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Wes Moore projected to win Md. governor’s race in history-making run

By Erin Cox and Ovetta Wiggins Updated November 8, 2022 at 8:52 p.m. EST|Published November 8, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. EST Washington Post Author and former nonprofit chief Wes Moore, a Democrat, defeated far-right Republican Dan Cox to become the first Black person elected governor in…..

Montgomery County police to receive racial and social justice training

By Katie Shepherd November 4, 2022 at 7:26 p.m. EDT Washington Post Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich on Friday signed a bill that expands county police training to include 30 hours of coursework at Montgomery College aimed at reducing racial bias. Cadets…..

In Montgomery Co., bus driver shortages anger parents, strand students

By Nicole Asbury and Corinne Dorsey Updated November 1, 2022 at 10:27 a.m. EDT|Published October 29, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. EDT Washington Post In Montgomery County, abus driver shortage has led to some schools having to excuse students from classes when their buses do not show…..

Montgomery Council approves 30-year plan for denser development

By Katherine Shaver Washington Post Published October 25, 2022 at 1:10 p.m. EDT The Montgomery County Council unanimously approved a 30-year growth plan Tuesday that calls for denser development, including a recommendation to allow duplexes, triplexes and small apartment buildings in neighborhoods zoned for…..

I thought at least 50 percent credit for no work was okay. I was wrong.

D.C. teacher reveals chaos unleashed by trying not to be too hard on kids Perspective by Jay Mathews Washington Post Oct 24th 2022 A teacher I know was working at a D.C. public high school when the district installed a rule…..

‘Nation’s report card’ shows American schoolchildren lost decades of academic progress during COVID-19 pandemic

BY COLLIN BINKLEY AND THE ASSOCIATED PRESS October 24, 2022 at 5:04 AM EDT from FORTUNE The COVID-19 pandemic spared no state or region as it caused historic learning setbacks for America’s children, erasing decades of academic progress and widening racial disparities, according to results…..

16 Life-Learnings from 16 Years of The Marginalian

The Marginalian was born as a plain-text newsletter to seven friends on October 23, 2006, under the outgrown name Brain Pickings. Substack was a decade and a half beyond the horizon of the cultural imagination. The infant universe of social media was filled…..

In Major Shift, Gates Foundation Will Plow Hundreds of Millions of Dollars Into Improving Math Education Nationally

By  Alex Daniels OCTOBER 19, 2022 The Chronicle of Philanthropy The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will spend more than $1 billion on a sweeping national plan to improve math education over the next four years. Its goal: to help students succeed…..

Mental Health Is Political

By Danielle Carr Dr. Carr is an assistant professor at the Institute for Society and Genetics at U.C.L.A. Sept. 20, 2022 What if the cure for our current mental health crisis is not more mental health care? The mental health toll…..

The Minister for Exams

When I was a child I sat an exam. This test was so simple There was no way I could fail. Question 1. Describe the taste of the Moon. It tastes like Creation I wrote, it has the flavour of…..