Teaching ‘yes’ means ‘yes’ for sexual consent
Sex ed in h.s. would include a "requirement" to teach affirmative consent as part of the curriculum if a Md. bill becomes law.
Maryland
2 Md. districts can start before Labor Day
2 districts in Md. will be able to start school in the fall before Labor Day, if they want, which they probably will, given the snowy weather there.
Independence sought for Maryland charter schools
Maryland's governor would like to relax some charter school regs and create a separate state authority that could overrule certain local board decisions.
Baltimore schools getting a/c, money: comptroller
Baltimore Co. and Balto. city got some school construction money last month at the annual beg-a-thon, thanks to plans to install air conditioning.
Career & tech ed month in Maryland
C.T.E. programs get the spotlight, as the state supt. and lt. gov. from Md. visit one of the top-flight career programs.
Kids at Md. bus stop witness shooting
Students witnessed a domestic violence incident that involved a shooting near their bus stop. Even biological changes come from neighborhood violence.
Md. bill would allow animal dissection opt-out
Should students in Md. be protected by law if they want to skip out of class during the dissection of live animals? There could be a law.
Better to accelerate the gifted & talented
Should gifted students skip a grade? The debate may be a hundred years old. Research has settled some questions but opened others.
Md. H.S. students pass around racist petition
A petition distributed by students at a Md. H.S. promoted white supremacy and featured racially charged language about African-Americans.
Obituary: Charlotte Zaremba, 16; shot on Jan. 1
A sophomore in Howard Co., Md., died in a murder-suicide after a New Year's Eve party. Her mother was also shot in the assault.