Graduation Tests in Md. Given Early To Some
Thousands of Maryland high school seniors face a question worthy of a graduation exam: What comes first, the end of the course or the state's end-of-course test?
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December 18th, 2008
December 17th, 2008
Obama Pick to Lead SEC Is Veteran Wall St. Regulator
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen a veteran regulator to head the Securities and Exchange Commission, the beleaguered agency that has been pilloried by lawmakers for failing to prevent the global financial meltdown, senior Democratic officials said yesterday.
December 17th, 2008
Sex Workers Criticize Law Enforcement
Dozens of sex workers marched through the streets of downtown Washington yesterday, demanding better treatment from law enforcement officials of prostitutes who become crime victims.
December 17th, 2008
In Their Search for Help, Fairfax Schools Find Google
Google marked its arrival in Reston with an open house at its colorful office on Library Street this month and the announcement of a partnership with Fairfax County public schools.
December 17th, 2008
Schools Look At Providing More Time For Teachers
Loudoun County elementary school teachers who feel overworked might soon have some official data to bolster their claims.
December 17th, 2008
Advanced Math Is a Challenge. What’s Wrong With That?
Dear Extra Credit Readers: Jerry W. Miller's suggestion ["In the Real World, Advanced Math Doesn't Always Add Up," Oct. 30] that schools might be requiring too much math inspired so many letters that I needed several extra fingers and toes to count them:
December 17th, 2008
Board Set for Vote on School to Ease Clinton Crowding
The Prince George's County Board of Education is moving toward a vote next month on a plan to build an elementary school to reduce overcrowded classrooms in Clinton.
December 17th, 2008
County Stays Strong in AP Scores Despite Increased Participation
Montgomery County high schools remain among the nation's elite in college-level Advanced Placement testing, even after dramatically expanding the number of disadvantaged students involved in the program, according to a review of score reports over several years.
December 17th, 2008
Reporter’s Death Inspires a Seminar and a Lawsuit
For more than a year, a group of Georgetown University students has been poring over documents, searching for cellphone numbers of suspected terrorists and calling Pakistani police in the middle of the night. Now their class project has come to this: They're suing the CIA and the FBI.
December 16th, 2008
Education Pick Is Called ‘Down-to-Earth’ Leader
In seven years as chief executive of Chicago public schools, Arne Duncan has supported a range of measures to shake up the status quo in urban education, including new charter schools, performance pay and tough accountability for struggling schools.
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