School Examinations

Baltimore Teachers Union supports call to halt Common Core consequences

2013-05-15 08:26:00

The Baltimore Teacher's Union has called for the district hold off on attaching penalties to schools' performance on the the new� Common Core assessments, citing insufficient professional development and resources to implement the new high-stakes...

Baltimore Catholic schools: stronger, but still in need of help

2013-04-22 10:03:00

It has been nearly three years since my predecessor, Cardinal Edwin O'Brien, and the Blue Ribbon Committee on Catholic Schools released the Strategic Plan for Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Since that time, enrollment declines have been...

Atlanta cheating scandal makes the case for school choice

2013-04-06 03:00:00

My first question after reading about seven teachers in an Atlanta, Ga., public school accused of altering standardized test scores to make it appear students performed better than they actually did was: How could they!? The seven were nicknamed "the...

Better late than never? Teaching creativity in college

2013-04-03 09:20:00

Oh, standardized-test happy educators and administrators (and parents), when will you learn? The Chronicle of Higher Education has an interesting but kind of maddening story about a new trend: colleges teaching creativity: "... Today's students will...

Maryland Senate's First Citizen awardees honored

2013-03-13 09:01:00

Three women known for strong will and public accomplishment received the Maryland Senate's First Citizen awards Wednesday, capping an annual tradition in the upper chamber. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and former U.S. Rep. Helen Delich...

Lansdowne High senior experiences politics in Annapolis

2013-03-11 12:36:46

Few Maryland teens get to meet and talk with Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown in person, and even fewer chat with him about college applications while he gets his coffee. John Ebot, an 18-year-old senior at Lansdowne High School, is one of those few. Ebot...

Kate and Will are pregnant

2012-12-03 16:47:58

I was giving a speech once to a group of career women who had decided to be stay-at-home moms, and I was waiting to be introduced when I overheard an animated conversation between two of them. "So, the doctor said she could have a serving of grapes,...

Morgan needs its own board — but the board needs new blood

2013-02-13 11:15:00

The Sun editorial page asks "Should Morgan State have it's own board?" (Feb. 10). The answer is yes, it should. Ever since 1989 when Morgan students demonstrated for such independence, the school has successfully operated as an independent state...

Standardized tests have their uses in college admissions

2012-12-17 11:00:00

Op-ed contributor Carlene Buccino's argument against the objectivity of SAT scores is compelling but flawed ("The best test scores money can buy," Dec. 13). There is a robust literature that supports the use of SAT scores in the admissions process....

October: Christmas comes early for county employees

2012-12-27 18:49:00

Harford County Executive David Craig announces a plan to give almost 2,000 county employees a 4 percent pay raise. This would be their first pay raise increase in four years. The proposal is set to be introduced to an upcoming meeting of the Harford...

Howard schools miss out on Race to the Top grant

2012-12-06 05:36:00

The Howard County Public School System failed to make the list of finalists for millions of dollars in grant money as part of the Race to the Top District Grant through the U.S. Department of Education. Finalists were announced last week. Nationwide,...

Maryland's new school metric

2012-12-19 09:20:00

The new system for measuring school progress announced by the Maryland State Department of Education this week is being touted as a great advance over the one it replaces. State officials say the School Progress Index aims to cut in half the percentage of...

Chico State specialist Benjamin Duarte encourages students to ask questions during the college application workshop Tuesday at Southwest High School in El Centro.

2013-05-21 23:58:00

Students get information from various colleges and universities during the college application workshop.

2013-05-21 23:58:00

Mathematics teacher Pedro Quintanilla (left) and language arts teacher Madeline Ross compete in Sumo wrestling during the kick-off for the California Standardized Test at Frank Wright Middle School in Imperial on Monday. .JOSELITO VILLERO PHOTO.Monday, May 06, 2013.

2013-05-10 10:40:00