After their forced eviction from McKeldin Square in December, the Occupy Baltimore movement is focusing on specific issues in the city, such as foreclosures and corporate power.
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Maryland Education Funding Divides State and County Leaders
Cash-strapped Maryland county leaders say they can’t afford to pay their share of rising costs for schools and are asking the state to back off of a requirement to match state education funding dollar-for-dollar.
Program Brings iPads to Prince George’s Classrooms
Instead of solving math problems with pencil and paper in Christina Jerome’s 8th grade classroom at Charles Carroll Middle School, students add and subtract with a simple swipe of a finger.
Maryland Starts Search for New State Superintendent
The state of Maryland hired an outside firm to conduct public forums throughout November to aid in the search for a new state superintendent.
Journalism Colleges Should Emulate Teaching Hospitals, Study Says
Media companies, struggling in a time of economic uncertainty, are increasingly relying on students to plug information gaps for the public, according to a new report released Friday at Journalism Interactive.
Kids Tell Board of Public Works that No AC Makes School Difficult
A group of Baltimore County parents asked the Board of Public Works on Wednesday to deny Baltimore County’s $7 million request for school construction spending, a proposal that included a locker room renovation and stage lighting replacement project, but not the installation of a single air conditioning unit.
Children and Members of Congress Work to Break Reading Record
Local schoolchildren joined together with members of Congress Thursday in Washington, D.C., to help break the world reading record.
Maryland Student Loan Defaults Increase
The percentage of borrowers in the state that defaulted on their federal student loans within the first two years of repayment rose from 6.7 percent in 2008 to 7.8 percent in 2009.
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?”