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Bits & Pieces: Howard has been out in front on issue of including disabled students in sports
The ruling by the U.S. Department of Education last week that mandates that all schools must include students with disabilities in sports programs or provide alternative options did not cause much concern here in Howard County, or the state of Maryland...Tags: Tennessee Titans, Teaching and Learning, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Students, Judges
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Anne Arundel students use technology to travel to 1700s' London Town
Elementary school students in some Anne Arundel County public schools are learning how good they've got it — in other words, how many wake up in comfy beds to a ready-made breakfast, instead of beginning their day with daunting physical chores or,...Tags: Social Sciences, Teaching and Learning, Elementary Schools, Teachers, Students
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Baltimore city, county finalists in federal competition
The Baltimore City and Baltimore County school districts have been named among 61 finalists nationwide to vie for millions in federal grants under the new Race to the Top program, the U.S. Dept. of Education announced Monday. The two school systems...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Baltimore County, Students, Arne Duncan, Academic Progress
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Hope, cynicism run high for second Obama term
— Four years after he rode into the White House on a message of change, President Barack Obama is set to begin his second term Monday amid lowered expectations and a sense that his re-election has done little to alter the nation's fractured...
Tags: Ronald Reagan, Gun Control, U.S. Postal Service, Interior Policy, Parties and Movements
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Baltimore City and County named finalists for new Race to the Top grants
The Baltimore City and Baltimore County school districts have been named among 61 finalists nationwide to vie for millions in federal grants under the new Race to the Top program, the U.S. Dept. of Education announced Monday. The two school systems...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Baltimore County, Students, Arne Duncan
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Md. schools aren't doing enough about bullying
Courtney Watson's commentary regarding cyberbullying ("Cyberbullying requires a stronger response," Jan. 3) makes some excellent points about the intense need to develop mechanisms to address the dramatically increasing problem of cyberbullying. However,...Tags: Conservation, Teaching and Learning, Students, University of Maryland, College Park, Health and Safety at School
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State unveils new school accountability system
The Maryland State Department of Education unveiled Monday a new way of assessing accountability of each school in Maryland under the waiver that it received from the federal No Child Left Behind act. The new measure, the School Progress Index, aims to...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Students
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Amid state's RTTT amendments, USDE expresses concerns
The Maryland State Department of Education has made a new round of revisions to its plans under the federal Race to the Top program to tie student achievement to educator effectiveness, but the U.S. Department of Education has expressed concern about...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Teachers, Students, Academic Progress
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'Promise Heights' project in West Baltimore receives $500,000 grant
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded nearly $500,000 for activists to offer West Baltimore children holistic services from "cradle to college to career," under the White House Neighborhood Revitalization Initiative. The Promise Neighborhoods...
Tags: Financial Aid, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Colleges and Universities, Baptist, University of Maryland, College Park
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Six schools earn state Blue Ribbon honors
Four Baltimore-area schools are among the six that have earned state Blue Ribbon honors, Maryland Department of Education officials said on Thursday. Baltimore County's Chadwick Elementary in the Woodlawn area and Charlesmont Elementary in Dundalk were...Tags: Annapolis, Teaching and Learning, Robert Frost, Baltimore County, Montgomery County (Maryland)
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Nonpublic special education school graduates outpace their peers in public settings
While most children see dream jobs, spouses and freedom in their futures, Brian Bailey saw only death. The autistic boy, who stopped speaking at 18 months, grew up with anxiety about getting older, and his rocky educational track record early on didn't...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Autism, Graduation, Baltimore County, Students
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Archbishop celebrates Blue Ribbon honor at St. Augustine
Archbishop of Baltimore William Lori joined students, staff and parents at Elkridge's St. Augustine School Friday to celebrate the Mass of Thanksgiving and their achievement of being named a 2012 National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of...
Tags: Holidays, Thanksgiving, Teaching and Learning, Howard County, The Happiest News!
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