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Villa Julie to be called Stevenson University
- The Villa Julie College sweatshirt Melissa Betz wore Thursday soon will be vintage.
- The Villa Julie College sweatshirt Melissa Betz wore Thursday soon will be vintage.
First free, public charter Montessori school to open in East Baltimore for 170 students
- Next to boarded row houses, in an abandoned school in East Baltimore, parents paint walls and construction workers tear down blackboards.
- Next to boarded row houses, in an abandoned school in East Baltimore, parents paint walls and construction workers tear down blackboards.
Villa Julie College is now Stevenson University
- After years of speculation about a name change, Villa Julie College will become Stevenson University, the president announced this morning.
The 3-minute interview: John Milauskas
- Towson University’s 175-member marching band has been selected to participate in the 2009 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, one of the most coveted events for marching bands. Ten marching bands — eight representing high schools and two representing universities — were selected from 200 applicants nationwide. More than 3.5 million spectators line the streets of New York City to watch the parade, and another 50 million tune in on television.
Summer means academic slides for many children, study shows
- With school ending this week, thousands of students statewide will spend their summers losing a lot of the reading and math skills they learned.
Baltimore YouthWorks pairs teens with jobs
- Kia Curry filled out several job applications but no one called her for an interview, killing her dreams of saving money for a car.
- Kia Curry filled out several job applications but no one called her for an interview, killing her dreams of saving money for a car.
Schools to reach out to parents in person, online
- In a school system where sometimes only a handful of parents attend PTA meetings, teachers and principals at Baltimore schools say they need more help from parents to stem school violence and keep kids from dropping out.
Fewer suspensions in store for absent Baltimore students
- Baltimore schools will no longer suspend students for playing hooky and focus more on preventing violence under an overhauled discipline code — reforms trumpeted by education advocates as more effective in reducing dropouts.
Maryland freezes in-state tuition for third year at public universities
- For the third consecutive year, tuition will be frozen for in-state undergraduates at Maryland’s 11 public universities.
- For the third consecutive year, tuition will be frozen for in-state undergraduates at Maryland’s 11 public universities.
Maryland university tuition in deep freeze
- Undergraduates in Maryland universities can breathe a sigh of relief after higher-education officials voted to freeze tuition for the upcoming school year.
Educators, parents, students tackle school violence, prevention at summit
- Students can identify three types of teachers: Ones who develop relationships with students, ones who show up for a paycheck and those who are afraid of them.
- Students can identify three types of teachers: Ones who develop relationships with students, ones who show up for a paycheck and those who are afraid of them.
State to convene separate student panel on safety
- This fall, students across Maryland will convene their own school safety summit, the state schools superintendent said Tuesday.
Teachers trying to heal after attacks
- Baltimore teachers viciously beaten by students this school year are attending court hearings, seeing doctors and hoping to return to the classroom this fall.
