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Howard school superintendent unveils proposed budget
Howard County schools Superintendent Sydney Cousin unveiled Thursday night a $697 million budget for fiscal year 2013 that is about 2 percent greater than last year's budget and adds 69 new positions to address enrollment growth. Most new positions would...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Layoffs and Downsizing, Students, Teaching and Learning, Howard County
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Advocates, experts call for more attention to bullying of special needs-students
Special-education advocates are calling for the state to do more to address the bullying of disabled students, saying that a recent lawsuit against the city school system highlights the long-lasting harm that harassment can do to such children. Experts...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Andres Alonso, Students, Autism, Teaching and Learning
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Someone will choose your child's education; why not you?
This is National School Choice Week, an occasion that always makes me think back to 1976, when as a writer for my high school paper, I interviewed retiring Baltimore County schools Superintendent Joshua Wheeler. I asked Mr. Wheeler why our schools didn'...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Colleges and Universities, Teachers, Students, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
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Majoring in chic at L.A.'s fashion schools
Los Angeles TimesIn a bustling part of downtown L.A., a high-rise is teeming with stylish young women in short skirts and full makeup wheeling small suitcases in and out of elevators on their way to class. They're students at the Fashion Institute of Design &...Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Giorgio Armani S.P.A., Diesel, Consumer Goods Industries, Companies and Corporations
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Howard school system closes on new school site in Elkridge
Elkridge will get a new elementary school for the 2013-2014 academic year now that the sellers of a 10.1-acre site on Ducketts Lane have settled a dispute in court. The Howard County school system was supposed to close the deal with Ducketts Ridge LLC in...Tags: Elementary Schools, Teaching and Learning, Howard County, Education, Schools
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State progressing on Race to Top reforms
Except for a delay in a new teacher-evaluation program, Maryland has made a strong start toward achieving the ambitious school reform goals that won the state a coveted $250 million grant, according to federal officials. Maryland, one of 11 states and...Tags: Arne Duncan, Teachers, Teaching and Learning, U.S. Department of Education
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Wish list for new director of Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
To: Richard Cordray, Director
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Dear Mr. Cordray:
First, congratulations on your appointment to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.
Unless the banking interests have their way, your appointment is expected...Tags: Credit and Debt, Federal Trade Commission, Credit Ratings, Consumer Issue, Teaching and Learning
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Baltimore City Community College unified by struggle to get off probation
Carolane Williams does not flinch when confronted with the particulars of her difficult year, which included an employee uprising and unwanted scrutiny from the leader of the state.
"I knew I was going to have to tough it out," says the woman who has led...Tags: Inner Harbor, Colleges and Universities, Teachers, Regional Authority, Broward College
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McDaniel College's new $8 million stadium to bear the name of 1961 alumnus Kenneth Gill
On a sunny and mild Friday afternoon, Feb. 3, the shovels dug into a pile of dirt at McDaniel College.
The groundbreaking for McDaniel's new stadium signified a renewed commitment to the school's athletic program, and the official beginning of a new era...Tags: Lacrosse, Moravian College, College Sports, Teaching and Learning, Football
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Social Media Charts Life, Bullying and Death of Girl Who Committed Suicide
PIX11.com / @jamesfordtvAmanda Cummings, 15, a Staten Island high school sophomore who committed suicide, clearly indicated on Facebook weeks beforehand that she was contemplating taking her life, possibly because of bullying at her school . Intimidating postings on Cummings'...Tags: Facebook, Students, Suicide, Teaching and Learning, New Dorp
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University Sells 'Plan B' Pill in Vending Machines
KTLA NewsSHIPPENSBURG, Pa. -- Students at a college in Pennsylvania can now buy Plan B -- the so-called "morning-after pill" -- as easily as they buy sodas or a bag of chips. The emergency contraceptive is now available in vending machines at Shippensburg...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Colleges and Universities, Plan B (drug), Students, Teaching and Learning
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Suspensions high in Baltimore County
Baltimore County reported the highest suspension rate of any Maryland district apart from the Eastern Shore in the last school year, despite its efforts to focus on discipline that doesn't require students to miss classroom time.
About 10,000 students...Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, Punishment, Columbine High School, Bowie
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