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Baltimore is one of five U.S. cities that's teaming up with Starbucks to host town hall-style gatherings at neighborhood coffee shops in the hope of hashing out solutions to community problems

Industry growth and a tide of employee retirements in Baltimore's transportation sector will create or leave open thousands of jobs by 2020, but local job seekers aren't prepared to fill them, according to a study released Monday by the Opportunity Collaborative.

We need to build on it to establish a true and equitable apprenticeship system in the United States. An apprenticeship system spanning business sectors would create more direct, intentional paths between job seekers and well-paying jobs.

The 25th edition of the Annie E. Casey Foundation's data book points to successes in improving child welfare but also warnings about the broader context in which they live.

The GED diploma, A+ certification program in information technology at Carroll Community College, which allows students to receive a GED diploma and industry-based certification simultaneously, graduated its first class Thursday.

While Maryland's Department of Human Resources, certain advocates, and a clot of consultants and evaluators celebrate the state's move to an Alternative Response system of handling child abuse cases, they are missing — or worse, disregarding — simple documented truths that should shake any reasonable person's confidence.

Baltimore is changing the way it handles cases of alleged child abuse and neglect — part of a broad social-services strategy that has been touted by Maryland officials but abandoned in some other states.

We welcome Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's Anchor strategy initiative, to be announced Wednesday. It includes partnership agreements between major Baltimore higher education and medical institutions and the city government to advance economic development in various communities through increased cooperation relating to the four priority areas of public safety, local hiring, local purchasing, and quality of life issues that affect us all. . It is everyone's responsibility to actively and

How can Baltimoreans "strive for environmental justice for all citizens, particularly in the face of climate change?" That's one of the central questions to be tackled Thursday evening at a forum put on by the Friends of Maryland's Olmsted Parks & Landscapes.

Philanthropic groups, including the Baltimore-based Annie E. Casey Foundation, will collectively spend $200 million on programs intended to help young black and Hispanic men as part of an initiative President Barack Obama will announce at the White House on Thursday.

Imagine a Baltimore where key figures such as Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake and Secretary of the Department of Juvenile Services Sam Abed made it their resolution in this new year to think more creatively about community peace-building initiatives, starting with a significant increase in funding for youth development programs. Such a resolution would be a proactive investment in the social capital of our city's youth, an untapped asset that would bring boundless returns.

When demolition begins next week on several blocks of rowhomes, it will mark the start of a new phase for the nonprofit created by the city and others to redevelop 88 acres in East Baltimore just north of the Johns Hopkins University medical campus.

Mayor's food stamp subsidy acknowledges the stake Baltimore has in ensuring the nutritional needs of children from low-income families are met

Maryland must require bidders for Red and Purple line contracts to incorporate plans for local job creation and retention if it wants to maximize the impact of its transit investments.

Alternative Directions is a nonprofit that provides assistanace to incarcerated adults and their families.

Fears that wholesale closures at Baltimore recreation centers would leave city children and teens without constructive outlets over summer months, for the most part, haven't come to pass. The city did close nearly 20 centers, but most of them are now run by private operators

Maryland, which has seen improvements in childhood education and health in recent years, ranks No. 10 in the country for overall child well-being, according to a report released today by the Baltimore-based Annie E. Casey Foundation.

Upbeat terms like 'choice' and 'accountability' mask failed school reform policies

When the heart says Baltimore and the head says D.C., follow the heart.

A recent report suggests the Department of Juvenile Services is making progress toward reducing overcrowding and violence in the state's youth detention facilities

The rate of youth confinement in Maryland declined by nearly half over a 13-year period, outpacing the national average amid a "sea change" in the approach toward dealing with young people who break the law, according to a report released by a national youth advocacy group.

Unemployment among those ages 16-24 is highest since World War II.

Fewer Maryland children are living in high-poverty neighborhoods than a decade ago, but the lingering economic slump has left more parents without a steady paycheck.

About 30 foster children in Baltimore stand to lose their social workers — for some the one constant in lives prone to turmoil — as the Annie E. Casey Foundation begins a new mission to extend its reach.

A survey by the Innovation Alliance found that a vast majority of participants in Baltimore's technology community are interested in a "hub" – akin to similar spaces in New York City and San Diego — that could be used for meetings, conferences and continuous education and networking for entrepreneurs.

The Annie E. Casey Foundation and other Baltimore institutions are organizing to help accelerate the growth of good-paying jobs and make sure more residents are qualified to land them, building on the recommendations of a new study that envisions the region's "next economy."

The Annie E. Casey Foundation and other Baltimore institutions are organizing to help accelerate the growth of good-paying jobs and make sure more residents are qualified to land them, building on the recommendations of a new study that envisions the region's "next economy."

A new report calls on the Baltimore region to rethink economic development, pointing to a worrying trend: a mounting share of low-wage jobs shutting more and more residents out of the middle class

The Horizon Foundation, Howard County's largest philanthropic organization, has hired a new president and chief executive officer to replace founder…

Maryland Corporate Council to focus on gay, lesbian business executives, professionals

Baltimore gets a road map to deal with decades-long HIV scourge

The state must find more cost-effective ways to boost student performance

Jarrettsville Elementary School, Patterson Mill Middle School and Patterson Mill High School are the recipients of the Harford County Public Library (HCPL) 2011 Summer Reading Trophies. The trophies were awarded to the elementary, middle and high school with the highest percentage of students who completed the One World, Many Stories Summer Reading Program.

A new report confirms that plans for a 230-bed juvenile jail in downtown Baltimore should be scaled back; other ideas in the report for further reducing the number of teens held in an adult facility while waiting for trial should also be considered.