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The Maryland State Department of Education is creating the targeted literacy plan to boost early student success. But board members said repeated years would cause more harm.
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County Executive Johnny Olszewski vetoed the bill in early June. He said its limits on new housing projects near overcrowded schools would stunt efforts for affordable housing.
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Wright began leading the Maryland education system temporarily in October. Now she takes on the official title with ambitious goals, like a multi-billion-dollar Blueprint to implement.
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John Ruhrah Elementary/Middle School is one of very few schools in the city to have Arabic-speaking staff. But their ESOL students’ progress still lags behind the state average.
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Critics say the bill would create more problems, like a lack of affordable housing. But advocates say there’s an urgent need for school relief.
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City leaders and students urged the community to “stop the cycle” of violence at a district-wide vigil held Thursday morning.
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State leaders said this will help fast-track the use of the new literacy method in all classrooms by next school year.
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The ‘Portrait of a Graduate’ framework adds skills like confidence and communication to its list of guiding goals for school policies.
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Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women is celebrating their graduates even though more than half of them don’t know where they’re going next — or how much it’ll cost.