President Joe Biden is proposing a $6 trillion budget for next year that’s piled high with new safety net programs for the poor and middle class.
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Read More »June 1, 2021 Comments Off on Biden’s $6T budget proposal ramps up social spending, taxes on businesses
President Joe Biden is proposing a $6 trillion budget for next year that’s piled high with new safety net programs for the poor and middle class.
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Read More »July 30, 2012 Comments Off on EPA awards $173,000 to Md. Coastal Bays program
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 ...
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Read More »January 10, 2012 Comments Off on Despite ‘Race to the Top’ delays, Md. on track
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 ...
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Read More »November 28, 2011 Comments Off on Jeanne Allen: Maryland lags in support of charter schools
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 ...
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Read More »April 3, 2011 Comments Off on Former Charles Co. school official charged with theft
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 ...
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Read More »December 14, 2010 Comments Off on Poverty in 4 Md. school systems above average
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 ...
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