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Mayor plans to raise bottle tax to pay for school construction
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake will seek to raise the city's bottle tax from 2 cents to 5 cents as part of a plan to boost funding for school construction and repairs, her administration said Thursday.
The bottle tax money and other revenue would...Tags: Services and Shopping, Lobbying, Beverage Industry, Voting, Politics
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Frostburg student fatally stabbed at off-campus party
It was a church service at which Baltimore's Kortneigh McCoy, a 19-year-old Frostburg State University physics major known for her lovely voice, was supposed to sing.
But instead, more than 500 students and faculty jammed the Lane University Center...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Injuries and Wounds, Prosecution, Witnesses, Justice System
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How early is too early for high-schoolers?
It was hard to tell whether his eyes were actually open when Derek Jones shuffled into his dimly lit kitchen at 5:45 a.m., the smell of bacon in the air. The 16-year-old didn't speak, but took directions from his mother who whispered: "I have your...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Annapolis, Think Tanks, Health, Politics
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Mays Chapel residents raise questions about scarcity of land for parks, schools
For the second time in four years, there's a fight brewing in northern Baltimore County that raises questions about the scarcity of county-owned land for parks and schools.
The school system is poised to approve building an elementary school on land it...Tags: Coca-Cola Co., Howard County, Health, Baltimore County, Crofton
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Catholic school enrollment continues to decline
Catholic school enrollment continued to decline this year, although at a slower pace than in recent years, according to the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The archdiocese said the number of its students declined 4.3 percent this year. However, the latest...Tags: Religion and Belief, Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Religious Education, Education
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Three Maryland educators share in Mega Millions winnings
If the three Maryland public school educators want to hold onto a sense of normalcy after Tuesday's announcement that they are splitting a share of the record-breaking Mega Millions jackpot, experts say they should stay tight-lipped.
For now, "The...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Justice System, Baltimore County, Economy, Business and Finance, Crime, Law and Justice
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Baltimore County's new schools chief won over skeptics in Houston
In the crowded glass and steel lobby of the Houston school headquarters, Principal Susan Monaghan paused briefly to touch the shoulder of her boss, a man with far less experience in the education field and young enough to have been her student.
"I am OK,...Tags: Chesterfield County, Louisa County, Lobbying, Catonsville, Henrico County
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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: Joe A. Hairston, Columbine High School, Baltimore County, Punishment, Teachers
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Grasmick to overhaul teacher training at Towson University
Several months after Nancy S. Grasmick left her job as state superintendent of schools, Michelle Rhee, the former schools chief in Washington, spoke in Baltimore and let a secret slip.
She told the crowd at Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall that Grasmick...Tags: Towson University, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Michelle Rhee, Towson, Science and Technology
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Localities, schools, colleges face uncertain budget picture
Local government and university leaders are struggling to craft spending plans amid uncertainty over the state budget — and how a package of threatened cuts might affect schools, roads, public safety and other basic services. Officials throughout...Tags: Annapolis, Morgan State University, Justice System, Politics, Executive Branch
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School board voted against giving Hairston a new contract
A month before longtime Baltimore County school Superintendent Joe A. Hairston said he will step down when his contract ends in June, the school board voted in private not to extend his employment.
Hairston officially notified school board President...Tags: Hurricane Irene (2011), Joe A. Hairston, Baltimore County, Nancy Grasmick
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Trial begins in federal lawsuit alleging continued segregation at Md. universities
Alumni and students from Maryland's four historically black universities took their long-held view that the state perpetuates racial segregation to court Tuesday, arguing that their institutions are underfunded. The federal lawsuit calls on the state...Tags: Coppin State University, Towson, Morgan State University, Colleges and Universities, Justice System
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