Teaching Life Lessons Through Chess

Kids and volunteers at the Columbia Association Youth and Teen Center share a bond and learn some lessons through a classically strategic game.

PARCC results to serve as new baseline, will allow individual and itemized assessment

PARCC testing results come out later this month and the state Department of Education says the results will serve as a new baseline for student assessment.

New State Education Standards Discussed at Hearing

SPRINGDALE — The Maryland State Board of Education discussed the new curriculum framework with parents Tuesday at a public forum.

Maryland schools test evaluating teachers on student performance

Maryland schools are moving closer to overhauling the way that they evaluate teachers by putting more emphasis on student performance and test scores.

Educators Use Sept. 11 Attacks as Teachable Moment

Before he showed a video Friday of smoke billowing from the World Trade Center, high school teacher Keith Adams asked his students to write down an answer to this question: “What would you do in the last hour of your life?”