Handguns in Baltimore, Dunlap
Schools went on lockdown in Baltimore and a small IL town last week due to student-handgun issues. All are safe. Students were arrested or detained.
Suspensions down in Chi-town
Recognizing the academic benefits of keeping kids in schools, movements are afoot everywhere to reduce out-of-school suspensions, including IL (SB 100).
Heroin in Md. high schools
Heroin use by high school students in Md. increased significantly from 2005 to 2013. The new governor's new task force is looking to do something about that.
2 Aurora teens killed in SUV vs semi crash
We take a closer look at teenage driving fatalities after 2 students from IL were laid to rest after dying in a crash last week.
1st Global Teacher Prize goes to Nancie Atwell of Maine
A lit teacher from Maine has won the Global Teacher Prize and $1 million, which she'll donate to the center she founded to advance teaching and learning.
Young Md. woman speaks on behalf of Muslims
A Baltimore-area teenager has launched a project that promotes acceptance of peace-loving Muslim women who wear hijabs in public.
π Day (3/14/15) at the Maryland Science Center
Kids of all ages in Baltimore celebrated π (Pi) Day by looking for patterns, pondering digits and decimal places, and dancing.
Sharp criticism about starting school after Labor Day
The battle in Md. to hold off on starting the school year until after Labor Day has come up against roadblocks in the state house.
Md. parent rambles about Common Core standards
We respond, yet once again, to a parent who fails to see the benefits of the Common Core State Standards or the tests that are designed to measure them.
IL bill would make PE requirement a local decision
A proposed law in IL would remove the state's requirement that HS students take 4 years of PE and let local boards decide.