ANNAPOLIS – Maryland’s overall student-teacher ratio has improved significantly over the last 10 years, but the state still hovers in the middle of the pack when ranked against other states during that period, according to U
Growth in Foreign-Speaking Students Outstrips Growth in Teachers to Teach Them
ANNAPOLIS – While the number of students with limited English proficiency is growing rapidly in Maryland schools, the number of teachers trained to work with them remains disproportionately small
Appeals Court Hears Arguments Over Huge Allegany County Development
ANNAPOLIS – Not even Maryland’s most rural areas will be safe from urban sprawl if a 4,300-unit housing development is approved in Allegany County, opponents told the Maryland Court of Appeals on Thursday
It’s Just Lunch: O’Malley, Olmert Meet in Annapolis as ‘Old Acquaintances’
ANNAPOLIS – Historians can recall few Maryland governors who met one-on-one with foreign heads of state who were here on official business — and none who met as “old acquaintances
^Veto Override Gives Police Agencies a New Weapon in Their Budget Arsenals
ANNAPOLIS – While the just-ended General Assembly special session focused on bills to collect or cut hundreds of millions of dollars, Mike Canning was most focused on a measure that had about a $350 price tag
^Teachers, Schools, Counties Worry Over Cuts in State School Aid
ANNAPOLIS – The General Assembly’s decision to reduce expected aid to local school districts by $152 million in the next fiscal year has teachers and county officials worried that they are in for “a difficult time over the next two years
House Cuts $500 Million from Budget, After OK’ing Higher Taxes Over Weekend
ANNAPOLIS – The House of Delegates voted mostly along party lines Tuesday to cut $500 million from next year’s budget, freezing aid to local school systems and eliminating 750 vacant state jobs, among other cuts
^Push for Greater Budget Openness Unlikely to Survive Budget Special Session
ANNAPOLIS – While lawmakers busy themselves with tax and spending bills that involve hundreds of millions of dollars, one little-noticed proposal aims to help citizens better track government spending
Tattoo Artists, Home Designers Say Sales Tax Proposal is Picking on Them
ANNAPOLIS – An unlikely alliance of tattoo artists and interior designers testified Saturday against a proposal to extend the sales tax to their services, one of dozens of revenue-generating bills heard by a House committee
Lawmakers Eye, Counties Attack Suggestion to Share Teacher Pension Costs
ANNAPOLIS – Not all the measures being considered by lawmakers would raise taxes to close the state’s looming budget deficit — some would cut spending