The HUffington Post – Arthur Hirsch

“A 2013 Maryland General Assembly bill bearing the name of a Howard County teenager who killed herself last year is expected to be signed into law, but it stands on shaky constitutional ground, an official of the Maryland ACLU said.”(more)

The Baltimore Sun – Staff Writer

“Children who attend high-quality, public pre-K arrive at school better equipped with the cognitive and social skills needed for learning, and there is a large body of evidence suggesting that they retain that advantage throughout their school careers and beyond.”(more)

Education Week- Nirvi Shah

“When Jonathan Brice was hired to tackle school discipline reform in the Baltimore public schools in 2008, about one in five students was being suspended out of school in the 85,000-student district each year.”(more)

Del Marva Now – Melany L. Parlaman

“Students across grade levels and continents are getting a jump start on tomorrow’s global job market today thanks to Mandarin language courses at The Salisbury School.”(more)

The Baltimore Sun – Brian Gaines

“This month Marylanders learned that Education Week had named our state’s schools the best in the nation for the fifth year in a row…But…A closer look at recent test scores reveals that we must improve how we educate our students in science, a discipline that is vital to success in the 21st century economy.”(more)

The Baltimore Sun – Alan Guttman

“Over the past decade many studies have reached the conclusion that investing in high-quality early childhood education is a successful hedge against poverty.”(more)

Southern Maryland Online – Marlena Chertock

“Upstairs in the St. Mary’s Hall apartments at the University of Maryland, students have conversations in Spanish or French. Downstairs they speak Japanese…The 100 students in the Language House live an immersion lifestyle.”(more)

Gazette.net – Peggy McEwan

“Students from Brookhaven Elementary School, Rockville, and their parents had the opportunity to learn about Montgomery County Public School’s STEM education at a Family Learning Night on Dec. 6.”(more)

Ellicott City Patch – Sophie Petit

“Computer science students at Hammond High School aren’t just reading textbooks and taking notes these days, they are designing actual software, such as an interactive fossil fuel maps, for their fellow students to use in other classes.”(more)

Education News – Julia Lawrence

“The next decade is going to be a busy one for the Baltimore, Maryland school system as its $2.4 billion facilities rehabilitation plan goes into effect.”(more)