Let me know if you have ever heard of any of these people before. Some are complete strangers. Quite a few have come before the board for one thing or another and haven’t gotten their way and are now running. Others are just…you’ve go to be kidding me
Ready Willing and Abell

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A committee was comprised of county residents, staff, and students to review the submitted suggestions. The committee came before the board on June 28, 2010 and presented their unanimous top three suggestions in no particular order.
-Zekiah
-St. Charles
-Lagrange Point
Other suggestions submitted to the committee are listed at Ready Willing and Abell

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When nothing else is working…
Obama wants to see 5,000 failing schools close
By LIBBY QUAID
AP Education Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama wants to see 5,000 failing schools close and reopen with new principals and teachers over the next five years.
Education Secretary Arne Duncan says kids have only one shot at a good education. He said [...]

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Evan Haning, wtop.com
WASHINGTON – The boom in Advanced Placement classes would seem to be the opposite of “dumbing down” the schoolroom, but some educators say it’s not always a smart move.
The Thomas B. Fordham Institute, an educational think tank, asked more than a 1,000 public school teachers what impact rapid growth has had on AP [...]

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NOTES FROM BOARD OF EDUCATION WORK SESSION 3/23/09
FOLLOW-UP OF BOARD WORK SESSION

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I have always like Law & Order SVU even though it deals with some pretty horrible subject matter.  I think Mariska Hargitay is a great actress and for some reason I just always took a shine to her.  I don’t generally follow celebrity lives, but on the local news last night they mentioned that she [...]

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Jade is at home today thanks to some less than happy moments spent in front of a bowl this morning.  Once things calmed down and she slept for a while, she woke up wanting some “comfort television” – in particular Arthur, Bear in the Big Blue House,  Blue’s Clues and Wishbone.  Of these shows, our [...]

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Surprise! Five things you shouldn’t recycle

By Lori Bongiorno
Posted Mon Oct 6, 2008 5:08pm PDT
Most of us feel less guilty when we toss something in the bin headed for the recycling plant rather than the landfill. Turns out, though, wishful thinking may do more harm than good. If you include some items that [...]

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Are these parents drowning out the concerns on parents on the other side of the digital divide, or is this just better communication overall?
Web-Savvy Activists Push For Educational Change
By Michael Alison Chandler, Washington Post Staff Writer

For a new generation of well-wired activists in the Washington region, it’s not enough to speak at Parent-Teacher Association or [...]

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From www.schoolsout.com:
Charles County Public Schools will close two hours early today, Tuesday, Jan. 27. All afternoon and evening activities are canceled. The three-year-old program has also been canceled for today.

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I wanted to share this adorable Sesame Street video of Feist singing her Sesame Street version of her song 1-2-3-4.

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By Nelson Hernandez, Washington Post Staff Writer
Maryland’s six-year-old, $3.3 billion overhaul of its educational funding system has led to major performance gains that have helped make the state’s schools the best in the country, according to a pair of independent reports released today.
The exhaustive, long-awaited evaluation of the Bridge to Excellence Act — a funding [...]

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(Keeping with our poetry theme)
Students Express Deep Thoughts At Poetry Tea
by Marge Neal @ The Frederick News-Post
Orchard Grove Elementary School’s cafeteria could have passed for a hip, downtown coffee shop when the school’s fourth-graders held their annual Poetry Tea.
The room was transformed Thursday into a performance area for the young writers, who entertained their fellow [...]

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National report gives state schools high marks for readying students for higher education
BALTIMORE (Dec. 5, 2008) — Maryland schools are among the very best in the nation at preparing students for college, according to a new report released Wednesday.
“Measuring Up: 2008,” a report from the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, gave Maryland [...]

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Abells Notes

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