The Baltimore City Public School System reached another milestone in its pledge to provide healthier food options to students. Beginning next school year, culinary arts students will prepare dinner for their peers, who lack access to a healthy supper at home. The program is the first of its kind in the country. “These kids are […]
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Case of Assaulted Autistic Student Pushed Back
The state’s case against a bus driver who allegedly assaulted a 13-year-old autistic passenger has been pushed back to August after the defendant’s lawyer requested more time to prepare, leaving the victim’s family wondering if justice will ever be served. Police and child protective services have labeled the Nov. 20, 2009 incident child abuse, which […]
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Dubious Parents Now Support East Baltimore School
BALTIMORE – The East Baltimore Community School was designed to be a neighborhood school, but earning widespread community support took a while, the city schools chief executive said. Andres Alonso, in his third year as head of Baltimore’s public schools, said there was a lot of tension — and not much support — in the […]
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Black Social Worker Wins Big
It’s been a good year for Jean Tucker Mann. In the past three months, she’s won two of the field of social work’s biggest awards. The University of Maryland School of Social Work presented Mann with the Dean’s Medal during its convocation ceremony in May. And in March, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from […]
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BCCC Graduates Recognized for their Accomplishments
Three students from Baltimore City Community College’s Class of 2010 were recently awarded and recognized for their achievements, further embarking them on the road to success at four-year colleges and universities. Kemardo Henry was selected as a 2010 Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Undergraduate Transfer Scholar. Henry plans to pursue pre-medical studies this fall in biochemistry […]
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Fugitives Offered a Safe Surrender
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, U.S. Marshal Johnny Hughes, and faith leaders are bating fugitives in Baltimore City out of their hiding places. The officials announced on Tuesday that the Fugitive Safe Surrender program will be held in Baltimore City for the first time. From June 16-19, Baltimore City residents with an open, non-violent felony or misdemeanor warrant […]
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New Teacher Contract Ratified
Teachers in the District of Columbia Public Schools system this week overwhelmingly approved their latest contract, a measure which now poises them to become among the highest paid instructors in the region. The vote to ratify the controversial contract would give DCPS instructors their first salary increases in three years, an 11 percent hike that […]
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Col. Charles Young: An Unsung Hero
The Pentagon Memorial overlooks the Arlington National Cemetery, where military casualties from each of the nation’s wars are interred, ranging from the pre-Civil War dead through military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Of the more than 300,000 troops who rest there, the now obscure Col. Charles Young was remembered for his military accomplishments at the […]
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Baker Introduces Jobs and Economic Development Plan
Former Del. Rushern Baker, candidate for Prince George’s county executive, is using the momentum of new labor union endorsements to lay out his new jobs and economic development plan. Over the past few weeks, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators & Allied Workers, Local 24 and the United […]
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Davis Defeated
Artur Davis’ calculated decision to alienate Alabama’s African-American establishment added up to a crushing loss June 1, when he was defeated by Agriculture Commissioner Ron Sparks in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, political analysts and other observers said. The Congressional Black Caucus member, who has represented the state’s Seventh Congressional District for eight years, eschewed Black […]
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McKinley Reigns Supreme at Citywide Debates
For the sake of argument, student competitors addressed every hot topic imaginable at the annual District of Columbia Urban Debate League’s (DCUDL) Citywide Championship held at McKinley Tech High School on May 15. Twelve diverse high school teams from across the Washington metropolitan area drew a crowd of nearly 200 spectators anxious to witness the […]
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Inmate Education Program Lauded as a Success
A program which helps medium- to maximum-security inmates at the District of Columbia Department of Corrections acquire skills needed to pursue productive lives beyond prison walls, has been lauded for outstanding achievement. The acknowledgment, announced in light of a 57 percent GED attainment rate among participants, highlights the “Don’t Forget Us Peer Tutorial” program that […]