Category: Education
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Eliminating Teacher Positions is How Anne Arundel County Schools Welcome Teachers Back
Welcome Back Teachers! It’s that time of year when teacher appreciation meme’s pop up on social media thanking them for the upcoming year, and pictures of students holding signs of the grade they will attend are posted. Each new year can be a joyous occasion; parents and teachers alike look forward to the upcoming school…
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Maryland PSLRB Determines Impasse for Anne Arundel County Educators
Annapolis, Md. – The Maryland Public School Labor Relations Board (PSLRB) has approved the Teachers’ Association of Anne Arundel County’s Impasse request. Issues giving rise to impasse include the County’s refusal to fairly negotiate with the union on working conditions, and the implementation of the Blueprint for Maryland’s Future. AACPS, while agreeing to impasse for…
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Young Annapolitan’s “Coalition for Success” takes local kids to Puerto Rico to Learn Culture, Have Fun & Volunteer
In 2016, when I was 16 years old, I started Brandon’s Coalition for Success in response to the sharp increase in crime in Annapolis. I was motivated to start the program after noticing that many of my peers with whom I went to elementary and middle school were becoming involved in these negative incidents. When…
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An AACPS Teacher’s Response to Hogan’s Press Conference on 1/21
Governor Larry Hogan, I thank you in advance, as your words throughout the press conference on January 21st inspired me to borrow some of them in expressing my thoughts as a teacher in Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS). As a longtime educator, I agree with you wholeheartedly about “the terrible learning loss that’s being…
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County Exec Pittman: Stop Letting Corporations Destroy Wetlands on County School Property
As a long-time resident of Shady Side, former student and parent at Shady Side Elementary School, I am saddened to see that the Anne Arundel County Public School system and the Anne Arundel County Government are once again not following the rules in continuing with the construction of a cell tower on the grounds of…
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The Cloudy and Controversial Reopening Plan for Anne Arundel County Public Schools During Covid
UNCERTAINTY, DIVISION, AND CONCERNS ABOUT SAFETY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAGUE PLANS TO REOPEN ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY SCHOOLS Less than a month before students are set to return to classrooms, Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) and its stakeholders remain divided over the hybrid education plan and timeline to reopen schools. Concerns abound regarding the transparency of…
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Reimagining Public Education in Anne Arundel County
We will not go back to normal. Normal never was. Our pre-corona existence was not normal other than we normalized greed, inequity, exhaustion, depletion, extraction, disconnection, confusion, rage, hoarding, hate, and lack. We should not long to return, my friends. We are being given the opportunity to stitch a new garment. One that fits all…
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Two In-Person AA County Private Schools Quietly Deal with Covid-19 Cases in First Weeks of Reopening
The Annapolis Area Christian Upper School in Severn, Maryland, has been closed for two weeks after administrators said they had a case of coronavirus among the school population. It is set to re-open today after required extensive cleaning procedures, according to school officials. The school had been operating at 100% in-person capacity. Key School, in…
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Hogan’s Public School Strategy During COVID Left Schools and Teachers Scrambling; Archdiosses Opened For In-Person Learning
On August 27, Governor Larry Hogan and the State school Superintendent Dr. Karen Salmon held a surprise press conference encouraging all Maryland public schools, most of which had scheduled virtual learning for at least the first semester; some with plans to begin hybrid learning this fall, to reconsider their mode of instruction at the end…
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Board of Ed Candidates Answer Questions on How to Deal with Racism & Bias in County Schools
In Anne Arundel County, voters in Council districts 2, 3 and 6 will have many important choices to make on Election Day. Among these choices will be new races, for seats on the County Board of Education, as it transitions fully from an appointed to an elected body. In a continued effort to help voters…