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- As additive manufacturing, also known as 3-D printing, becomes more commonly used among manufacturers, Harford Community College faculty and staff members are developing methods of educating students about the process.
- There is no justification for high per-student government subsidies at elite private universities
- Hollifield Station Elementary School students joined Gov. Martin O'Malley Tuesday along the Upper Little Patuxent River in Ellicott City to plant trees, roll out burlap matting and announce $600 million in bay restoration funds over the next six years.
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- 175th anniversary of Baltimore City College, the third largest high school in the nation, highly competitive to get into, a huge feeder school for kids from Roland Park and Mount Washington (No. 1 and 2 in the ranking of where City College kids come from).
- An eighth-grader from Baltimore has won a national youth entrepreneurship contest with her business producing clothing for young dancers. Lily DeBell, 13, a student at Roland Park Elementary Middle School, topped 40 other student entrepreneurs, most of whom were in high school or college, in the National Youth Entrepreneurship Challenge staged by the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship [NFTE].
- Jemicy School 2014 middle-school graduate Chase Andre wins junior division of 2014 Playwright Discovery competition.
- Hammond High School¿s My Global Equality Now Club will hold a walk/rally fundraiser Saturday at Lake Elkhorn in Columbia to raise money for student scholarships and bring awareness to the club¿s activities.
- Although more Maryland students took the SAT in 2014 and average test scores declined statewide, Howard County saw an increase in the average test score along with an increase in the number of students taking the assessment measuring college preparedness.
- It is legally and morally wrong for the learning potential of students with disabilities to be underestimated. Policymakers and educators must understand this tragedy and rise to the challenge.
- As more students took the SAT in Maryland last year, scores on the college readiness exam dropped significantly, falling far below the national average for the first time in years.
- Rachel Zuckerman, of Timonium, a geology student at Oberlin College, spent 15 days on St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, this summer to study a coral reef, which she will write about for her senior thesis.
- The University of Baltimore said Wednesday that it will continue admitting freshman students, opting against scrapping the class altogether in favor of strengthening its first-year program.
- Five Carroll County residents have been awarded scholarships from the Shepherd University Foundation in West Virginia
- 2 local Bridgewater College students named recipients of the John W. and Lurene M. Durna Endowed Scholarship
- Several members of the Misericordia University Honors Program recently participated in a Day of Service at the Dorothy Day Catholic Worker Farm in Harveys Lake, Pennsylvania.
- The Maryland Education Credit, which was not brought to a vote last year, would attract critical financial assistance for lower- and middle-income Pre-K to 12th grade students at both public and nonpublic schools by awarding up to $15 million in education tax credits for business donations that help students pay for tutoring, tuition, supplies, transportation and special needs services.
- When discussing the CyberSecurity Networking Academy offered by Howard County schools, students enrolled in the program describe it as more like a work environment than a school environment.
- If every first grader learned to read — to read well — I believe we would see many more successful students — on all levels, as well as many more successful people as a whole.
- Students from the Carroll County area were among Virginia Tech students honored at the university's spring commencement ceremony in Lane Stadium.
- More than 6,600 Maryland students, teachers and chaperones – including about 200 from Ebb Valley Elementary – donned red, white and blue ponchos Sept. 9 as part of the largest 15 stars and 15 stripes Star-Spangled Banner Living Flag ever assembled at Fort McHenry National Monument and Historical Shrine in Baltimore.
- The University of Maryland University College (UMUC) is in crisis with declining student numbers. Unfortunately, UMUC's long term response to this challenge has led the institution to weaken its educational standards and imitate for-profit rivals.
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- The Academy of Finance offers students an opportunity to explore real life scenarios such as this to gain a better understanding for their personal financial future and possibly a career in the field.
- Students are turning to two-year schools to help meet their education goals
- Two Glenelg High School students came to school Wednesday with Confederate flags draped over their shoulders, Howard County schools spokeswoman Rebecca Amani-Dove confirmed.
- Better attendance is one of the yields provided by financial literacy instruction
- Jasmine White was accepted to Morgan State University, her dream college, almost 10 years ago. But the New Yorker discovered she could not afford the out-of-state tuition.
- For students to succeed in school, they have to be in school. And not enough of Baltimore City students are attending school as much as they should. Last year, nearly one in four of Baltimore's 85,000 students were classified as chronically absent, having missed 20 or more days of school per year.
- Noting that student loan debt in the U.S. has ballooned to roughly $1 trillion, Sens. Barbara A. Mikulski and Ben Cardin spoke with students at Bowie State University on Thursday to draw attention to a proposal Democrats will push next week to allow borrowers to refinance their student loans.
- If your grades and SAT scores are less than stellar, you might still have a shot at getting into Goucher College with a two-minute video.
- The case involving an Anne Arundel County elementary school student suspended last year after nibbling a pastry into the shape of a gun went before the county school board Wednesday, the latest attempt in the boy's parents to have the incident removed from his record.
- Carroll Community College announces August graduates
- The Carroll County Democratic Club presented a $500 scholarship to Sadie Allgeier at a ceremony June 4 at Maggie's restaurant.
- Redshirt freshman Taivon Jacobs, one of the players expected to help replace his brother at wide receiver, suffered a meniscus injury while battling for a pass early in the first quarter.
- Financial aid professionals shared a few tips to help guide students and their families through the tumultuous waters of their investment in education.
- For Baltimore County Board of Education member-at-large George Moniodis, ensuring the success of the public education system is a continuous effort.
- On Monday morning, summer was over for more than 26,000 students across Carroll County. Students grabbed their notebooks and bookbags and headed to schools across the district to resume classes.
- Sarah Harshbarger, of Woodbine, was inducted into the Alpha Lambda Delta honor society for first-year students at Susquehanna University.
- Using the foundation already in place, Baltimore City needs to build a robust school system that rests on three pillars of excellence: student achievement, effective and efficient operations, and family and community engagement. This work has already begun, and much has been accomplished; yet much work remains for all of us.