WASHINGTON – Capt
Memorializing Harriet Tubman’s Railroad Is 100-year Path
CAMBRIDGE – Acres of farms and marshy wetlands dominate the landscape of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, little changed from when Harriet Tubman was born and enslaved there for the 30 years before her escape
Report: Maryland Schools Should Tap Foreign Language ‘Assets’
WASHINGTON – Maryland is home to the nation’s third-highest percentage of foreign-born college graduates and should capitalize on the diversity of language abilities, according to a 2009 report of the Preservation of Heritage Language Skills Task Force
Grape Vines Bind Family to Dorchester County Farm
VIENNA – It may seem like a Dorchester County Council Feb
Regents Approve Textbook Policy Designed to Save Student Cash
TOWSON – The University System of Maryland Board of Regents approved a textbook policy Friday designed to cut student costs by allowing them to shop around
New Jobless Numbers Fuel O’Malley Argument for Senate Stimulus OK
WASHINGTON – Maryland Gov
Paint Branch High Posts Nation’s Best AP History Scores Among Black Students
BURTONSVILLE – “Teachers” were the key to Paint Branch High School’s national ranking in advanced placement tests, their students said Wednesday, shortly after the College Board released results
Libraries Read Positive Signs in Postponement of Children’s Book Lead Testing
WASHINGTON – The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Friday that it will postpone lead testing requirements that would have put libraries at risk of liability lawsuits for loaning children’s books
Lead May Close Book on Library Children’s Rooms in Md.
WASHINGTON – Libraries may consider banning children instead of books in response to the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act’s required lead testing, an option Garrett County librarian Cathy Ashby doesn’t want to consider