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Advocates have already found creative ways to mobilize around the unusual General Assembly session. Surrounded by about 20 cutout life-size images of students, advocates…

Mismanagement

Part two of two. To borrow from Mark Twain’s quip about the weather, almost everyone in the General Assembly complains bitterly that the Maryland…

Democrats intend to override Republican Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr.’s veto of a 10-year multibillion-dollar education reform effort, but it may not happen until…

For nearly a year, our public school classrooms have sat empty, as the COVID-19 pandemic abruptly forced students and educators online. I offer my…

Prince George’s County Executive Angela D. Alsobrooks (D) named Juanita Miller, a former state delegate, to succeed Alvin Thornton as the chair of Prince…

Higher Ed

The far-reaching impacts of the global pandemic over the past year have profoundly transformed our lives in innumerable ways and there is no doubt…

Maryland lawmakers announced Wednesday that they plan to revamp and expand legislation to increase student voter turnout that faltered during the abbreviated 2020 legislative…

Student Member

Litigation recently filed by two Howard County parents raises an interesting question: Is the state law granting the right to vote to the student…

The University of Maryland Global Campus’ new president begins his term this week. Gregory Fowler assume the role after the University System of Maryland…

Hettleman

Part one of two. There’s rare agreement among educators and policymakers that learning loss must be the paramount priority as schools try to recover…