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Expanding Access to Online Learning Options for Maryland Students by Lindsey M. Burke

Partially-Elected School Board Proposal Emerges from ‘Informal Discussion’
Draft proposal to reduce school board, include seven elected and two appointed members.

Should our Board of Education continue to be appointed by the governor of Maryland as are 3 counties and Baltimore City or should we be able to elect those who sit on the Board of Education and make decisions that impact our children’s entire future?

2011 Maryland General Assembly email addresses of all the Senators and Delegates

By Lauren Keiper Lauren Keiper – Wed Mar 16, 10:15 am ET
BOSTON (Reuters) – Studying at Harvard, meeting for group French lessons, volunteering at a hospital and spending a day in the wilderness are just a glimpse into a typical day of home schooling, which looks dramatically different today from just a mere decade ago.

Thia Megia American Idol is Virtual Schooled!

Why 2011 will be a Year of Growth for School Choice

September 22, 2010|By Dan Lips

High school students must feel like Marty McFly.

In the classic 1980s movie “Back to the Future,” Michael J. Fox portrays a teenager who uses a time machine to travel back to 1955. During his journey, Marty sees what it was like to attend school with his parents’ generation.

Teenagers heading back to school this fall must also feel like they’re traveling back in time — leaving the high-tech world of 2010 to return to schools that have remained largely unchanged since the 1950s.

Virtual Public K-12 School is one step closer to becoming a reality for Maryland Families. This Act shall take effect September 1, 2011.