Prince George’s Co. searches for new schools chief

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: November 23, 2012
Tags: Education, Prince George's County, prince george's county news, public school, school, superintendent, william hite

UPPER MARLBORO — The Prince George’s County school board is beginning its search for a new superintendent as the school system contends with a void in leadership following Superintendent William Hite’s departure. A consulting company hired to identify and screen candidates has met with community stakeholders to discuss the type of superintendent they want. The [...]

Maryland Moment – That’s my line

BY: Maximilian Franz
POSTED: October 18, 2012
Tags: maryland moment, Photo of the Day, school, The Daily Record

Do you like taking photos? The Daily Record wants your photos for print and online. Send us your Maryland Moment. Check out a slideshow of our past Photos of the Day from The Daily Record’s staff photographers. We also have a SmugMug page, where you can purchase photos taken by The Daily Record staff

Under Armour helps refurbish Dunbar’s stadium

BY: Melody Simmons
POSTED: October 14, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, dunbar, school, Under Armour

Dunbar will christen its refurbished William F. ‘Sugar’ Cain Stadium under the lights on Oct. 26 against cross-town rival Carver.

When the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School varsity football team kicks off against cross-town rival Carver Vocational-Technical High School on Oct. 26, it will do so in high style.

Records show troubled life for accused Perry Hall HS shooter

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: August 29, 2012
Tags: assault, attempted murder, columbine, daniel borowy, divorce, george psoras, jesse wasmer, maryland, perry hall high school, robert wayne gladden jr., school, shooting, Towson, troubled

TOWSON — The teenager accused of shooting an intellectually disabled classmate at a suburban Maryland high school was accustomed to firearms in the home and had endured his parents’ contentious divorce, court documents show. After 15-year-old Robert Wayne Gladden Jr. was taken into custody Monday, police executed a search warrant at the Kingsville home where [...]

Family of alleged Perry Hall shooter “horrified”

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: August 27, 2012
Tags: baltimore county police chief james johnson, baltimore county public schools, bullying, dallas dance, david marks, evacuation, jesse wasmer, perry hall high school, perry hall shopping center, school, scott shellenberger, shooting, suspect, vending machines

A 15-year-old student opened fire on the first day of classes at a Baltimore County high school Monday, getting off two shots and wounding a classmate before being rushed by teachers, authorities said. The assailant was taken into custody after the shooting and was cooperating with investigators, police said. Baltimore County Police Chief James Johnson [...]

UB Law launches new pro bono programs, events

BY: Joe Surkiewicz
POSTED: August 19, 2012
Tags: Baltimore, Joe Surkiewicz, lawyers, maryland, pro bono, school, school of law, ub law

Do you do pro bono?

This fall, the University of Baltimore School of Law is going to make it easier to say yes — at least for UB Law students — by offering the Pro Bono Challenge.

Owings Mills-based Jemicy School gets large gift

BY: Daily Record Staff
POSTED: August 1, 2012
Tags: angel fund, budget, donation, funding, gift, maryland, owings mills, Samuel G. and Margaret A. Gorn Foundation Inc., school, The Jemicy School, Valley Academy

The Jemicy School, of Owings Mills, which educates above-average and gifted students ages 6 to 18 with dyslexia or other language-based learning differences, said it received a $1 million donation from a foundation created by a late Baltimore real estate developer and his wife. The gift from the Samuel G. and Margaret A. Gorn Foundation [...]

Hopkins, U.Va. to offer free online courses

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: July 17, 2012
Tags: college, courses, Education, Johns Hopkins, online, richmond, school, u.va., university, university of virginia, virginia

Johns Hopkins University and the University of Virginia plan to offer free online courses under an agreement announced Tuesday. Online platform Coursera said that the two schools are among 12 institutions that plan to offer the free, non-credit courses through its Internet-based learning system. Other U.S. institutions in the agreement announced Tuesday include Duke and [...]

Study: Parents pulling back on college spending

BY: Associated Press
POSTED: July 16, 2012
Tags: college, credit card act, economical, Education, loans, parents, sallie mae, school, spending, study

CHICAGO — Families have implemented more cost-saving strategies to cut college spending in the past academic year, choosing less expensive schools and finding more economical ways for students to attend. More students also are living at home in order to help afford college, according to new survey results. The findings are from an annual study [...]

Laslo Boyd: Superintendent Shuffle undermines school progress

BY: Laslo Boyd
POSTED: July 12, 2012
Tags: Laslo Boyd, maryland, Prince George's County, rushern l. baker III, school, Superintendent Shuffle

There’s a lot of unhappiness in Prince George’s County these days after the recent announcement that school superintendent William Hite is leaving to take the top position in Philadelphia.

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