Baltimore’s Privatized Schools May Signal a Trend

BALTIMORE – After six years of analyzing schools turning in unsatisfactory test results and poor attendance records, the Maryland State Department of Education has found 93 schools that could be handed over to private corporations for improvement

School Districts Start Happy Scramble for Kindergarten Space

ANNAPOLIS-A state school board proposal to mandate full-day kindergarten has school districts puzzling over how to provide classrooms for what amounts to a doubling of students for many schools

Democrats Will Use Convention to One-Up GOP on Claim of Inclusiveness

Just as the Republicans did at their national convention, Democrats this week will take the opportunity of the convention to market their party as unified and diverse

Democratic Delegation Strives for Community Cross-Section

ANNAPOLIS – The Maryland delegation to next week’s Democratic National Convention is more diverse than the state as a whole, and considerably more diverse than the delegation that attended the GOP’s convention

Maryland Convention Speakers Shine Spotlight on State

Maryland will be well represented at the Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles, with both the president of the state Senate and the lieutenant governor set for speaking roles next week

Maryland Korean War Vets Honored to be Convention Honor Guard

PHILADELPHIA – Jack Cloman is a registered Democrat, but Thursday night he was one of the stars at the Republican National Convention

Gilchrest Calls Environmental Platform a First Step, But Not Much More

PHILADELPHIA – The “kinder, gentler” platform ratified by the Republican party this week includes an environmental plank that Rep

Longtime Convention Watcher Laments the Loss of Partisanship, Unpredictability

PHILADELPHIA – What would the this week’s GOP convention have been like if Texas Gov

Maryland War Hero Who Led Pledge is a Veteran of Convention Speeches

PHILADELPHIA – Everett Alvarez Jr