ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland State Department of Education plans to host four regional forums over the next month to help explain the Common Core State Standards for schools. State Superintendent Lillian Lowery and Maryland PTA President Ray Leone will attend ...

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Maryland School Assessment scores for elementary and middle school students have dropped this year as the state transitions to new national learning standards, according to data released Tuesday by the Maryland State Department of Education. The percentage of elementary students ...

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Unemployment levels for recent college graduates remain high. Many parents of high school graduates are questioning the investment in a college education. Add to the mix the vast number of corporate veterans who either have been forced out of their jobs or have chosen to leave increasingly shaky positions.

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The Maryland State Department of Education says it has approved teacher and principal evaluation plans in 21 Maryland school systems, clearing the way for the state to receive $250 million in federal funds. The department announced the approvals Thursday. Data ...

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A federal audit is focusing on how public schools in Maryland spent federal stimulus money. The U.S. Department of Education audited the way the state spent stimulus money. It found Baltimore City Schools spent $4,352 on a pair of dinner ...

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In 2005, state legislators passed the Safe Schools Reporting Act, requiring that county boards of education report acts of bullying.

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Virtually everybody in business, government and education agrees that ramping up knowledge of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) among young people in Maryland’s school systems and colleges is essential for the development of a workforce that can meet the needs of future employers.

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Kelly Gottschalk has joined the Maryland Therapy Network as supervisor of speech-language pathology services for the organization’s Baltimore-Regional programs. Gottschalk has more than 15 years of experience in speech-language pathology. Prior to joining The Maryland Therapy Network, Gottschalk was the Mid-Atlantic ...

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In Baltimore, 16 percent of adults lack basic literacy skills, according to the most recent estimate from the National Center for Education Statistics. For the last 21 years, Shelly Abrams has volunteered at the South Baltimore Learning Center in hopes ...

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ANNAPOLIS — A state Senate panel will hear testimony on a bill to expand collective bargaining rights to certain state employees Sen. Catherine Pugh’s bill, which would extend salary negotiation options to workers in the Office of the Comptroller, the ...

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