader for 2013. I wanted...Tags: Landforms, Teaching and Learning, Schools, Photography, Basketball
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Dr. Paul Lietman
Dr. Paul S. Lietman, a retired Johns Hopkins professor of medicine, pharmacology, molecular sciences and pediatrics, died of congestive heart failure April 20 at his Ruxton home. He was 79. "He was a gifted educator and was beloved by generations of...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Cleveland Clinic, Viral Diseases and Infections, Pediatrics
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