English Classes Reflect the Changing Face of Immigration

PIKESVILLE – When Louizze Tabada came to the United States with her family from the Philippines at age 10, she spoke little English and limited herself in class to asking permission to go to the bathroom or borrow a pencil

^Role Models for Boomers: Retirees Volunteer in Baltimore Schools

BALTIMORE – The children in Jessica Wides’ first-grade class at Waverly Elementary School are a handful

Kindergarten Students Better Prepared, But Many Still Lag

BALTIMORE- Though Maryland kindergartners are better prepared to start elementary school than in previous years, a significant number still lag behind, a study presented by the state department of education said Tuesday

^The Changing Face of African Art on View at Baltimore Museum

BALTIMORE – African art goes beyond the traditional mask

Proposed Constitutional Amendment Would Ban Same-Sex Education, Gay Marriage

ANNAPOLIS – Hanna Christianson is a 16-year-old student at Wilde Lake High School in Columbia

^Development Pressures Forest Industry and Family Legacy

ANNAPOLIS – Forestry is in Kirk Rodgers’ blood

Notre Dame Gains Approval for New Pharmacy Program

ANNAPOLIS – The College of Notre Dame of Maryland is set to become the first women’s college in the nation to establish a school of pharmacy

‘Green Fund’ Would Generate $125 Million for Bay

ANNAPOLIS – The Chesapeake Bay is the heart of the state and when the heart is sick, so is the rest of the state, Delegate Maggie McIntosh, D-Baltimore, told a House committee Wednesday in support of a bill that would generate $125 million to help restore the bay

Bill Wants to Keep Baby Boomers Active

ANNAPOLIS – Instead of becoming a couch potato, get out and work

^To Bring the Music Back, Catholic School Turns to BSO

BALTIMORE – Upbeat rhythms and jazzy drums from 1920s composer James P