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Making sure you show up in your own story

(From 2017) Tomorrow we have our fourth Annual Storytelling Festival for the AmeriCorps programs of Maryland. Our hosts at Casa Maryland and Pablo Blank always provide a warm welcome in their amazing space. Each year, we try different things and…..

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Are grading, homework and graduation shortcuts making kids dumb? Maybe not.

Perspective by Jay Mathews Washington Post January 1, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EST Many teachers complain that inflated grades, reduced homework and quick-and-easy credit recovery courses are leaving holes in students’ educations. I was convinced that the only reason superintendents and school boards…..

Was your home once off-limits to non-Whites? These maps can tell you.

By Katherine Shaver  Washington Post Dec 19th A new map of one of the Washington region’s most affluent and liberal suburbs reveals an ugly past: scores of neighborhoods deemed Whites-only for decades, helping to set the stage for persistent racial inequities. The interactive map devised by…..

“What You Missed That Day You Were Absent from Fourth Grade”

by Brad Aaron Modlin Mrs. Nelson explained how to stand still and listento the wind, how to find meaning in pumping gas, how peeling potatoes can be a form of prayer. She took questions on how not to feel lost…..

To build a delightful library for kids, start with these 99 books

By Alyssa Rosenberg Columnist December 8, 2022 at 3:53 p.m. EST|Published December 6, 2022 This holiday season, let’s press pause on one of the culture wars. Recent tussles over the “appropriateness” of kids’ books obscure the genius and joy of so much children’s…..

Schools got $122 billion to reopen last year. Most has not been used.

By Lauren Lumpkin and Sahana Jayaraman Updated October 24, 2022 at 6:27 p.m. EDT|Published October 24, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Washington Post In March 2021, the Biden administration released the federal government’s largest pool of pandemic relief for public schools. The American Rescue Plan infused…..

Plummeting U.S. test scores aren’t a red state vs. blue state thing

By Eugene Robinson Washington Post October 25th 2022 It turns out that all the bitter back-and-forth between red and blue states about how quickly to reopen schools during the covid-19 pandemic was nothing but political theater, as far as test scores are concerned. Student performance suffered…..

Six women poised to change the face of the Montgomery County Council

By Katie Shepherd November 13, 2022 at 6:00 a.m. EST Montgomery County voters elected a historic slate of candidates to the County Council on Tuesday, adding Latina, Asian and Black representatives to a body that will be majority-female for the first time……

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…..