Maryland Opens Prepaid College Tuition Fund to D.C. Residents

WASHINGTON – The state has opened the Maryland Prepaid College Trust Fund to residents of Washington, D

Maryland Eyes Outcome of Supreme Court Case on Mandatory Student Fees

WASHINGTON – Colleges should be allowed to collect mandatory student fees, even if some students object to the campus groups that their money is being used to support, the University of Wisconsin argued Tuesday before the Supreme Court

Students, Parents Agree, It’s Not Easy Being Gay in High School

GREENBELT – Dion Brewer has a good idea of what would happen to a homosexual classmate at his Prince George’s County high school

Advocates Say Gay Students are Under Fire, But Statistics Are Hard to Come By

WASHINGTON – When the State Board of Education voted recently to remove sexual orientation from a list of protected groups in school safety regulations, opponents said the change would open the door to more attacks

Maryland Principals Win National Award for Their School Leadership

WASHINGTON – Two Maryland grade school principals who won a national leadership award Friday said good communication between teachers, parents and principals is the secret to a successful school

Two Maryland Schools in Running for New American High School Title

WASHINGTON – Maryland has never before had a finalist in the national competition for a New American High School but this year it has two that appear at first glance to be vastly different

Who Drives Halloween Worries? Could it Be Satan?

WASHINGTON – The backlash against traditional Halloween celebrations in schools became so prevalent that experts even coined a term for it: Satanic panic

Traditional Halloween Festivities Don’t Stand a Ghost of a Chance in Schools

WASHINGTON – Halloween is no longer welcome in some Harford County schools, where pictures of witches, goblins and scarecrows no longer hang from the walls

Maryland Students Lobby Congress Face-to-Face on Teen Violence Issues

WASHINGTON – Congress was just looking for an answer to teen violence

High Court Rejects Appeal of White Man Passed Over for Scores of NIH Jobs

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a white man’s challenge of affirmative action policies at the National Institutes of Health, where he has applied for about one job every month since 1991