Montgomery County Limits School Health Data Collection

WASHINGTON – Montgomery County invested $60,383 in 2001 in a Health Room Reporting System capable of logging every visit for every student in school health rooms across the county

Maryland Regents Unanimously Back Tuition Freeze

TOWSON – The University System of Maryland Board of Regents voted in a special session Thursday to continue a tuition freeze for undergraduate in-state students

Maryland Tries to Stay on Top of Teacher Shortage Trends

WASHINGTON – Maryland is prepared for the twin education trends of an aging teaching force and young teachers giving up the profession early, according to data from the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future

Ed Secretary Touts School Principles

CAPITOL HEIGHTS – Secretary of Education Arne Duncan selected an unassuming but award-winning school in Capitol Heights to emphasize ideas over dollars in announcing the first release of $44 billion in stimulus education funds Wednesday

Maryland Exemplifies Integrated Childhood Education

WASHINGTON – Maryland is a model of integrating early child learning programs and traditional schooling, Maryland State Board of Education member Karabelle Pizzigati told a national education conference on Tuesday

Congressional Gold Medal Proposed for WASP Corps

COLLEGE PARK – Florence Marston doesn’t really want recognition for what she did as a Women Airforce Service Pilot

Advocacy Groups Urge Maryland Ban on Flame-retardant Chemical

BALTIMORE – Advocacy groups gathered Thursday at a day care center to support a proposed statewide ban on a chemical flame-retardant, even though scientists disagree on the safest course for handling the product

Report Finds Contaminants in Baby Products

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Community Colleges Stretch Pell Grant Value

HAGERSTOWN – A change in Pell Grant funding pending in the Senate could ease the tuition burden for all college students, but for those in community colleges the dollars will make even more of a difference