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Except for a delay in a new teacher evaluation program, Maryland has made a strong start toward achieving the ambitious school reform goals that won the state a coveted $250 million grant, federal officials said Monday.

In 2012, education reformers should focus on revamping No Child Left Behind, attracting and retaining quality teachers, and addressing the growing income gap.

Three Baltimore schools have extended their school day by three hours, using a national program that has boosted achievement in other urban districts and has been hailed as a way to make American students competitive in the 21st century.

Nine states including Maryland will share $500 million in grant money won in a high-profile competition intended to jump-start improvements in often-overlooked early childhood programs.

Howard County: Education Secretary Visits Wilde Lake High

Baltimore schools CEO Andrés Alonso said Friday that he plans to close more than a dozen schools over the next two years in an effort to address underused and dilapidated buildings.

Maryland could do a lot better job making sure the millions spent on private tutoring groups that help students at Baltimore's worst-performing schools are held accountable for results

Despite the Obama administration's reforms, education won't save every child from the effects of poverty

It didn't matter whether they worked at a small city elementary school or a large, suburban middle school. Educators said the lifting of the increasingly difficult targets of No Child Left Behind would mean less pressure and a greater freedom to be creative in their classes.

The No Child Left Behind law is obviously flawed, and given the dysfunction in Congress, President Obama's plan to offer waivers to states that, like Maryland, have embraced strong school reform measures is the most sensible solution

Ten Maryland schools have received a National Blue Ribbon designation, the U.S. Department of Education announced Thursday, an award bestowed on the highest performing schools in the nation with extraordinary success in closing the achievement gap.

Lime Kiln Middle School was named a 2011 National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence, the only school in the Howard Public School System to achieve that honor.

Gov. Martin O'Malley is planning to lead a trade mission to India, he said Tuesday, in what would be his second international trip this year.

With a growing number of states rebelling against the No Child Left Behind law and stalled efforts in Congress to reform it, the Obama administration says it will grant waivers to liberate states from a law that it considers dysfunctional.

A recent study makes clear the cost of excessive suspensions to the future of our children; Maryland needs to become a leader in reducing punishment that keeps kids out of school.

The No child Left Behind Act must be replaced by a more rational and balanced approach to measuring educational progress

About nine out of 10 Baltimore elementary and middle schools fell short of academic targets on state assessments this year, signaling a trend that education officials across the country say will unfairly label an exorbitant number of American schools failures in the next three years.

Across the country, teachers and other staff members have been accused of sharing test questions in advance with students, watching over their shoulders as they take tests to point out wrong answers and correcting their mistakes, all to inflate scores and satisfy federal and state mandates.

Widespread cheating on state assessment tests has been uncovered at two Baltimore city elementary schools, state and district officials plan to announce Thursday.