EPA awards $173,000 to Md. Coastal Bays program

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: July 30, 2012
Tags: chesapeake bay, coastal bays, environmental protection agency, EPA, federal funds, Ocean City

OCEAN CITY — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says it is giving $173,400 to the Maryland Coastal Bays Program for students on the Eastern Shore to pursue environmental careers. The funds are for educational, research, and career-related activities focusing on green infrastructure. That includes marine and science programs, internships and environmental stewardship programs. The EPA [...]

Despite ‘Race to the Top’ delays, Md. on track

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: January 10, 2012
Tags: competition, department of education, Education, federal funds, maryland, race to the top, students, teaching

Federal education officials say some Maryland “Race to the Top” programs were delayed by hiring troubles in the first year of the initiative, but the state is “well-positioned” for a second year and beyond. Maryland was awarded $250 million in 2010 after a competition for the federal funds. At least half of that money must [...]

Jeanne Allen: Maryland lags in support of charter schools

BY: Jeanne Allen
POSTED: November 28, 2011
Tags: charter schools, crossway community, Education, federal funds, maryland, maryland schools, montessori charter school, Montgomery County, performance, proficiency, school districts, the nation's report card

Maryland’s leaders boasts that the state’s education system is No. 1, a subjective assessment made by a news magazine based on factors entirely unrelated to student outcomes, such as money spent and teacher education. But The Nation’s Report Card this month revealed that average proficiency is only 50 percent in math and reading — hardly [...]

Former Charles Co. school official charged with theft

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: April 3, 2011
Tags: audit, charged, charles county, federal aid, federal funds, iPad, iPod, low-income students, maryland, Rhayda Barnes-Thomas, school official, theft, U.S. Department of Education, wii

WASHINGTON — A former school official in Maryland who had oversight of her district’s federal funds for low-income students is accused of using tens of thousands of dollars to buy computers, video game consoles and other electronics for herself and family members, according to federal prosecutors. Rhayda Barnes-Thomas, who worked in the Charles County school [...]

Poverty in 4 Md. school systems above average

BY: Capital News Service
POSTED: December 14, 2010
Tags: allegany county, Baltimore County, census data, department of education, dorchester, federal funds, Howard County, maryland, maryland public schools, No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, poverty, somerset county

More than one in four school-aged children in Somerset County and Baltimore City school districts live in poverty, the highest rates in the state, according to recently released census data. In these two school districts, plus those in Dorchester and Allegany counties, the percentage of students in poverty exceeds the country’s 17.9 percent average, according [...]