WASHINGTON – Montgomery County invested $60,383 in 2001 in a Health Room Reporting System capable of logging every visit for every student in school health rooms across the county
Maryland Regents Unanimously Back Tuition Freeze
TOWSON – The University System of Maryland Board of Regents voted in a special session Thursday to continue a tuition freeze for undergraduate in-state students
Maryland Tries to Stay on Top of Teacher Shortage Trends
WASHINGTON – Maryland is prepared for the twin education trends of an aging teaching force and young teachers giving up the profession early, according to data from the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future
Ed Secretary Touts School Principles
CAPITOL HEIGHTS – Secretary of Education Arne Duncan selected an unassuming but award-winning school in Capitol Heights to emphasize ideas over dollars in announcing the first release of $44 billion in stimulus education funds Wednesday
Maryland Exemplifies Integrated Childhood Education
WASHINGTON – Maryland is a model of integrating early child learning programs and traditional schooling, Maryland State Board of Education member Karabelle Pizzigati told a national education conference on Tuesday
Congressional Gold Medal Proposed for WASP Corps
COLLEGE PARK – Florence Marston doesn’t really want recognition for what she did as a Women Airforce Service Pilot
Advocacy Groups Urge Maryland Ban on Flame-retardant Chemical
BALTIMORE – Advocacy groups gathered Thursday at a day care center to support a proposed statewide ban on a chemical flame-retardant, even though scientists disagree on the safest course for handling the product
Community Colleges Stretch Pell Grant Value
HAGERSTOWN – A change in Pell Grant funding pending in the Senate could ease the tuition burden for all college students, but for those in community colleges the dollars will make even more of a difference