Board of Education may Change how the State Tracks Students’ College Readiness
An analysis of Maryland’s current “college readiness” metrics meant to determine whether high school students are properly prepared for college may be improperly assessing a large percentage of students, according to a new report analyzing the state’s interim College and Career Readiness standards. In fact, as much as 35% to 53% may be inaccurately assessed as either ready for college or not ... [Continue Story]
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Mid-Shore Education:Talbot Schools Education Foundation Receives $3 Million Bequest
A bequest of $3,000,000 from Carol Ruth Lofstedt’s Revocable Trust to the Talbot County Public Schools Education Foundation established through ... [Continue Story]
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Endemic diseases as well as newly emerging ones, like severe acute respiratory syndrome [SARS]), reemerging ones (e.g., West Nile virus), and even ... [Continue Story]
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