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Baltimore County teachers continue to contact The Baltimore Sun, upset about a requirement by the school district that they use a new detailed progress reporting system called AIM (or Articulated Instruction Module)...
Because we are about to enter a new year, I thought I would leave this good news item for everyone. Advocates for Children and Youth has just analyzed the recently released data on school suspensions and for a change, there's been a reduction....
As we say in today's paper, most school systems decided not to have their students come back for one day before winter break. Baltimore and Harford were the exceptions. Scho...
We've gotten a number of e-mails from Baltimore County teachers in the past several days who are very upset about a communication they received Friday telling them they must implement a new program called AIM, or Articulated Instruction Module, which includes a detailed progress-reporting system....
Maryland added 307 new board-certified teachers to its ranks this year, a 22 percent increase from last year...
The Fordham Foundation has once again provided a provocative report, this time on tracking in Massachusetts middle schools.Tom Loveless, the researcher, looked at achievement in the middle schools and found that the schools that had more tracking had a higher percentage of high-level math students...
Grasmick's proposed policy shifts announced yesterday attempt to align Maryland with other progressive states that are trying to put more emphasis on teacher effectiveness....
Baltimore's school board approved the opening of a new charter school at its meeting last night, despite comments by the public questioning whether there should be a limit to the number of charters allowed in the city. ...
Baltimore's scores on a NAEP math test were better than many educators might have expected. For the first time, Baltimore volunteered to be one of 18 cities where the NAEP is given to a large sample of students so that results can be compared to other districts. I...
The Center for Educaton Reform released a study this morning that gives Maryland a D for its charter school law....
The Center for Public Integrity released a major report this week on sexual assaults on college campuses around the nation, saying that one in five women will be the victims of rape or attempted rape by the time she graduates. B...
My colleague, Childs Walker, writes today about the push by the University of Maryland system to require all its entering freshmen to have had four years of high school math. The move would, of course, eventually encourage the state to make four years of math a high school graduation requirement. ...
In a recent post on his blog, Washington Post education writer Jay Mathews writes about the lack of research papers in high school these days. ...
Today, we report about the sad death of a River Hill High School football player over the weekend. The driver of the vehicle was a River Hill graduate and former football player. He is now facing charges of vehicular manslaughter and drunken driving....
Before everyone in schools heads off for a much-needed Thanksgiving break, here's some thoughts from Glenda Cornish, a CollegeBound scholar, who can remind everyone why they can be grateful for those who work with young people...
