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300 Md. teachers earn National Board Certification
baltimoresun.comThe National Board for Professional Teaching Standards announced this month that 9,600 teachers nationwide -- including 300 in Maryland -- earned the prestigious National Board Certification in 2008. This advanced certification is voluntary for teachers,... -
Maryland ranked No. 1 by Education Week
baltimoresun.comIf you read the fine print in the Quality Counts state rankings posted this morning on Education Week's Web site, you'll see that Maryland ranks No. 1 overall.The report is an annual accounting of how the states are ranked on 14 different catagories.... -
University expected to settle lawsuit over death
A federal lawsuit over the stabbing death of an 18-year-old student at a school in southeastern Iowa was expected to be settled on Thursday. Levi Butler was stabbed to death at the Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield on March 1, 2004. His...Tags: Iowa, Colleges and Universities
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Q&A with Ravens CB Frank Walker
Each week we'll bring you a Q&A with a Ravens player to help you learn a little more about the team. Today's guest is cornerback Frank Walker, who has made an interception and broken up 14 passes in his first season with the Ravens. Walker discusses his...Tags: Booker T. Washington, Bobby Shaw, Baseball, Marques Douglas, Major League Baseball
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More than ever, state pension reform must begin
The state General Assembly has its hands full as it begins its 2009-2010 session. Revenue is $815 million behind projections and the state budget deficit could be $1.8 billion when the fiscal year ends in June. It's going to be a difficult year, and a...Tags: Government Debt, Civil and Public Service, Employees, Public Employees, Wages and Pensions
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As state increased school aid, grades went up
Five years after Maryland increased spending by $2 billion to provide greater academic equity, students have made remarkable gains in reading and math, according to a report given to the Maryland General Assembly yesterday by an outside consultant. For...Tags: Executive Branch, Regional Authority, Maryland, Government, Martin O'Malley
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Final 3 bidders for Chicago Cubs
Tribune reporterAnd then there were three. The sale of the Chicago Cubs has come down to three finalists, nearly two years after the team's owner, Tribune Co., put the storied franchise and Wrigley Field on the market. Originally there were 10 interested parties....Tags: Baseball, Dining and Drinking, New York Yankees, Property, Ameritrade Holding Corporation
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Obama's pick to shape up federal agencies has experience trying to fix the IRS
Associated Press WriterWASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Killefer, the management consultant chosen by President-elect Barack Obama to make federal agencies work better for the public, has a lot of experience trying to improve the agency taxpayers love to hate, the Internal Revenue...Tags: U.S. Department of Treasury, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Management Change, Employees, 2009 U.S. Presidential Transition
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Report: Virginia 4th in US with B in education
Associated Press WriterA report released Thursday gives Virginia a B in overall educational quality, ranking the state fourth in the nation and better than the U.S. average. Virginia scored 83.2 out of 100, compared to the national average of 76.2, or C. The states that...Tags: Massachusetts, Students, Virginia, Maryland, Teaching and Learning
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Riffs: Albert Rivera and Curtis Brothers at Studio @ Billings Forge
In what might well be one of the hottest jazz events of the chill winter season, Albert Rivera, a young, formidable, Bronx-based saxophonist, combines forces with Hartford's gifted Curtis Brothers Jan. 30 at 8 p.m. at The Studio @ Billings Forge, the...Tags: West Hartford, Music Industry, New Britain, Miles Davis, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
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Judge: Accused Dillard shooter will stay in jail
South Florida Sun-SentinelThe Dillard High School teen accused of fatally shooting a classmate will not be transferred from jail to a psychiatric hospital, a Broward judge decided today. But Judge John Murphy did agree to order a prompt psychiatric evaluation of Teah Wimberly,...Tags: Fort Lauderdale, John Murphy, Prisons, Hospitals and Clinics, Pompano Beach
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Finding college value in tough times
Of The Morning CallKiplinger Personal Finance magazine has ranked Lafayette College, Muhlenberg College and Lehigh University among the 100 best values in private colleges and universities for 2009 in its February issue. Affordability has long been an issue in higher...Tags: Financial Aid, Lafayette College, Allentown, Colleges and Universities, Newspaper and Magazine
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