Published Online: April 15, 2012
Published in Print: April 18, 2012, as Turnaround Momentum Still Fragile
Seventh grader Jasmine Dukes, center, waits in line with classmates at Friendship Preparatory Academy in Baltimore. The school used federal Sc…
Continue Reading →COMMENTARY | Days after the winning lottery combination was announced, there was controversy over the identity of the winner of the Mega Millions ticket in Maryland. Single mother and McDonald’s employee Mirlande Wilson purportedly won the $218.6 milli…
Continue Reading →The winners of the Maryland Lottery’s Mega Millions have finally come forward — and none of them is a McDonald’s employee. Stephen Martino, the director of the state’s lottery, said this morning that three friends who worked in the public educa…
Continue Reading →Two public school teachers and a school administrator are sharing the spoils of last month’s record Mega Millions jackpot, planning trips to Europe, new homes and a daughter’s college education, Maryland Lottery officials said Tuesday.
Continue Reading →BALTIMORE – Lottery officials in the state of Maryland say three public school employees are sharing the spoils of the record Mega Millions jackpot.
Continue Reading →Gary Parkes, president of the PTA at Carmel Elementary School, stands in an empty classroom in Woodstock, Ga. Parkes said he and many other parents in the local organization would like to sever ties with the National PTA and become an independent par…
Continue Reading →SYKESVILLE, Md. (AP) — When the young students at Ava Wanas Montessori School in Sykesville were recently learning about Mexico, the school’s administration thought making egg burritos and quesadillas would be a fun way to bring the lesson to life…
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The last straw for 17-year-old Alton Burke was a note left on his door. The high school dropout picked up the phone and re-enrolled at South Hagerstown High.
Burke missed roughly 200 days of class, but Heather Dixon, the student inte…
In awarding Florida a waiver under the No Child Left Behind Act, the U.S. Department of Education gave the state’s school districts freedom from having to set aside 20 percent of Title I funds for tutoring and choice in low-performing schools.
But wh…
Lawmakers applaud Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal as he addresses the state legislature at the opening session in Baton Rouge. The Republican governor is pushing for changes to teacher tenure, expansions to charter schools, and school voucher programs, a…
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