ANNAPOLIS  — A celebrity chef from Maryland will lobby lawmakers in support of a school breakfast program. Bryan Voltaggio, owner of Volt restaurant in Frederick, will speak to a House of Delegates subcommittee Monday afternoon about the merits of increasing ...

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Nancy S. Grasmick has been appointed to the board of directors of the Maryland School for the Blind. Grasmick, who recently retired as Maryland State Superintendent of Schools after nearly 20 years in the position, began her career in education ...

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Maryland may apply for a waiver from No Child Left Behind requirements after President Barack Obama announced that he is allowing states to request flexibility from the decade-old law in exchange for a more rigorous system that promotes college and ...

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Cathleene J. Miles, principal of the East Baltimore Community School, has been removed and a new head of school is being sought by East Baltimore Development Inc. and Johns Hopkins University. Miles, a former middle school administrator and music teacher ...

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & MENTAL HYGIENE Medical Assistance — Long-term care penalty period Appellant v. Baltimore County Department of Social Services OAH No.: DHMH-BCNY-10A-11-04129 Decision by: ALJ Nicole Pastore Klein Decision Issued: April 18, 2011 RecordFax No. 11-0419-50, 11 pages. ...

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Fry is wrong: Schools have developed financial literacy curriculum In your June 17 edition, Donald Fry, the President and CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee, lamented what he claimed was the lack of progress in Maryland in implementing financial literacy ...

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Here’s the latest from suburban development. On Joppa Road, between Loch Raven Boulevard and Perring Parkway, two divisions of The League for People with Disabilities have set up shop in 5,400 square feet of space. At 8808 Orchard Tree Lane in ...

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BALTIMORE — The Maryland State Board of Education approved a statewide model policy Tuesday afternoon in Baltimore to help prevent and deal with gang activity in schools. The policy states that local school systems must set standard consequences and remedial ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Maryland high schoolers would have to complete a course in financial literacy in order to graduate under a bill state lawmakers are considering. Supporters, including Comptroller Peter Franchot, said Wednesday that massive debt and bankruptcy plans offered as ...

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Several Maryland state government agencies are discovering that there’s a lot to “like” on Facebook. The social networking site, which boasts more than 500 million users worldwide, is free; offers an easy way to share information, videos and pictures; and ...

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