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(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…..
Calendar 2023-2024 DRAFT August 24th 2023 All members MUST attend 90% of skills trainings to fulfil their contract Friday programs usually go from 9-30am to 2pm Mondy-Friday August 28-September 2nd MyScore Immersion Training Friday Sep 8th Member Orientation-the…..
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Krishna Sharma Every newcomer to Baltimore hears these five words before they arrive: “Have you watched ‘The Wire’?” Even two decades later, the city’s reputation is inextricably linked to the HBO show. But one soon-to-be Baltimorean was looking for more and reached…..
By Nicole AsburyAugust 22, 2023 at 6:20 p.m. EDT Washington Post A majority of Maryland students’ test scores improved for the second yearin English language arts, but students are still academically behind in mathematics because of the impact of the pandemic,…..
By Karina Elwood WashingtonPost August 22nd Nell O’Brien, 5, walked up to George Mason Elementary School in Alexandria, with her blond hair neatly clipped to the side with a bow. She stood quietly by her mother in a collared dress, meeting teachers and administrators…..
By Lauren Lumpkin, Karina Elwood, Donna St. George and Nicole Asbury August 20, 2023 at 6:00 a.m. EDT Washington Post The autumnal return to school brings children and parents a mix of emotions: excitement, joy, anxiety, the bittersweet realization that kids are growing up. But lurking…..
Q: How do I get my 17-year-old son to stay in school for his senior year? He hates school, the homework and getting up early and he wants to drop out and just work. He struggles with the homework. His school…..
Jennifer Breheny Wallace is the author of “Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic — and What We Can Do About It,” from which this op-ed is adapted. Early in the semester, Mike McLaughlin, a teacher at Saint Ignatius High…..
Nicole Asbury Washington Post August 24th 2023 Montgomery County Public Schools announced a slate of initiatives Tuesday to tackle a rise in chronicstudentabsenteeismsince the onset of the pandemic. Most of the plan focuses on conducting additional analysis, like reviewing student…..
August 1, 2023 Welcome to your new Cigna health plan! Dear TCN Member, As part of The Corps Network, Cigna will be your medical insurance provider. Your plan gives you comprehensive, easy to use coverage which is compliant with the…..
I understand that in the performance of my duties as an AmeriCorps member with my site, that for the protection of all, I agree to hold confidential any and all information related to youth I may be working with, with…..