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Kirwan is On The Way!
While Maryland’s K-12 schools are dealing with the first snowstorm in a while, as well as frustrations over high COVID-19 spread, behind the scenes the wheels are churning away with the implementation of The Blueprint for Maryland’s Future. This is an epic and system altering piece of legislation, originally brought forth via the Kirwan Commission, …
Maryland Schools are a Mess
Maryland Schools are an absolute mess. There is just no other way to put it. Local jurisdictions are caught in the middle between parents on one side and state and federal entities on the other. On the federal level the CDC says “Students benefit from in-person learning, and safely returning to in-person instruction continues to be a …
What should be the Maryland General Assembly’s Education Priorities
What will the Maryland General Assembly’s Education Priorities be now that Kirwan has passed? When will the new plan go into effect? On Wednesday, January 12, the 2022 session of the Maryland General Assembly got underway. As always, there are many political hot topics to be addressed. Regarding education, it would appear that the main …
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What did Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Say about Education?
Every year at this time, we rightfully celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Every year we hear many quotes associated with him. So, what did he say about education? In a short piece in the Morehouse College campus newspaper, the Maroon Tiger, King argues that education has a two-fold function to perform …
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Not Caught on Tape…. or so I thought….Case Files #1
You’re the AP I’m walking down the hallway on the way to lunch duty sporting my brand-new Jos. A Banks Signature Series suit when I hear a commotion around the corner in another hallway. As I turn the corner, I see a big group of the backs of dozens of students. I hear yelling screaming …
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Maryland Board of Education Met on January 25, 2022
The Maryland State Board of Education concluded the public portion of its meeting on 1/25 at around 4:15. While nothing of major significance was discussed or enacted during the session, there were A few points of interest. Requests for Calendar Changes: Superintendent Mohammed Choudhury requested that the state regulations be amended to allow him to …
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Relationship Between Guidance and Administration at the Core of the Michigan Shooting
As the details of the deadly Michigan school shooting became known, it struck the core of every administrator and guidance counselor who has ever worked in K-12 education over the last 20 plus years. The most disturbing of all the details was the realization that the would-be shooter was identified and questioned on the same …
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Maryland’s Public Schools are Losing Students. The question is why
It is no secret that Maryland’s public schools are losing students. The question is why. The Chalkbeat and the Associated Press reported that Public K-12 enrollment from 33 states across the nation dropped by more than 500,000 students, which is 2% since the same time last year. From 2017 through 2020 Maryland’s K-12 public schools added …
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