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More schools reach progress targets
- Nearly 84 percent of elementary and middle schools in Maryland this year avoided harsh consequences by reaching rising reading and math standards mandated by the No Child Left Behind law, according to data released Thursday.
Few ACT test-takers ready for college, statistics say
- Maryland students' test scores on the ACT college entrance exam are better than the national average, but only 29 percent of those high school graduates are prepared for college, according to data released Wednesday.
High school exams need more research
- Maryland did not have enough research before it decided to begin withholding diplomas from high school seniors who fail exit exams next year, according to a study released Wednesday.
City anticipates extra teachers
- Schools are usually searching in the final days of summer break to fill their last vacant teaching positions. This year, every county in the Baltimore area is again in that position.
- Schools are usually searching in the final days of summer break to fill their last vacant teaching positions. This year, every county in the Baltimore area is again in that position.
UMBC expands free speech rules due to anti-abortion protesters
- Anti-abortion students have forced the University of Maryland Baltimore County to loosen its guidelines on demonstrations after university officials pressured them multiple times to move their posters of bloody fetuses.
State Superintendent Grasmick heading to Kazakhstan
- State Schools Superintendent Nancy Grasmick this week will be in Kazakhstan, joining civic officials from that country, India and the United States in an exchange program to help students embrace democracy.
Farmers markets go virtual
- Farmers markets — quintessential old-fashioned, community events — are going virtual to attract more buyers.
Carroll County leaders vote against police referendum
- A 10-month saga that pitted Carroll County’s sheriff against its government and drew attention throughout Maryland concluded Thursday, when commissioners voted against letting residents decide the county’s primary police agency.
Cummings urges grads to continue their success
- When Crystal Easter’s younger sister, Andrea Easter, got asthma attacks last year, her mother didn’t know how to help her.
Residents renew effort to stop violence in Edgewood
- The family of one of the latest violence victims in Edgewood has become the rallying point for residents’ renewed fight against gangs and crime.
Feds scrutinize racial equality in colleges
- Federal education officials are visiting Maryland’s colleges and universities this week to determine if after more than 50 years the state has removed from schools the lasting effects of segregation.
Johns Hopkins students’ invention improves safety for BGE workers
- Slip ups can prove fatal for Baltimore Gas and Electric Co. workers.
Teach for America expands with Baltimore City grants
- When the basketball program ended for Derek Davidson’s class, his students lost their reason to attend school.
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