Andres Alonso

Recalling the man who made Alonso

2013-05-16 11:15:00

Amid the acclaim for the work of Andres Alonso as Baltimore city schools CEO over the past six years, an unsung hero is Brian Morris, chairman of the school board that selected Dr. Alonso. We were members of that board. The board set its sights high and...

City school system receives seven charter applications

2013-05-14 18:45:22

The city school board is considering proposals for seven charter schools that include two named for female trailblazers, another attempt at an all-male, college-preparatory program in East Baltimore, and an elementary school for at-risk youths. The new...

Why doesn't Baltimore's schools chief need teaching experience?

2013-05-13 04:00:00

Why doesn’t Baltimore’s schools CEO need teaching experience, like other superintendents in the state? It was a question on the mind of many education observers last week, after hearing that the city’s schools chief is not bound by the...

Statement from Andres Alonso on his resignation

2013-05-06 08:12:00

Monday, May 6, 2013 Dear City Schools Partners and Friends, I am writing to you today to let you know that at the end of the current school year, I will retire and leave Baltimore City Public Schools and this great city to return to my home in New...

City schools chief Alonso resigns

2013-05-06 17:53:48

Baltimore schools CEO Andr�s Alonso tearfully announced his resignation Monday, ending a six-year tenure marked by bold yet often divisive reforms and casting uncertainty on the future of the long-troubled school system. Under Alonso's leadership, city...

Alonso timeline

2013-05-06 17:56:12

2007 •The Baltimore school board hires Andr�s Alonso, New York City's No. 2 education official, as its schools CEO. 2008 •Alonso introduces "Fair Student Funding," which gave principals the autonomy to formulate their budgets. He also...

Corruption is endemic in Baltimore

2013-04-29 07:30:00

What a bombshell — more corruption in the state of Maryland ("Corruption alleged at jail," April 24). From what I read, we really do have the inmates running the asylum. It seems that public safety department secretary Gary D. Maynard is totally...

City officials celebrate passage of $1B school construction bill

2013-04-11 03:00:00

A year ago, city officials left Annapolis distraught, their plans to obtain massive funding for school construction in the General Assembly’s trash bin. � What a difference a year makes. On Wednesday, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Schools...

After deadlock, city school board renews contract of Hopkins-run school

2013-04-23 18:05:00

Following a two-month impasse, the Baltimore City school board voted Tuesday to extend a one-year contract to the operators of Baltimore Talent Development High School. The school board voted unanimously, with one recusal, to allow the Center for Social...

W.E.B. DuBois High School wins mayor's attendance challenge

2013-04-11 11:59:00

W.E.B. DuBois High School is the latest to win the Mayor's Attendance Campaign competition, after its ninth-grade class increasing its daily attendance by nearly 11 percentage points. The school was surprised with the honor--which includes a dance party...

City schools construction bill goes to the governor

2013-04-03 09:25:00

Updated at 2:20 p.m. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake told our City Hall Reporter Luke Broadwater that she could barely contain her excitement upon learning that the school construction bill would pass. "I was so excited last night I was running...

City schools construction bill clears Senate

2013-03-29 17:32:13

In a long-sought victory for Baltimore, the Maryland Senate approved a $1 billion financing plan Friday for an unprecedented systemwide drive to rebuild and renovate the city's crumbling school buildings. The measure passed easily on a bipartisan vote of...

Dr. Andres Alonso, left, CEO of Baltimore City Schools, walks with Ketia Chantrese Stokes, right, a special education teacher at Green Street Academy, who was named 2013 Baltimore City Teacher of the Year. On far right, Lekia Stokes, 33, observes as her twin sister walks with the CEO.

2013-04-18 00:00:00

Dr. Andres Alonso, left, CEO of Baltimore City Schools, walks with Ketia Chantrese Stokes, right, a special education teacher at Green Street Academy, who was named Baltimore City Teacher of the Year. On far right, Lekia Stokes, 33, observes as her twin sister walks with the CEO.

2013-04-18 00:00:00

Ketia Chantrese Stokes, center, a special education teacher at Green Street Academy, is named Baltimore City Teacher of the Year.

2013-04-18 00:00:00