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City schools with federal turnaround grants have mixed results
Once students hurled computers out the windows at Calverton Middle School, but today they are learning on state-of-the-art technology that has flooded into the West Baltimore school. Once teachers couldn't wait to transfer out of a place where students...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Human Interest, Illinois, Teachers, Arts and Culture
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State's student homeless population doubles
For a few hours after school, Ryan Johnson is just like most 16-year-olds. He lounges on the couch with his favorite Xbox game or checks his Facebook page.
But then reality sets in. He decamps from his cousins' house for the Howard County cold-weather...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Foreclosures, Services and Shopping, Xbox 360, Awards and Prizes
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Builder pleads guilty in investment scheme
A Baltimore home builder pleaded guilty Thursday in connection with a construction investment scheme that defrauded victims of more than $14 million, the Maryland U.S. attorney's office said. Brian McCloskey, 44, spent at least two years — from...Tags: Lawyers, Court Preliminary, Justice System, Punishment, Investments
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City pre-K student brings gun to school
A pre-kindergarten student at Northwood Elementary School in Baltimore brought a small gun to school Friday morning, according to school officials. A teacher discovered the weapon and notified administrators who called the school police. School police...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Interior Policy, Health, Politics, Parenting
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For many parents, books that can be held are still the first choice
Jo Keller relies on her Kindle when she travels so she can forgo lugging hardback books, but when it comes to her children's reading habits, she feels differently.
She has squirreled away many of the books she read as a child growing up in England and is...Tags: Roland Park, Services and Shopping, Books and Magazines, Technology, Literature
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Simon P. 'Sy' Jarosinski Jr., engineer
Simon Paul "Sy" Jarosinski Jr., a retired aeronautical engineer and former member of the Baltimore County Liquor Board, died April 30 of ischemic cardiomyopathy at his Timonium home. He was 90.
The son of a Baltimore City councilman and a homemaker, Mr....Tags: Patterson Park, Roman Catholicism, Ocean City, First Aid, Science and Technology
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Dance will work as a consultant in Baltimore County schools for June
Dallas Dance, Baltimore County's soon-to-be superintendent of schools, won't officially take the job until July 1, but the school board approved a contract Tuesday night that will allow him to begin working as a consultant for the month of June.
The...Tags: Health Insurance Cost, Joe A. Hairston, Towson, Baltimore County
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Aberdeen Proving Ground to celebrate Armed Forces Week
Aberdeen Proving Ground will celebrate Armed Forces Week with a variety of events including a golf tournament, veterans luncheon, and a museum open house. The celebration will be held Monday through Saturday, according to the APG Public Affairs Office,...Tags: Aberdeen Proving Ground
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Police report 4 shootings Sunday in Baltimore; at least 1 man killed
A 33-year-old man was shot and killed near the intersection of North Loudon Avenue and West Franklin Street at 4:42 p.m. Sunday, according to the Baltimore Police Department. The man was pronounced dead at Shock Trauma at 5:32, according to Sgt....Tags: Shootings, Baltimore City College, Hospitals and Clinics, Health, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Grandparents take on role of a parent
Ella Johnson thought she was done raising kids. Then one night her daughter, asleep in bed with her 1-year-old son, died of a heart condition, and Johnson suddenly found herself mothering a grieving grandchild who clung to the picture of his dead mother....Tags: University of Maryland, College Park, Health, Mother's Day, Family, Science and Technology
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Salad bars sprouting up in city school cafeterias
Until this year, the only items that resembled produce on Blessin Giraldo's school lunch tray were berry-flavored Popsicles and Fruit Roll-Ups.
But now, the Baltimore eighth-grader's tray features beds of greens and fruits and vegetables that are...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Health Organizations, Healthy Diet, Epidemics and Plagues, Nutrition
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GOP upstart defeats party stalwart for national political seat
SOLOMONS — A conservative activist running an insurgent candidacy against the Maryland Republican establishment seized the post of national committeewoman at the state GOP convention Saturday, beating longtime party stalwart Audrey E. Scott. The...Tags: Executive Branch, Prince George's County, David Brinkley, Politics, Elections
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