Foxbaltimore.com reports that Baltimore County Public Schools has adopted a new philosophy as the foundation for its grading system for the first time in 20 years. Many teachers just learned about the policy change when they returned to school last week. Under the new system, a student’s behavior is factored out of his or her grades. […]
How many of the parents out there could have called this one? According to a new report, data shows that students of color are more…
Via Foxbaltimore.com Baltimore Police have arrested and charged 33-year-old Foye Minton. Minton was a physical education teacher who was the Dean of Student Athletics. He is being accused of having a relationship with Shoshana S. Cardin when she was 16-years-old. Read More. President Introduces Federal Gun Control Plan NRA Releases Vitrolic Attack Ad Targeting President’s […]
Via Foxbaltimore.com Students who go to Digital Harbor High School were threatened on Monday. But, parents were not informed until Thursday. A student threatened to reenact the Newtown school shooting. Read more. Woman and Children Trapped In Storage Unit In San Francisco Saved From MD [VIDEO] Dozens Jump From Burning Building In Maryland Michelle […]
A Carterville, Illinois elementary school is mourning days after one of its kindergarten teachers hanged herself in her classroom. Linda Walker, 45, was found hanging in her classroom by a coworker at Tri-C Elementary School on Monday. “Fortunately, our kids, staff and community is a tight, resilient group,” Carterville Superintendent Robert Prusator said. “This is […]
Democrats are poised to pass a bill today that will provide $26 billion in additional funding to help states cover Medicaid expenses and teacher salaries. To pay for the bill, however, they are accelerating the scale-back of food stamp payments — at a time when a record number of Americans are relying on food stamps.
The Schott foundation study showing that less than 50 percent of black males are graduating from high school is astounding and depressing – but not a revelation to many in the African American community.
The House passed a bill Tuesday afternoon providing $26.1 billion to cash-strapped state governments, and preventing roughly 161,000 teachers and 158,000 public works employees from being laid off. The vote was 247-161.
