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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, Academic Progress, Students, Teachers
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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: Arne Duncan, Booker T. Washington, University of Maryland, College Park, Baptist, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
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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: Baltimore County, Carroll County (Maryland), Renee Foose, Howard County, Robert Frost
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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: Baltimore County, Autism, Graduation, Teaching and Learning, 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: The Happiest News!, Holidays, Teaching and Learning, Howard County, Students
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Burleigh Manor student honored for piano composition
Polly Moser drew inspiration from watching rivers flowing down the mountains during a family hiking trip to California and Nevada. The Burleigh Manor Middle School seventh-grader crafted her first full composition, "The Flow of Water," and entered it...
Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Teaching and Learning, Ellicott City, PTA, Students
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'There's lots that can be done'
In 2008, Paul Tough’s first book, “Whatever It Takes,” told the story of the Harlem Children’s Zone, a massive effort to leverage a pre-birth-through-high-school system of education services to change the trajectory of 10,000...
Tags: New York City, University of Chicago, Poverty, Colleges and Universities, Research
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New report takes teacher attendance in Maryland, nation
An average of 35 percent of Maryland teachers missed 10 or more days of the 2009-2010 school year, according to a new report released by the Center for American Progress, which found that teacher absentee rates across the country are costing the country...Tags: Collective Contract, Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, Students, Civil Rights
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School board approves Race to the Top grant, but teachers union refuses support
The Howard County Board of Education Wednesday approved an application to apply for up to $30 million in grant money, but the application for the federal funds lacks the required support of the teachers' union. By a vote of 5-2, the board approved...Tags: School Examinations, Renee Foose, Teaching and Learning, Hurricane Sandy (2012), Elections
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City school partner program honored at USDE
Elev8 Baltimore, an after-school program that has been working with schools in East Baltimore, was honored Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Education, according to a release. The organization, was one of 24 initiatives named as Together for Tomorrow... -
City to pilot new evaluations for all teachers
All 6,000 Baltimore educators will take part this year in testing a new teacher evaluation system that ties their effectiveness more closely to student performance, school officials announced this week. This system, tested in the city last year for 309...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Academic Progress, Students, Andres Alonso, Teachers
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Organization to promote high school science with a video game
Gaming is hot right now — even in the lab-coat world of science education.
The MdBio Foundation, a private charitable organization for promoting science learning and workforce development, is building an online video game for high school students....Tags: Online Advertising, Agricultural Research and Technology, Gaming Industry, Agriculture, Science Channel (tv network)
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